Sat Dec 10th - JUAN 'MAGIC' ATKINS [Metroplex - Detroit] at The Twisted Pepper

Subject

Subject at POGO
Saturday December 10th
at The Twisted Pepper

JUAN ATKINS [Metroplex - Detroit]
Pat Hyland
Dave O'Sullivan [Subject]

Doors: 11pm / Adm: e15/e12. Advance tickets - e12 from:
http://www.tickets.ie and All City, Spindizzy & Plugd | http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/store | http://www.ticketmaster.ie | http://www.residentadvisor.net

Juan 'Magic' Atkins - http://www.myspace.com/juanatkins
Dubbed 'Godfather of Techno', 'Magic' Juan Atkins is the genius who founded Detroit electronic music, and has influenced and inspired a generation of musicians. Working under the monikers Model 500, Infiniti and Cybotron, Atkins is one of the foremost musicians of the genre today, and has yet to meet his equal.

Born and raised on Detroit's northwest side, Juan took his City flavor to suburban Belleville, where he attended high school with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. Atkins's talent emerged early on and he began experimenting with dance music under the influence of the sterile, machine-driven sounds of Kraftwerk and the bass-notic funk of Detroit's own Parliament-Funkadelic. What emerged was Cybotron, which quickly gained Atkins and partner Rick Davies nationally renowned acclaim, charting top-40 on black music radio.

As his musicality developed, Atkins ventured on alone as Model 500, releasing minimalist, high-tech classics such as No UFO's, The Chase, Nightdrive and Ocean to Ocean.

By this time, Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May had already begun their experimentation, and under Atkins's direction, the three unleashed their talent to create the breathtaking Inner City release. It was soon followed by Big Fun, which first deluged London, and then all of Europe, with the massive, electrifying sound of techno.

From that point, Atkins's reputation flourished, and he received requests to remix pop hits from Dr. Robert & Kim Mayzelle, Coldcut, Yaz, Fine Young Cannibals, The Tom Tom Club, The Beloved, and Carl Cox.

Although Atkins continued to produce cutting-edge, anthemic dance singles during that time, it wasn't until 1994 that he released his first mini-LP entitled Sonic Sunset, followed in 1995 by Deep Space. With these landmark hits, his acclaim finally came home to the growing audiences of North America. His distinctive utopian sound can be heard in some of the most remote corners of the globe, wherever people gather to dance and celebrate life.

The fluidity of his chords and the awe-inspiring power of the inimitable bass line that are his signature have attracted a huge following of fans who soon bumped to another stand-out Model 500 album, Mind and Body, 1999.

Atkins continues his musical and philosophical perspective. In an industry that is inspired by his work yet sometimes bastardizes the word and sound he created, Atkins remains a stand-out as an historical Godfather icon in documentaries, feature films and books, cataloguing his visionary contribution. He anticipated the record industry by a full decade.

The industry as a whole, especially in Europe, has constantly put pressure on Detroit artists, Atkins in particular, to re-invent the wheel and to continuously refresh and advance the dance sound. With a new perspective, a move to Los Angeles to fulfill a lifelong dream of producing an album by the ocean, and a return to the sound of Black America, Atkins is accomplishing just that.

To those who truly know its roots and love Techno/electronic music, Atkins's musical genius is a deep pool of inspiration that has changed their lives forever. Whatever the future holds and while North America dominates and commercializes the sound of his European imitators and followers, Atkins is still the standout, the Sly Stone, the Miles Davis virtuoso of electronic funk.

Links:
http://www.subjectevents.com
http://www.thetwistedpepper.com
http://www.myspace.com/juanatkins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Atkins
Facebook Event Page: http://on.fb.me/uSMN8A
Resident Advisor Event: http://bit.ly/tHTf5t

Subject

Juan Atkins - Originator...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq68MF0Z3jk

Juan Atkins returns to Subject on Saturday December 10th 2011 at POGO/The Twisted Pepper. Full details/ticket info: HERE & HERE.

Logical Fallacy

@ 1:06 he is definitely sober.

Oh yeah.

Nolanger

Originator of what? This came out in 1982 and there other examples from that era. Adding a 4/4 beat to electro tunes does not make someone an 'originator'. Maybe he's an adjustor!

a148pro

Yep, but techno was sold back to the UK as music that he made and it's been pretty much Emperor's new clothes since then. Saw him in 98 in London. Sooooo boring.

old gregg

I'd been considering skipping up to town for this so well interested in others opinions as to the quality of his shows these days.

Subject

Sacred_git

why do people continue to promote events in this forum when there is a dedicated forum for clubbing/promotion!!!! This annoys me! Stick it up your ass:mad:

SteoL

old gregg wrote: »

I'd been considering skipping up to town for this so well interested in others opinions as to the quality of his shows these days.

Went to see him in Crawdaddy around 2 years ago and wasn't too impressed. Maybe it was the venue or the recreationals rather than the tunes can't really remember. Could have been a combination of all of the above. I wouldn't be rushing back anyway.

Subject

Juan Atkins - LWE Mix: http://bit.ly/oKA8Vj

Advance tickets - e12 [+ Bf] //

Online:
www.tickets.ie
www.residentadvisor.net
www.bodytonicmusic.com/store

Shops:
Dublin: All City & Spindizzy
Cork: Plugd
& all usual Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.

www.subjectevents.com

Subject

Added to the lineup...

Discotekken - http://on.fb.me/iiMFwN
8Ball - New DJ Search // - www.facebook.com/8Ball.DJ

DISCOTEKKEN

Can't wait for this one.

Louis Scully & Eoin Cody will be repping Discotekken on the night.

Check out Eoin's latest tune here

http://soundcloud.com/eoiney/dishwasher

and the Louis' soundcloud here

http://soundcloud.com/louis-scully

lots of mixes & edits on there.

stomprockin

Looking forward to Pat's set!

Subject

stomprockin wrote: »

Looking forward to Pat's set!

Pat Hyland - SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/pat-hyland

Subject

Competition //

To win guestlist for Saturday at The Twisted Pepper, share the event page: http://on.fb.me/uSMN8A on Facebook and then leave your name in the comments on the event wall.

You can also enter by answering the following question; What is the name of Juan Atkins' recently relaunched record label? Answers to: info[at]subjectevents[dot]com w/ Juan Atkins in the subject line.

We have 3 x double passes up for grabs. Winners will be notified at lunchtime on Thursday. Good luck!

Subject

Universal Techno P1 - Juan Atkins & Derrick May:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSX_r0u3uzE

Scubadevils

Sacred_git wrote: »

why do people continue to promote events in this forum when there is a dedicated forum for clubbing/promotion!!!! This annoys me! Stick it up your ass:mad:

Yes I agree - a blatant excuse for sticking night promotions outside of the clubbing section... moving this to clubbing.

DISCOTEKKEN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCg0Nt22S8

scribe1

Factory Events Dublin are in the Box on the night With - 8Ball DJSearch Launch party.

Line up.

Paul Gill - People Like House
James Myles - Hustle
Ciarán FitzGerald

for more info see the link bellow
[HTML]http://www.facebook.com/events/296455473719731/[/HTML]

Subject

Ticket competition extended until 5pm today.

DISCOTEKKEN

awwwwwww yea. tomorrow night y'all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv24xpbzo5g

Billy Mays

Is Juan on the stage or in the basement?

Subject

Billy Mays wrote: »

Is Juan on the stage or in the basement?

Basement Billy...

[Basement] Set Times //

12:45 - Close: Juan Atkins
11:30 - 12:45: Pat Hyland
Open - 11:30: Dave O'Sullivan