Juan Atkins, the Detroit producer who helped invent techno and gave the genre its name, has died. He was 64. His agency, Greensmith Artists, confirmed his death today, Nov. 1. Atkins was found unresponsive in his Mexico City hotel room before a scheduled Oct. 31 set at YuYu Cine Club and was pronounced dead after […]

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