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About Me

Juan Atkins (born 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. 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.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".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. 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 Records label.

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Member Since: 4/5/2006
Band Members: You can find my music here Click this
Technicolor

Ocean To Ocean: Model 500

Influences: all things made in this earth by god
Sounds Like: Detroit on ice ..
Record Label: Metroplex Records
Type of Label: Indie

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Posted by Juan Atkins/Cybotron on Sat, 26 May 2007 11:12:00 PST

what happen to the music

Im so sick and tired of all this fake ass techno shit and all these fake ass techno producers makes me hate the fact i ever had anythng to do with it.
Posted by Juan Atkins/Cybotron on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:28:00 PST