Songpot · Amsterdam Dance Event 2026

Atkins' roots are in the early Detroit machine-funk line that became techno: sequenced bass, clean drum programming and synthetic lead lines with a dry, functional pull. At ADE, expect a set that leans on that classic Detroit architecture rather than modern peak-time excess.

More about Juan Atkins

Juan Atkins is one of the core Detroit techno names, and the festival bio already places him with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, Deep Space, and early Metroplex-era history. The ADE programme frames him as part of a four-decade Detroit techno celebration alongside peers and younger inheritors, which is exactly the right context for his importance.

A story

He described synthesizers as sounding like 'UFOs landing' when he first heard them. In their own words

Playing

• 2026-10-23 14:00 · Elypsia Music Group presents Four Decades of Detroit Techno · Q-Factory · hosted by Elypsia Group

Labels

Start here

• Clear (1990) · Metroplex
  Central Detroit techno reference point.
• No UFO's (1985) · Metroplex
  Prototype for the Metroplex sound.

Worked with

• Cybotron project partner · source

Read

• This New Documentary Unearths Valuable Techno History—With Some Glaring Omissions Resident Advisor, 2022
• Tresor 31's Adrenaline-Pumping Exhibition Educates as Much as It Provokes Resident Advisor, 2022
• Borderland: Inside the electric garden Resident Advisor, 2013
• Model 500: Remake/remodel Resident Advisor, 2008
• Juan Atkins - Dimensions Resident Advisor, 2018
• Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald Present Borderland - Angles Resident Advisor, 2017
• Various - Dreamy Harbor Resident Advisor, 2017
• Peckham Rye Music Festival 2016 Resident Advisor, 2016

For fans of

Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Detroit techno, Cybotron

Official links

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