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Juan Atkins (born September 12, 1962), also known as Model 500 and Infiniti, is an American record producer and DJ from Detroit, Michigan. Mixmag has described him as "the original pioneer of Detroit techno." He has been a member of The Belleville Three, Cybotron, and Borderland.
Mar 26, 2021 · Does Juan Atkins think of himself as the father of techno, as others call him? Does he define his early music as techno or electro, insofar as it actually matters? I caught up with Atkins in a rare interview to gain insights on a formative time in his life, and in Detroit's musical history.
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Apr 9, 2019 · Techno pioneer Juan Atkins is rewiring his electro legacy. Ahead of his first ever shows as pioneering Detroit electro unit Cybotron, techno innovator Juan Atkins tells us why he’s revisiting his past — and in the process, making a warp-speed jump into the future...
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Juan Atkins helped invent techno and gave the genre it's sleek, futuristic style—and he still plays cutting-edge, spacey sounds to this day.
May 29, 2018 · Juan Atkins was one of the creators of techno music, the source of the group of genres lumped under the umbrella category of electronica, and was the first person to apply the word "techno" to music. He found new ways of making sound, and in so doing he influenced nearly every genre of music in the 1980s and beyond.
Detroit Techno pioneer Juan Atkins was born on December 9, 1962 in Detroit. He grew up on the east side of the city before moving to Belleville, Michigan in his teens. Atkins developed an interest in playing music as a child, and eventually was led down the path of experimenting with electronic music.
