Techno pioneer Juan Atkins has died at 64. The influential Detroit DJ and producer helped shape global electronic music.

The late Atkins, along with Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May, helped launch the Detroit techno scene in '80s-era Motor City ...

Influenced by author Alvin Toffler and radio DJ The Electrifying Mojo, Atkins and friends created techno in 1980s Detroit.

He combined the futurism of Kraftwerk with the funk of George Clinton to arrive at techno, making Detroit a capital of the ...

George Orwell's 1984 starts with, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Nights of techno ravers end similarly—dancers stepping out of the club after a long night ...

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Juan Atkins, the originator of techno music and a founding member of the electronic music group Cybotron, has died at the age ...

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As a member of Cybotron, Model 500 and the Belleville Three, Atkins helped invent a subculture: "I know I'm the first one to apply the word 'techno' to electronic music. I can't claim to be the ...