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Juan Atkins Invented a Genre and Gave It a Name. He Died on the Road, Age 64.
Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer who co-invented techno and named it with Model 500's 1988 track "Techno Music," has died at 64 after being found unresponsive in a Mexico City hotel on November 1.
Finn M. · 5 min read
JUAN ATKINS, THE GODFATHER OF TECHNO, HAS DIED AT 64
Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer whose 1988 track "Techno Music" gave the entire genre its name, has died at 64 after being found unresponsive in a Mexico City hotel room ahead of a scheduled gig.
Finn M. · 5 min read
Outline Festival Was Cancelled Hours Before Its Own Opening. Derrick May Never Played.
Authorities in the Moscow region cancelled Outline Festival on July 21, 2026, the day gates were due to open, citing the danger of drone strikes in the area.
Finn M. · 4 min read
Detroit Invented Techno. Tec-Troit Is Asking What the Tourists Owe.
As Detroit cashes in on its techno legacy with an official Techno Week and a festival economy worth 20 million dollars, a small free festival and the music's Black originators are pressing a harder question: what do the visitors who built careers on this city give back?
Finn M. · 5 min read
In 1982, Britain Tried to Ban the Drum Machine. Chicago Had Other Plans.
Forty years before the AI music debate, Britain's Musicians' Union voted to outlaw the exact machines that were already building house music in Chicago.
Josh D.
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