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+ JUAN ATKINS MODEL 500 p.2 CLEAR TOKYO - The track that set the blueprint for what would later become Techno music. |
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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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+ TDG "LOVE SLAVE" - TOKYO
+ NOIR x BELVEDERE IX - TOKYO |
