Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer who helped invent techno, dies at 64
A founder of Cybotron, Model 500 and the Metroplex label, Atkins died in Mexico City on 1 November, his agency said. He had been booked to DJ there that weekend.
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Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer and DJ widely credited as a founder of techno, has died aged 64. His agency, Greensmith Artists, confirmed his death on Sunday 1 November.
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