Biography
Juan Atkins, an American DJ and record producer often hailed as "the Godfather of Techno," was born September 12, 1962, in Detroit, Michigan. He met friends Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson in junior high school after moving to Belleville, Michigan. The trio would come to be known as The Belleville Three. Atkins joined with Richard Davis in 1980 to form Cybotron. Their debut studio release, the electro album Enter, was released three years later. Atkins later left Cybotron and released music under the monikers Model 500 and Infiniti, among others, and as one half of the duo Borderland. Atkins, along with Saunderson, May and Eddie Fowlkes, is credited with originating the music genre techno.
Filmography
all 8
Movies 7
self 5
TV Shows 1
Actor
God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines (2022)
Movie
Self
Can You Feel It - How Dance Music Conquered the World (2018)
TV
Self
Sound of Berlin (2018)
Movie
Actor
Never Stop: A Music That Resists (2017)
Movie
SubBerlin - Underground United (2008)
Movie
Self
High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music (2006)
Movie
Himself
The Last Angel of History (1996)
Movie
Self
Party! Party! Party! – Der lange Tanz des Techno (1996)
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GenderMale
Birthday1962-09-12 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMagic Juan Atkins, The Belleville Three, Cybotron , Model 500, Infiniti , The Godfather of Techno , Borderland , X-Ray
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Image credit: Dave Walker from Royal Oak, MI, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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