I’ve been a huge fan of the electronic music created in Detroit that has inspired the world. I’ve interviewed many of the people behind the movement. Yet it wasn’t until recently that I finally interviewed Juan Atkins, the visionary most often cited as Techno’s primary creator. Atkins’ fascination with science fiction that led to the…
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When Ryuichi Sakamoto died last year, the music community in Detroit felt the blow. Like most of the world, Detroit was first introduced to Sakamoto by way of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), heard on the airwaves and in the clubs in the early 1980s. Budding musicians and DJs from the techno community quickly gravitated to…
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I remember the first time I heard Billy Bang. As I prepared my radio show in the once-robust music library at the WDET studios, fellow music host W. Kim Heron was airing his Sunday night avant-jazz-centric show in Studio A. Heron would drop some of the most amazing, out-there cuts, and his gift was on…
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