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Juan Atkins formed Cybotron with Richard Davis in 1980. [11] The duo's debut studio album, Enter, was released in 1983. [12] Atkins and Davis split ways in 1985. [13] In 1985, Atkins founded the record label Metroplex. [12] In that year, he started making solo records under the alias Model 500. [9]
No UFO's. "No UFO's" is a 1985 techno song by Juan Atkins under the alias of Model 500. It was released on Atkins own label Metroplex. The song was the first track released after the split of Atkins' previous group Cybotron. The music followed similar themes of the previous group with science fiction and alienation but featured less of a song ...
Metroplex is an American techno record label in Detroit, Michigan, United States, founded in 1985 by techno pioneer Juan Atkins. [1] Juan Atkins did most of his work for the label under the pseudonyms Model 500 [1] and Infiniti, and will occasionally use such names for live acts.
Digital Solutions. (2015) Digital Solutions is the third studio album by Juan Atkins as Model 500. [3] It was released by Metroplex on February 18, 2015. [1] It is his first studio album under the pseudonym in 16 years, following from Deep Space (1995) and Mind and Body (1999). [4] It includes additional production from Mike Banks.
In 1988, dance music entrepreneur Neil Rushton approached the Belleville Three to license their work for release in the UK. To define the Detroit sound as being distinct from Chicago house, Rushton and the Belleville Three chose the word "techno" for their tracks, a term that Atkins had been using since his Cybotron days ("Techno City" was an early single). [10]
John "Jon-5" Housely. Cybotron is an American electro music group formed in 1980 by Juan Atkins and Richard "3070" Davis in Detroit. Cybotron had a number of singles now considered classics and style-defining works of the electro genre, [1] particularly "Clear" and the group's debut, "Alleys of Your Mind", as well as "Cosmic Cars" and "R-9".
Detroit techno. Detroit techno is a type of techno music that generally includes the first techno productions by Detroit -based artists during the 1980s and early 1990s. Prominent Detroit techno artists include Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, Drexciya, Mike Banks, James Pennington and Robert ...
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