Juan Atkins
Soundtrack for 2020 Selection
“I would be remised if I didn’t use my God given gift of music, soundwaves, and vibrations to create and present a soundtrack for this 2020 occasion that the world is going thru.
So I will let the music do the talking and fulfill my God and universal ordained obligation to this planet earth. Please standby & stay tuned, the previews start now.” Juan Atkins
A major electronic music pioneer from Detroit, Juan Atkins 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. 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.