Juan Atkins Has Died. He Helped Invent Techno Music.
He combined the futurism of Kraftwerk with the funk of George Clinton to arrive at techno, making Detroit a capital of the genre. He was 64.
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He combined the futurism of Kraftwerk with the funk of George Clinton to arrive at techno, making Detroit a capital of the genre. He was 64.
He never achieved the celebrity of more glamorous colleagues, but drew acclaim as he remained at the podium until virtually the end of his long life.
The choreographer Benjamin Millepied is presenting a season at the storied Parisian theater. “It’s so alive and it’s a place to do something for a broader…