Juan Atkins
DJ · Record Producer · Musician
Cybotron, Model 500 and the Belleville Three.
In memoriam · September 12, 1962 – October 31, 2026
Overview
Juan Atkins was a Detroit DJ, producer and label owner who grew up in Belleville, Michigan, and is widely credited as one of the people who invented techno. With Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson he formed the trio known as the Belleville Three, co-founded the electro group Cybotron in the early 1980s, and later recorded as Model 500 on his own Metroplex label. He died in Mexico City in 2026 at 64.
Quick Facts
- Occupation
- DJ, Record Producer, Musician
- Born
- September 12, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan
- Died
- October 31, 2026
- Official links
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