Juan Atkins: Last News

White people have stolen music from black people for decades and then some. This is a matter of historical record.

the launch of Haçienda Classical with the Manchester Camerata and some virtual livestreams during lockdown, The Haçienda will be heading to Tobacco Dock in the capital for an all-dayer on Good Friday next year.The Great Gallery of the venue will be hosted by The Haçienda’s clubnight Nude and feature Masters At Work (Little “Louie” Vega and Kenny Dope Gonzales”), while The Car Park will be hosted by Hot and see Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins play across six hours and The Terrace will celebrate 30 years of the clubnight Flesh with a special guest to be announced.“We thought it would be great to remind people of the true heritage of The Haçienda,” co-organiser and DJ Graeme Park told NME.

With the bizarre weather of hail and snow in NYC in May on top of a worldwide pandemic, we could all use some music to help distract us from our indoor lives. Grab a seat for a live performance from Hanni El Khatib of "HOW" in front of a projection of the anime Golgo 13: The Professional. The moody synth-driven track is a cover of the early '80s song "How Can I?" by Mark Mitchell. It was originally produced by Juan Atkins.

In many ways, Mike Huckaby was the glue that bound Detroit’s electronic music scenes together. Other Motor City exports may have more international name recognition—like techno innovators Juan Atkins or Derrick May or house titans Moodymann and Theo Parrish—but it would be hard to find anyone more respected and beloved by his fellow Detroiters than the soft-spoken man known as “Huck.” A DJ, producer, and educator, Huckaby died last month at 54 from complications of COVID-19 after suffering a stroke in early March. His tragically premature loss has left a city already too accustomed to hard knocks feeling even more beleaguered than usual.

The line-up already includes the likes of Iggy Pop, Johnny Marr and Kim Gordon