Juan Atkins (1962-2026) was the idiosyncratic founder and namesake of Detroit techno
Juan Atkins, one of the founding pioneers of techno music from Detroit, has passed away at the age of 64. He is recognized as the person who first crafted the genre's distinct futuristic sound and officially coined the term techno.
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