it is such a pleasure to sit about playing Juan Atkins all day in a record shop and people are coming in and out all day talking about Juan Atkins
November 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
it is such a pleasure to sit about playing Juan Atkins all day in a record shop and people are coming in and out all day talking about Juan Atkins
I missed this sad news:
"Juan Atkins Has Died. He Helped Invent Techno Music."He combined the futurism of Kraftwerk with the funk of George Clinton"
There is no #Afrofuturism without Juan Atkins. A truly visionary artist. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/a...
"Juan Atkins Has Died. He Helped Invent Techno Music."He combined the futurism of Kraftwerk with the funk of George Clinton"
There is no #Afrofuturism without Juan Atkins. A truly visionary artist. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/a...
November 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I missed this sad news:
"Juan Atkins Has Died. He Helped Invent Techno Music."He combined the futurism of Kraftwerk with the funk of George Clinton"
There is no #Afrofuturism without Juan Atkins. A truly visionary artist. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/a...
"Juan Atkins Has Died. He Helped Invent Techno Music."He combined the futurism of Kraftwerk with the funk of George Clinton"
There is no #Afrofuturism without Juan Atkins. A truly visionary artist. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/a...
For my first piece for Audiofemme, I wrote about how Juan Atkins created techno from a post-industrial collapse that hauntingly mirrors the current so-called AI “revolution”
Atkins didn’t just change the world - he proved that music & art is inseparable from the material conditions that produce it.
Atkins didn’t just change the world - he proved that music & art is inseparable from the material conditions that produce it.
Juan Atkins Conjured Techno From The Wreckage of American Capitalism
The late techno pioneer’s legacy was more than just a musical revolution — it imagined technology as a tool of unity and liberation, not something that disrupts our lives.
audiofemme.substack.com
November 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
For my first piece for Audiofemme, I wrote about how Juan Atkins created techno from a post-industrial collapse that hauntingly mirrors the current so-called AI “revolution”
Atkins didn’t just change the world - he proved that music & art is inseparable from the material conditions that produce it.
Atkins didn’t just change the world - he proved that music & art is inseparable from the material conditions that produce it.
Remembering My Father, Juan Atkins...
In her own words, Milan Ariel Atkins shares personal and musical memories of her late father—and how she plans to carry his extraordinary legacy forward.
ra.co/features/4532
#JuanAtkins #Detroit #Techno #ElectronicMusic #Metroplex
In her own words, Milan Ariel Atkins shares personal and musical memories of her late father—and how she plans to carry his extraordinary legacy forward.
ra.co/features/4532
#JuanAtkins #Detroit #Techno #ElectronicMusic #Metroplex
Remembering My Father, Juan Atkins · Feature ⟋ RA
In her own words, Milan Ariel Atkins shares personal and musical memories of her late father—and how she plans to carry his extraordinary legacy forward.
ra.co
November 8, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Remembering My Father, Juan Atkins...
In her own words, Milan Ariel Atkins shares personal and musical memories of her late father—and how she plans to carry his extraordinary legacy forward.
ra.co/features/4532
#JuanAtkins #Detroit #Techno #ElectronicMusic #Metroplex
In her own words, Milan Ariel Atkins shares personal and musical memories of her late father—and how she plans to carry his extraordinary legacy forward.
ra.co/features/4532
#JuanAtkins #Detroit #Techno #ElectronicMusic #Metroplex
I swooned over Christopher Atkins for a few years:
November 9, 2026 at 5:47 AM
I swooned over Christopher Atkins for a few years:
The story of the compilation that keynoted a revolution. R.I.P. Juan Atkins
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc212-tech...
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc212-tech...
BC212 - ‘Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit’—An Oral History
R.I.P. Juan Atkins
michaelangelo.substack.com
November 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The story of the compilation that keynoted a revolution. R.I.P. Juan Atkins
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc212-tech...
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc212-tech...
Juan Atkins obit from the Times:
November 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Juan Atkins obit from the Times:
Another Model 500 banger by Juan Atkins for the #RaveyardShift - The Chase (Express Mix)
▶️ youtu.be/DvOeHsJtZsg
▶️ youtu.be/DvOeHsJtZsg
November 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Another Model 500 banger by Juan Atkins for the #RaveyardShift - The Chase (Express Mix)
▶️ youtu.be/DvOeHsJtZsg
▶️ youtu.be/DvOeHsJtZsg
Ed from DMX Krew doing a Juan Atkins tribute at the record shop in Stroud soon 🫡
November 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Ed from DMX Krew doing a Juan Atkins tribute at the record shop in Stroud soon 🫡
hier gabs bestimmt keinen juan atkins kraftwerk diskurs…
November 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
hier gabs bestimmt keinen juan atkins kraftwerk diskurs…
I wrote about Juan Atkins for Rolling Stone.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Juan Atkins Showed Dance Music the Future
Remembering techno pioneer Juan Atkins, who did for techno what Chuck Berry did for rock & roll
www.rollingstone.com
November 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I wrote about Juan Atkins for Rolling Stone.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
there should be a fucking juan atkins weekend on bbc4 if bbc4 properly existed anymore. if we had a people’s state there’d be a juan atkins WEEK.
November 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
there should be a fucking juan atkins weekend on bbc4 if bbc4 properly existed anymore. if we had a people’s state there’d be a juan atkins WEEK.
Proposal: Hamish Linklater is the Tom Atkins of 2020s horror. </complimentary>
November 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Proposal: Hamish Linklater is the Tom Atkins of 2020s horror. </complimentary>
Here’s the 1996 interview with Juan Atkins that inspired this article, where he talks about how Techno couldn’t have developed anywhere other than Detroit in the 1980s:
“The general attitude here with the powers that be, with the government … is that industry must die to make way for technology.“
“The general attitude here with the powers that be, with the government … is that industry must die to make way for technology.“
Universal Techno Pt.1 - Juan Atkins & Derrick May
YouTube video by Jeeon
youtu.be
November 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Here’s the 1996 interview with Juan Atkins that inspired this article, where he talks about how Techno couldn’t have developed anywhere other than Detroit in the 1980s:
“The general attitude here with the powers that be, with the government … is that industry must die to make way for technology.“
“The general attitude here with the powers that be, with the government … is that industry must die to make way for technology.“
Juan Atkins: 10 Essential Songs From the Techno Pioneer
The Detroit D.J. and producer, who died at 64, merged electronic music to Afro-futuristic funk, giving rise to the genre.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/a...
The Detroit D.J. and producer, who died at 64, merged electronic music to Afro-futuristic funk, giving rise to the genre.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/a...
Juan Atkins: 10 Essential Songs From the Techno Pioneer (Gift Article)
The Detroit D.J. and producer, who died at 64, merged electronic music to Afro-futuristic funk, giving rise to the genre.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Juan Atkins: 10 Essential Songs From the Techno Pioneer
The Detroit D.J. and producer, who died at 64, merged electronic music to Afro-futuristic funk, giving rise to the genre.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/a...
The Detroit D.J. and producer, who died at 64, merged electronic music to Afro-futuristic funk, giving rise to the genre.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/a...
Model 500 "Deep Space", R&S, 1995. Written, performed and produced by Juan Atkins with vocals by Aisha Jamiel. Artwork by The Designers Republic. Juan Atkins 1962—2026 R.I.P. #model500 #juanatkins #deepspace #randsrecords #vinyl #nowplaying #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity
November 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Model 500 "Deep Space", R&S, 1995. Written, performed and produced by Juan Atkins with vocals by Aisha Jamiel. Artwork by The Designers Republic. Juan Atkins 1962—2026 R.I.P. #model500 #juanatkins #deepspace #randsrecords #vinyl #nowplaying #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity
Model 500 "No UFO’s", Metroplex, 2017. Juan Atkins 1962–2026 R.I.P. #model500 #juanatkins #noufos #metroplex #moodymann #vinyl #nowplaying #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity
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November 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Model 500 "No UFO’s", Metroplex, 2017. Juan Atkins 1962–2026 R.I.P. #model500 #juanatkins #noufos #metroplex #moodymann #vinyl #nowplaying #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity
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The city of Detroit needs a statue of Juan Atkins
Juan Atkins was the techno originator, and so much more 🖤
Over four decades, “Magic Juan” was a world-class collaborator, mentor and connector of people who worked across styles and generations.
@joemuggs.bsky.social remembers an artist whose music changed everything
djmag.com/features/jua...
Over four decades, “Magic Juan” was a world-class collaborator, mentor and connector of people who worked across styles and generations.
@joemuggs.bsky.social remembers an artist whose music changed everything
djmag.com/features/jua...
Juan Atkins RIP: remembering the Detroit techno architect who found connections everywhere
Joe Muggs remembers an artist for the ages, whose music changed the world
djmag.com
November 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The city of Detroit needs a statue of Juan Atkins
'Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer widely credited as the originator of techno, has died aged 64. In tribute, we’re republishing Andy Thomas’s history of Detroit techno from Wax Poetics Issue 45, the Dance Issue, which carried Atkins on its cover.'
waxpoetics.com/blogs/editor...
waxpoetics.com/blogs/editor...
Remembering Juan Atkins: Electronic Enigma - The Myths and Messages of Detroit Techno
Juan Atkins, the originator of techno, has died aged 64. In tribute, we revisit Andy Thomas’s history of Detroit techno from Wax Poetics Issue 45.
waxpoetics.com
November 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
'Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer widely credited as the originator of techno, has died aged 64. In tribute, we’re republishing Andy Thomas’s history of Detroit techno from Wax Poetics Issue 45, the Dance Issue, which carried Atkins on its cover.'
waxpoetics.com/blogs/editor...
waxpoetics.com/blogs/editor...
"My father always said he'd continue to create music until he left this planet, and probably after that."
ra.co/features/4532
ra.co/features/4532
Remembering My Father, Juan Atkins · Feature ⟋ RA
In her own words, Milan Ariel Atkins shares personal and musical memories of her late father—and how she plans to carry his extraordinary legacy forward.
ra.co
November 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"My father always said he'd continue to create music until he left this planet, and probably after that."
ra.co/features/4532
ra.co/features/4532
