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Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962 in Detroit) is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, sometimes known as Detroit Techno since Atkins and techno co-creators Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson grew up in Detroit, Michigan. December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815 County Wayne County Mayor...
Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style founded in America with influences from Germany and developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ...
Detroit techno is an early style of techno music originating from Detroit, Michigan in the mid 1980s, influenced by electro music. ...
One of techno musics key founders, Derrick May was born in Detroit in 1963 and began early in his life to explore electronic music. ...
Inner City (Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey) Kevin Saunderson (born in Brooklyn, New York on May 9, 1964) is an American electronic music producer. ...
Nickname: The Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: http://www. ...
Atkins has cited the radio show of Charles "Electrifyin' Mojo" Johnson as a musical influence. Electrifyin' Mojo, a Detroit DJ, played an eclectic mix of music including Kraftwerk, Parliament and Prince. Atkins and friend Derrick May created mix tracks for Electrifying Mojo to broadcast, then began to create original music. Charles The Electrifying Mojo Johnson was a Detroit, USA radio disc jockey from the 1970s through the 1990s, whose on-air journey of musical and social development shaped a generation of music-lovers in Detroit and throughout southeastern Michigan and Canada, and was of paramount importance to the development of...
Album cover of Trans-Europe Express (1977). ...
Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clintons Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. ...
Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958), known as from 1993 to 2000, is a popular and influential American musician. ...
One of techno musics key founders, Derrick May was born in Detroit in 1963 and began early in his life to explore electronic music. ...
At Washtenaw Community College, Atkins met Rick Davis, with whom he recorded under the name Cybotron. Atkins coined the term techno to describe their music, taking as one inspiration the works of futurist and author Alvin Toffler, from whom he borrowed the terms "cybotron" and "metroplex". Cybotron was an electro group formed in 1980 by Juan Atkins and Richard 3070 Davis in Detroit, Michigan. ...
Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style founded in America with influences from Germany and developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ...
Alvin Toffler Alvin Toffler (born October 3, 1928) is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communications revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity. ...
Atkins has used the term techno to describe earlier bands that made heavy use of synthesizers such as Kraftwerk, although many people would consider Kraftwerk's music and Juan's early music in Cybotron as Electro. Techno is considered today as a specific genre. Album cover of Trans-Europe Express (1977). ...
Cybotron was an electro group formed in 1980 by Juan Atkins and Richard 3070 Davis in Detroit, Michigan. ...
Electro, also known as electro funk, is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records which were closer to disco). ...
Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style founded in America with influences from Germany and developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ...
Atkins began recording as Model 500 in 1985 with tracks such as "No UFO's", "Night drive", "Future" and "Clear". He continues to produce his own and other musicians' records under the Metroplex Records label. Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962) is an American musician. ...
Discography - as Cybotron, with Rick Davis (1981 - 1983)
- "Alleys of Your Mind" (1981), single
- "Cosmic Cars" (1982), single
- "Clear" (1982), single
- Enter (1983)
- Clear (1990), digitally remastered re-release of Clear
Cybotron was an electro group formed in 1980 by Juan Atkins and Richard 3070 Davis in Detroit, Michigan. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the year. ...
Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962) is an American musician. ...
This article is about the year. ...
This article is about the year. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Deep Space was a Saturday late night/early morning radio show on WGPR 107. ...
1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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See also Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style founded in America with influences from Germany and developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ...
Electro, also known as electro funk, is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records which were closer to disco). ...
One of techno musics key founders, Derrick May was born in Detroit in 1963 and began early in his life to explore electronic music. ...
Inner City (Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey) Kevin Saunderson (born in Brooklyn, New York on May 9, 1964) is an American electronic music producer. ...
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names, in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs. ...
External links - "The Roots of Techno", Wired Magazine Interview with Juan Atkins
- Biography of Juan Atkins by John Bush
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