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Juan Atkins

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Prosumer to EDM Fans: "If You Care About a Record, Share the Excitement With the DJ!"

    Futurologist writer Alvin Toffler's theories were a major influence on the pioneers of Detroit techno. In fact, legendary producer Juan Atkins credits Toffler's term "techno rebels" as the inspiration for the name he gave the electronic music style that he helped create in the early '80s. Another f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Ds and Cs Drop Homegrown Tropical Techno With Placing Ourselves Elsewhere LP

    ​Ds and CsPlacing Ourselves Elsewhere (Black Nation Records)Miami isn't particularly known for its techno. But certain locals have been trying to change that perception in recent years. One of them is Nelson Fernandez (AKA DJ Nova), a mainstay of the burgeoning SoFla scene. With Pornograph Events, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Glimpse Talks Analog Fetishes and Recording at the Zoo

    ​There's a fascinating duality at the core of UK producer Glimpse's work. It's the duality of control vs. loss of control. On one hand, he favors analog studio production over digital, reckoning that today's automated digital tools eschew the elements of human spontaneity and imperfection -- he gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Trus'Me Talks Manchester, Eclectic Influences, and Working the Dancefloor

    Trus'Me​Manchester has been the breeding ground for Joy Division, New Order, the Smiths, Chemical Brothers, and Autechre, among many others.And David Wolstencroft (AKA Trus'Me) is another proud Mancunian. Since the late 2000s, the DJ, producer, and Prime Numbers label chief has been banging out so ... More >>

  • Music

    November 25, 2010

    Richie Hawtin at Mansion November 27

    Trus'Me​Manchester has been the breeding ground for Joy Division, New Order, the Smiths, Chemical Brothers, and Autechre, among many others.And David Wolstencroft (AKA Trus'Me) is another proud Mancunian. Since the late 2000s, the DJ, producer, and Prime Numbers label chief has been banging out so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    UK House Legend Charles Webster Talks Three Decades of EDM and His Latest Projects

    ​Charles Webster's story reads like the history of transatlantic dance music itself. He was born and bred in the early-'80s electronic music boomtown of Sheffield, England, cradle to such seminal acts as the Human League and Cabaret Voltaire. He shared time in the studio with Detroit techno pio ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2010

    Juan Atkins reflects on 25 years of Detroit techno

    ​Charles Webster's story reads like the history of transatlantic dance music itself. He was born and bred in the early-'80s electronic music boomtown of Sheffield, England, cradle to such seminal acts as the Human League and Cabaret Voltaire. He shared time in the studio with Detroit techno pio ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2010

    What quarter-century crisis? WMC celebrates its 25th birthday bigger and better than ever

    ​Charles Webster's story reads like the history of transatlantic dance music itself. He was born and bred in the early-'80s electronic music boomtown of Sheffield, England, cradle to such seminal acts as the Human League and Cabaret Voltaire. He shared time in the studio with Detroit techno pio ... More >>

  • Music

    January 21, 2010

    Mushroom Jazz originator Mark Farina does Nocturnal

    ​Charles Webster's story reads like the history of transatlantic dance music itself. He was born and bred in the early-'80s electronic music boomtown of Sheffield, England, cradle to such seminal acts as the Human League and Cabaret Voltaire. He shared time in the studio with Detroit techno pio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Mark Farina Plays Nocturnal on Saturday, January 23

    ​Few artists in the world of electronic dance music can take credit for the sort of self-styled signature sound that has made Mark Farina one of the most original and idiosyncratic DJ/producers of the last twenty years. As a house music veteran with old ties to the Chicago, Detroit and San Francis ... More >>

  • Music

    October 15, 2009

    Shit Robot

    ​Few artists in the world of electronic dance music can take credit for the sort of self-styled signature sound that has made Mark Farina one of the most original and idiosyncratic DJ/producers of the last twenty years. As a house music veteran with old ties to the Chicago, Detroit and San Francis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    DFA's Shit Robot at the Vagabond October 16

    ​That little "influences" box on a musician's MySpace page is usually a repository for not-funny irony or complete bullshit. Shit Robot's, however, is as sincere and accurate as this single-man-act's name is not -- name-checked here are early electronic heavyweights like Carl Craig, Andrew Weather ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2009

    The Cosmic Twins Land

    Derrick May and François K team up for one night only at Nocturnal.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    "Cosmic Twins" Derrick May & François K Play Nocturnal's Eden Terrace Garden on June 20

    A heads up to Miami's techno lovers: Pornograph Events has one hell of a double booking lined up for June, with legends Derrick May and François K scheduled to play Nocturnal's Eden Terrace Garden on Saturday, June 20. For those of you born yesterday, Derrick May is one of Detroit's legendary Belle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Throwback Tuesdays: Street Masters Crew

    A heads up to Miami's techno lovers: Pornograph Events has one hell of a double booking lined up for June, with legends Derrick May and François K scheduled to play Nocturnal's Eden Terrace Garden on Saturday, June 20. For those of you born yesterday, Derrick May is one of Detroit's legendary Belle ... More >>

  • Music

    January 10, 2008

    Kevin Saunderson

    A heads up to Miami's techno lovers: Pornograph Events has one hell of a double booking lined up for June, with legends Derrick May and François K scheduled to play Nocturnal's Eden Terrace Garden on Saturday, June 20. For those of you born yesterday, Derrick May is one of Detroit's legendary Belle ... More >>

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    King Britt

    A heads up to Miami's techno lovers: Pornograph Events has one hell of a double booking lined up for June, with legends Derrick May and François K scheduled to play Nocturnal's Eden Terrace Garden on Saturday, June 20. For those of you born yesterday, Derrick May is one of Detroit's legendary Belle ... More >>

  • Music

    August 10, 2006

    Matthew Dear

    A heads up to Miami's techno lovers: Pornograph Events has one hell of a double booking lined up for June, with legends Derrick May and François K scheduled to play Nocturnal's Eden Terrace Garden on Saturday, June 20. For those of you born yesterday, Derrick May is one of Detroit's legendary Belle ... More >>

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    Rethroned

    Juan Atkins is techno's living legend

  • Music

    January 19, 2006

    DJ Colette

    Juan Atkins is techno's living legend

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    Subterranean Diversions

    Subtropics celebrates fifteen years of music beyond the pale

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Mix & Remix

    Welcome to Miami Beach's annual Winter Music Conference, where the elite meet to discuss the future of the beat

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    Carl Craig's Sci-Fi Jazz

    Techno, but not as we know it

  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    Slater Ain't Fakin' the Funk

    Electro revivalist Luke Slater

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Kulchur

    How about a little music with your drama?

  • Music

    April 1, 1999

    Kulchur

    How about a little music with your drama?

  • Music

    March 11, 1999

    Electric Avenues

    How about a little music with your drama?

  • Calendar

    December 3, 1998

    Plugged-in Music

    How about a little music with your drama?

  • News

    November 24, 1993

    Program Notes 32

    How about a little music with your drama?

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