A major electronic music pioneer from Detroit, Juan appeared behind aliases such as Cybotron, Model 500, and Infiniti releasing many classics of Detroit techno.

The 1982 electro track "Clear", recorded by Atkins and Rick Davis as Cybotron, is often considered the first proto-techno track. Continuing to the experimentation by fusing the extra-terrestrial funk of Parliament Funkadelic with the futuristic rhythms and hard math of Kraftwerk and the progressive dance theorems proposed by Giorgio Moroder, the Model 500 12"s on his own label Metroplex laid the blueprint for Detroit techno.

Along with the tracks made by two schoolmates from the grade below, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, Detroit techno quickly made its way across the atlantic and immediately sparked the emerging rave culture and soon after the entire global dance community.

Moving through the later 1980's as Model 500, Atkins continued as one of the most prolific and sought after producers of electronic music throughout the 1990's, culminating in the use of an Atkins' original as the musical bed for the 2000 launch of the Ford Focus 'Detroit Techno' automobile.

Packing clubs nationally from Detroit to NYC, internationally from London to Venezuela, Juan has mastered the art of soaking up new rhythmic elements from contemporary dance music while keeping his unerring, instantly recognizable sense of melody intact.

Much discussed and anthologized not only for his 20 years of production credit but also for his ability to rock a dance floor, Juan Atkins' music and DJ-ing is deified in Europe and embraced all over the world. Juan has also been prolifically releasing albums, remixes and collaborations on Belgium's R & S Records, Germany's Tresor, and others. 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Juan Atkins @ The Ark, Leeds, U.K.  15.05.1993

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KEN ISHII-				PLAY BITING (C. Varela rmx)
CHRIS DAVID-			ATTRITION
OLIVER ROSEMAN-		BISON
DAMIAN DEROMA-		LUNAR LANDER
REBEKAH-			        ORBITAL
CORVUM-				NEPHILIM
KORBEN NICE-			FAGUS SALVITICA
MODULAR PHAZE-		BLACK PHILOSOPHY
GARRET	 DILLION-		DARK SHADOWS (DJ Shiva rmx)
ENERGUN-				FAILURE (Miss Sunshine rmx)
BEN EGGER-				SHEIL ACCESS
ROBERT HOOD-			THOUGHT PROCESS
ANDRES GIL/URON-		LOST SMOKE
C SYSTEM-				KEPLER
DOMINIC PETROSINO-		DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
TRANIENT X4-			77
KOSTAS MASKALIDES-	GOATS ON ACID
JOHHNY LUX-			CRASH
FRANK BIOZZI-		        PULSATION
NATURE SOUL-			SUICIDE
KLAUZ-					PRIMARY UNIVERSE
OLIVER ROSEMAN-		ANTIBODY
CIRCUIT ALPHA-			AC0013
ROBERT HOOD-			NEPESH

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