RIP: Juan Atkins – He Heard the Future Before the Rest of Us

On October 31, Juan Atkins died in Mexico City. He was techno’s visionary chill big brother, the man who fused Kraftwerk’s machine music with George Clinton’s cosmic funk and created an entirely new, ever-shifting musical language – a sonic blueprint for the future. It makes me sad.I once spent hours dancing to a DJ whose … Continue reading RIP: Juan Atkins – He Heard the Future Before the Rest of Us