Photo: Angie Linder, CC BY-SA 2.0 (file image: Juan Atkins performing) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW Culture · 06:55
Juan Atkins, the Detroit pioneer who gave techno its name, dies aged 64
Juan Atkins, one of the founders of Detroit techno and a major influence on dance music around the world, has died aged 64. His agency, Greensmith Artists, told Resident Advisor that he was found unresponsive in a hotel room in Mexico City before a performance and was pronounced dead in hospital.