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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
Inner City's Comeback Single Isn't Nostalgia. It's Kevin Saunderson Handing Detroit House to His Own Kid.
Detroit house pioneers Inner City released the new single "Positivity" on October 16, a vocal house track written and produced by Kevin Saunderson and his son Dantiez, with a Todd Terry remix package due November 6.
Marco R. · 4 min read
France criminalized free parties. Ravers answered: “you can’t stop people from dancing.”
The Techno Parade returned to Paris on September 19, 2026 after a two-year absence, drawing 350,000 people to protest France's new Ripost law, which punishes organizing an undeclared free party with up to two years in prison.
Noémie V. · 6 min read
France Just Made Dancing at a Free Party Punishable by Prison. 350,000 People Marched Back.
France's new RIPOST law sets up to six months in prison and a 7,500-euro fine for dancing at an unauthorized free party, and 350,000 people marched Paris's Techno Parade on September 19, 2026 to demand it be repealed.
Elena R. · 6 min read
Kevin Saunderson Says the TR-909 Turned Him From a DJ Into a Producer. Roland Is Selling It for $49.
Roland marks 909 Day on September 12 with a free Kevin Saunderson-led TR-909 workshop in Detroit and a 66% discount on its TR-909 Software Rhythm Composer, running through September 30.
Samir H. · 4 min read
The Martinez Brothers Say House Started in NYC. Chicago House Legends Say Absolutely Not.
The Martinez Brothers have reignited one of dance music’s oldest arguments: if New York had the clubs, the DJs and records that sounded like house before Chicago’s first house releases, who really created the genre? Chicago’s answer has been loud, passionate, and historically pretty convincing.
Nicky V. · 12 min read
Efdemin Finally Pays Berlin's Debt to Detroit, One DJ Minx Sample at a Time
Berghain resident Efdemin (Phillip Sollmann) makes his Dekmantel debut with the four-track Mirror Phase EP, built from analogue studio jams and opening on a fully cleared DJ Minx sample lifted from Kevin Saunderson's 1997 X-Mix.
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
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