American musician and techno music developer
Juan Atkins
Get to know the artist
Juan Atkins is an American producer and DJ from Detroit, one of the Belleville Three alongside Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. His aliases include Infiniti, Model 500 and Cybotron, and Cybotron's 1982 track Clear, made with Rick Davis, is often counted as the first proto-techno track. His own label, Metroplex, released the Model 500 records that helped shape Detroit techno.
- Labels
He has also released on R & S Records, Tresor and Transmat.
- Born in
- Detroit
- Country
- United States
- Active since
- 1980
- First RA show
- 2001 · Hart Plaza, Detroit
- On RA
- 545 shows in 45 countries
- Released on
- Om Records, Transmat, Tresor, Subject Detroit, Opilec Music, All About
- RA followers
- 11,555
- Listen / follow
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Their labels
Metroplex
Founder · Founded 1985 · Source: MusicBrainz
Interface Records
Founder · Founded 1990 · Source: MusicBrainz
In our cities
- 47 shows · last Jul 2025 at Tresor / Globus
- 47 shows · last Jul 2026 at Signal
- 46 shows · last Apr 2026 at The Cause
- 24 shows · last Jul 2026 at Amsterdamse Bos
- 6 shows · last Sep 2026 at clubasia
- 4 shows · last Jan 2014 at Sydney Town Hall
- 3 shows · last Jan 2014 at The Liberty Social
Upcoming across cities
Often on the same bill as
- Kevin Saunderson
4 shared bills · last May 2026
- Eddie Fowlkes
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- Derrick May
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- Carl Craig
3 shared bills · last May 2026
- Rebecca Goldberg
3 shared bills · last Sep 2025
- Milan Ariel
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