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+ JUAN ATKINS MODEL 500 p.1 Juan Atkin @Ageha TOKYO - A rare live performance by Techno pioneer Juan Atkins along with "Mad" Mike Banks as MODEL 500. |
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Artist ProfileAtkins began recording as "Model 500" in 1985 and founded the Metroplex label. His friends Eddie Fowlkes, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson all recorded singles on the label. Atkins' first single as Model 500, "No UFOs," was a hit in Detroit and Chicago. He followed it with a series of landmark techno tracks, earning him the nickname "the godfather of techno." He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, specifically Detroit techno along with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.
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