Juan Atkins
Sign in to saveAlso known as Audio Tech, Juan Harvell, Model 600, Red Parrot, Juan Owen Atkins, Channel One, Triple XXX
American musician and techno music developer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1924-06-20
- Active to
- 2001-06-30
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 70,074
- Total plays
- 462,032
Tags
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Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962 in Detroit) is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, sometimes known as Detroit Techno since Atkins and techno co-creators Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Atkins has cited the radio show of Charles "Electrifyin' Mojo" Johnson as a musical influence. Electrifyin' Mojo, a Detroit DJ, played an eclectic mix of music including Kraftwerk, Parliament and Prince. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Juan
- Family name
- Atkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- record producer
- Genre
- techno
- Record label
- Metroplex
- Official website
- de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Atkins
- Image
- Model500 3.jpg
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- social media followers
- 32543
- date of birth
- 1962-09-12
- Commons category
- Juan Atkins
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- name in native language
- Juan Atkins
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