Juan Atkins, Co-Founder of Techno Music, Dies at 64
⟶ Juan Atkins, a co-founder of techno music, has died at the age of 64. He was a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.
Why it matters
Atkins was a key architect of techno music, a genre that has had a significant global impact on electronic dance music and popular culture. His innovations laid the groundwork for much of the electronic music that followed.