Juan Atkins LIVE DJ Set from DJ Mag HQ
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2015
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At the dawn of the 1980s, Juan Atkins began recording what stands as perhaps the most influential body of work in the field of techno. Exploring his vision of a futuristic music which welded the more cosmic side of Parliament funk with rigid computer synth pop embodied by Kraftwerk and the techno-futurist possibilities described by sociologist Alvin Toffler (author of The Third Wave and Future Shock), Atkins blurred his name behind aliases such as Cybotron, Model 500, and Infiniti -- all, except for Cybotron, comprised solely of himself -- to release many classics of sublime Detroit techno. And though it's often difficult (and misleading) to pick the precise genesis for any style of music, the easiest choice for techno is an Atkins release, the 1982 electro track "Clear," recorded by Atkins and Rick Davis as Cybotron. He soon left the progressively album-oriented Cybotron to begin working alone, and released his most seminal material from 1985 to 1989 as Model 500. And while fellow Detroit legends Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May were known for their erratic output during the following decade, Atkins recorded much more during the '90s than he had during the '80s, soaking up new rhythmic elements from contemporary dance music but keeping his unerring, instantly recognizable sense of melody intact throughout. As the electronic scene began looking back to the past to find musical innovators, Atkins was a name much-discussed and -anthologized, hailed as the godfather of techno.
Born in Detroit in 1962 (the son of a concert promoter), Juan Atkins began playing bass as a teenager and then moved on to keyboards and synthesizers after being turned on to their use in Parliament records. Two local DJs, Ken Collier and the Electrifyin' Mojo, first introduced Atkins to a wide range of other synthesizer-driven bands -- Kraftwerk, Telex, Gary Numan, Prince, the B-52's -- in the late '70s. Atkins then turned on two friends he had met (initially through his younger brother) while attending Belleville Junior High School, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. He also bought his first synthesizer, a Korg MS10, and began recording with cassette decks and a mixer for overdubs.
Hoping to learn more about the burgeoning field of musical electronics after high school graduation, Atkins studied at Washtenaw County Community College in nearby Ypsilanti; there he met Rick Davis, a Vietnam War veteran, synthesizer expert and fellow Electrifyin' Mojo devotee -- Davis had even released an experimental record used by Mojo to open his radio show. The two began recording as Cybotron and released their first single, "Alleys of Your Mind," in 1981 on their own Deep Space Records. The clever balance of urban groove and synthesizer futurism signaled the new electro wave in black music; though crossover success for electro was quite limited, it went on to become one of the most influential styles for the new electronic music of the next decade.
"Alleys of Your Mind" got immediate play from Electrifyin' Mojo and became a big local hit, even though most listeners had no idea it was recorded in Detroit, or America for that matter. The 1982 single "Cosmic Cars" also did well, and Cybotron recorded their debut album, Enter. Then the group signed a deal with Fantasy Records to reissue the album. One track, "Clear," was a quasi-instrumental which set the blueprint for what would later be called techno. Instead of merely reworking elements of Kraftwerk into a hip-hop context (which proved the basis for many electro tracks), "Clear" was a balanced fusion of techno-pop and club music. Unfortunately, competing visions for the future of the group forced him to leave the group by 1983. Davis and new member Jon 5 argued to pursue a musical direction closer to rock & roll, while Atkins wanted to continue in the vein of "Clear." (Cybotron carried on in the direction proposed by Davis, and was promptly forgotten.)
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I wanted to leave all my respect to Juan Atkins
You is The Grand Master!!!
thanks.
Bredes
Simply Incredible!
great Juan!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, amazing how Juan Atkins takes me immediatly into his techno-story he wants to tell in this mix. What he does around 2.00 is great. True legend
Juan is definetely the biggest legend to come from Detroit with James Stinson from Drexciya, this mix is so nice, really good flow, i see someone complain it is slow, that Jeff Mills is better, they don't understand the real sound of Detroit, this is the music with a soul, a real hi tech soul.
*VIOLENTLY COUGHING THE NAME EMINEM*
36:00 WOW !!! SO FUTURISTIC !
so nice
very good
Techno Originator! :) Detroit
THAT MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE...
Magic Juan still doing the biz as always
superb end J!
nice Intro :)
I love it
1;05 perfect !!!! so fresh mix :-)
Anyone else find it funny that there are massive F1s and then the monitors are tiny rokits in the back lol
Lol, I think they had to get close range monitors so they sit in the back pointing at the DJ and don't get in the way of the F1s. Looks like they have to work with a tight space.
Shyam Anand not really no..
Absolutely amazing mix
Send me to the Underground! Hands on Juan!
Funky Juan !
+Rick S. Mr. Slick!
Hell ya rock that $hit Juan!
The innOvator!
filosofía, etnografía música de la cual se sabe a quienes de m´saben y algo que aun no descifro.....sin querer, hasta luego
34min waowww !
id on this anyone?
20/10 ;-)
juanito el maestro claro
wow around 31:00 is fantastic!!
Ídolo
JUAN (hammer)
Juan may not be great behind the wheels of steel but this man could jump up onto the decks, do a massive jobby and i would still cheer and it would be better entertainment than soul-less music from a proffesional knob twiddler.
♡
tracklist please. Old school forever.
Track Id 33/35 min ??
Of course he plays Vinyls
36:00
I wish I had a friend
Vertebro Bazilyar you do. me. ok i'm over weight and into crossdressing, but beggars can't be choosers...
This music is like ten good people.
The White label @33mins Awesome! But what's the track?
I haven't listened to much stuff like this, but I'm diggin it! Any chance you have a tracklist??
+Andrew Barnes his godfather techno ?? lol
those are some nice looking speaker....????
do not understand the funktion1 vs KRK studio monitors in the back.
1st track ID?
Track list?
please 1:15:50?????????? AMAZING!!!!!! I NEED THIS
god damn what is the song at 16:00 plz ?
+Quelza Roy Davis Jr - Broken Machines
48:48!!!
1:15:15!!!
I NEED THIS FUCKING TRACK
track name 2:00
Track ID 56:30?
+Edward Cheseldine no
+Fly Flicks fuck off, it's all love on this community
Edward Cheseldine You sound really lovable.
track at 37:00?
Please 1:15:15???
How did the needle not jump off the record on that first track. Lol
That shits was wayvier the a pimps perm in the 70s.
DJ Mag playlist ????????
Start trawling through thousands of tunes and pick your favs. If you stop typin an start listening then track lists dont matter.
Like this? We bet you'll like Bella Sarris' set from our HQ - bit.ly/1NDTdaY
+DJ Mag He invented techno. Please revise the description for the sake of historical accuracy. Thank You.
+Yeshimabeit Milner The description is taken from his bio. Thank you.
Hiring a better digital media person may also do you some good. : )
Man, I need the tracklist, please! :)
@@DJMag so folk working their do not know about Juan Atkins yet they are "techno experts".
1:00:00 ID!!!!!! what is this? this is sick!!!! and sweet!!!!
Not too well recorded, could use a sound engineer to fatten this up a bit and give it a proper club sound. Juan did his job so perhaps DJ Mag could run a bit of software on the mix. Amateurs!
+mark styles no no no. Juan is clipping the mixer the entire time. Hitting reds all the way through the mix.
Honestly, its easy enough to do... usually this type of thing doesn't get sent out to the monitors or even the mains... but if anything is hooked up to that record channel distortion will be there if you go into the reds. :(
That is as maybe but they should have either paid someone to set the system up properly or altered the levels while it was happening. Its a shame bad sound these days on a mix from a legend.
+Jeffrey Harris Channels are in the red, but the master is low, so that's why I ran the channels hot and we didn't hear any distortion there. Can't really explain, you just had to be there.
+Juan Atkins Hi iJuan thanks for this set lots of intriguing tracks...around 31 min sounds very Detroit!
well hes peaking everywhere.. not much u can do about that..fatten it up u fatten up that shitty peaking sound
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Loposiblw tóxico tuvo el escritor.......no son -no buenares con una concebibles, las mis mas que no tienen proposIrito alguno , pues; en principio yo ni mi famiyilii in cubren ante una mujer , no solo hermoso y que me dio soporte b en los momentos m´s difíciles e, que una píe sona pueda sostenser.........la madre de sus tress madres Andrés
Blinding mix ruined by the lack of a decent engineer
awful, awful set 😂