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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
Juan Atkins Isn't Headlining Over Detroit Techno's New Generation at ADE. He's Sharing the Floor With Them.
At Amsterdam Dance Event's 30th anniversary, Metroplex Records founder Juan Atkins plays the same 14-hour bill as Octave One, Scan 7, Kenny Larkin and DJ Pierre on October 23, previewing the compilation "Four Decades of Detroit Techno: Vol.1."
Finn M. · 4 min read
House Music History: Japan
In 1955, composer Toshiro Mayuzumi built Japan's first electronic compositions from pure sine, square and sawtooth waves at the state broadcaster NHK's new Tokyo studio, a lineage that runs straight through Yellow Magic Orchestra and the Roland drum machines that built house and techno.
Sarah H. · 5 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
Tec-Troit Returns to Detroit June 26-28: 34 Artists, Free Admission, and the Soul of Techno Still Intact
Now in its 16th year, Tec-Troit sets up at the abandoned Herman Kiefer Hospital for a free, all-ages weekend of Detroit techno, with Mike Banks, Juan Atkins, Blake Baxter and 30+ more on the bill.
Finn M. · 5 min read
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