Juan Atkins
- Date of Birth: 1962-12-09
- Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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 ... 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.

SubBerlin - Underground United
Documentary • 2008 February

The Last Angel of History
Documentary, Science Fiction • 1996 September

Never Stop: A Music That Resists
Documentary • 2017 January

Party! Party! Party! – Der lange Tanz des Techno
Documentary • 1996 January

God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines
Documentary, Music • 2022 June

Sound of Berlin
Documentary • 2018 September

Universal Techno
Documentary, Music • 1996 October