Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
6
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 09, 1962 ( 62 years old )
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
Magic Juan Atkins
The Belleville Three
Cybotron
Model 500
Infiniti
The Godfather of Techno
Borderland
X-Ray
Juan Atkins
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.
Known For
God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines
2022-06-11SubBerlin - Underground United
2008-02-07Sound of Berlin
2018-09-16Never Stop: A Music That Resists
2017-01-22The Last Angel of History
1996-09-11