Juan Atkins tau lees paub tias yog ib tus tsim ntawm techno music. Los ntawm qhov no tshwm sim cov pab pawg neeg tam sim no hu ua electronica. Nws kuj yog thawj tus neeg siv lo lus "techno" rau suab paj nruag.
Nws cov suab paj nruag tshiab tau cuam tshuam yuav luag txhua hom suab paj nruag uas tuaj tom qab. Txawm li cas los xij, tshwj tsis yog cov neeg ua yeeb yam hauv hluav taws xob seev cev, ob peb tus neeg nyiam suab paj nruag paub lub npe Juan Atkins.
Txawm hais tias muaj ib qho kev nthuav qhia hauv Detroit Historical Tsev khaws puav pheej tau mob siab rau tus kws ntaus nkauj no, nws tseem yog ib tus neeg sawv cev ntawm cov suab paj nruag tsis paub meej tshaj plaws.
Techno suab paj nruag pib hauv Detroit, Michigan, qhov chaw Atkins yug rau lub Cuaj Hlis 12, 1962. Cov kiv cua thoob ntiaj teb tau koom nrog Atkins 'suab paj nruag nrog cov toj roob hauv pes tsis zoo ntawm Detroit. Lawv nthuav tawm cov tsev uas tau tso tseg los ntawm xyoo 1920s thiab cov tsheb qub.
Atkins nws tus kheej tau qhia nws qhov kev xav ntawm qhov kev puas tsuaj ntawm Detroit nrog Dan Cicco: "Kuv tau tawg mus rau hauv plawv nroog, ntawm Griswold. Kuv ntsia lub tsev thiab pom lub logo American Airline ploj lawm. Txoj kev tom qab lawv tshem lub cim. Kuv kawm ib yam dab tsi txog Detroit - nyob rau hauv lwm lub nroog koj muaj ib tug bustling, thriving hauv plawv nroog. "
Txawm li cas los xij, qhov pib tiag tiag ntawm keeb kwm ntawm techno suab paj nruag tsis tshwm sim nyob rau hauv Detroit. Ib nrab teev sab hnub poob ntawm Detroit yog Belleville, Michigan, lub nroog me me ze ntawm txoj kev loj. Juan cov niam txiv tau xa Juan thiab nws tus tij laug mus nyob nrog lawv pog tom qab tus tub hluas qhov kev ua tau zoo hauv tsev kawm ntawv poob qis thiab kev kub ntxhov pib tshwm sim ntawm txoj kev.
Raws li ib tug tub ntxhais kawm theem nrab thiab theem siab hauv Belleville, Atkins tau ntsib Derrick May thiab Kevin Saunderson, ob qho tib si tawm suab paj nruag. Cov trio feem ntau mus xyuas Detroit rau ntau yam "dhia tawm". Tom qab ntawd, cov txiv neej los ua lub npe hu ua Belleville Peb, thiab Atkins tau txais nws lub npe menyuam yaus - Obi Juan.
Juan Atkins cuam tshuam los ntawm xov tooj cua tus tswv Electrifying Mojo
Atkins txiv yog tus tsim kev hais kwv txhiaj, thiab thaum lub sijhawm tus tub loj hlob tuaj, muaj ntau yam twj paj nruag hauv tsev. Nws tau los ua tus kiv cua ntawm Detroit xov tooj cua hu ua Electrifying Mojo (Charles Johnson).
Nws yog tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag dawb, DJ hauv xov tooj cua Asmeskas kev lag luam, uas nws qhia ua ke thiab cov ntawv. Electrifying Mojo koom tes nrog ntau tus kws ua yeeb yam hauv xyoo 1970 xws li George Clinton, Parliament thiab Funkadelic. Lub sijhawm ntawd, nws yog ib tug ntawm ob peb tus neeg Amelikas DJs uas tau sim ua suab paj nruag seev cev hauv xov tooj cua.
"Yog tias koj xav paub tias vim li cas techno tuaj rau Detroit, koj yuav tsum saib DJ Electrifying Mojo - nws muaj tsib teev xov tooj cua txhua hmo uas tsis muaj kev txwv tsis pub leej twg paub," Atkins hais rau Lub Zos Lub Suab.
Thaum xyoo 1980s, Atkins tau los ua ib tus kws ntaus nkauj uas pom qhov chaw qab zib ntawm funk thiab hluav taws xob suab paj nruag. Txawm tias nws yog ib tug hluas, nws ua si keyboards, tab sis txij thaum pib nws nyiam DJ console. Nyob rau hauv tsev, nws tau sim nrog ib tug tov khoom thiab ib tug cassette recorder.
Tom qab kawm tiav high school, Atkins tau mus kawm Washtenaw Community College ze Ypsilanti, ze Belleville. Nws yog los ntawm kev phooj ywg nrog cov tub ntxhais kawm, Nyab Laj qub tub rog Rick Davis, uas Atkins pib kawm hluav taws xob tsim hluav taws xob.
Kev paub txog kev hu los ntawm Juan Atkins
Davis muaj ntau yam khoom siv tshiab, suav nrog ib qho ntawm thawj cov sequencers (ib qho khoom siv uas tso cai rau tus neeg siv sau cov suab hluav taws xob) tso tawm los ntawm Roland Corporation. Tsis ntev, Atkins 'kev koom tes nrog Davis them - lawv pib sau nkauj ua ke.
"Kuv xav sau cov suab paj nruag hauv hluav taws xob, kuv xav tias rau qhov no kuv yuav tsum yog tus programmer, tab sis kuv pom tau tias nws tsis nyuaj npaum li nws tau ua dhau los," Atkins tau hais hauv kev xam phaj nrog Village Voice xov xwm.
Atkins tau koom nrog Davis (uas coj lub npe 3070) thiab ua ke lawv pib sau nkauj. Lub duo txiav txim siab hu Cybotron. Cov txiv neej tau pom lo lus no nyob rau hauv cov npe ntawm cov kab lus futuristic thiab txiav txim siab tias qhov no yog qhov lawv xav tau rau lub npe ntawm duet.
Xyoo 1981, thawj zaug, Alleys of Your Mind, tau tso tawm thiab muag txog 15 daim ntawv thoob plaws hauv Detroit tom qab Electrifying Mojo pib tshaj tawm ib leeg ntawm nws cov xov tooj cua.
Qhov thib ob tso tawm ntawm Cosmic Tsheb kuj muag zoo. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd tus neeg sab nraud daim ntawv lo West Coast Fantasy pom txog cov duo. Atkins thiab Davis tsis nrhiav nyiaj ntau hauv kev sau ntawv thiab muag lawv cov nkauj. Atkins tau hais tias lawv tsis paub dab tsi txog West Coast Fantasy daim ntawv lo. Tab sis muaj ib hnub lawv lawv tus kheej tsis tau xa ib daim ntawv cog lus los ntawm kev xa ntawv rau kos npe.
Zaj nkauj "npe" tag nrho ib hom ntawv nyeem
Nyob rau hauv 1982 Cybotron tso tawm qhov khiav Clear. Qhov kev ua haujlwm no nrog lub suab txias txias tau tom qab hu ua classic ntawm cov suab paj nruag hluav taws xob. Raws li cov classics ntawm ib hom ntawv nyeem, muaj suab tsis muaj lus nyob rau hauv zaj nkauj. Nws yog qhov "trick" uas ntau tus kws kos duab techno tom qab qiv. Siv cov nkauj ntawm zaj nkauj tsuas yog ntxiv lossis kho kom zoo nkauj rau lub suab paj nruag.
Xyoo tom ntej, Atkins thiab Davis tso tawm Techno City, thiab ntau tus neeg mloog tau pib siv zaj nkauj lub npe los piav txog cov suab paj nruag uas nws koom nrog.
Lo lus tshiab no tau muab los ntawm tus kws sau ntawv futurist Alvin Toffler's The Third Wave (1980), qhov twg cov lus "techno-rebels" tau siv ntau zaus. Nws paub tias Juan Atkins nyeem phau ntawv no thaum tseem nyob hauv tsev kawm theem siab hauv Belleville.
Tsis ntev los no kev tsis sib haum xeeb pib nyob rau hauv lub duet ntawm Atkins thiab Davis. Cov txiv neej txiav txim siab tawm mus vim muaj kev nyiam suab paj nruag sib txawv. Davis xav coj nws lub suab paj nruag mus rau pob zeb. Atkins - ntawm techno. Yog li ntawd, thawj plunged rau hauv obscurity. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, qhov thib ob coj cov kauj ruam los ua kom nrov suab paj nruag tshiab uas nws tus kheej tsim.
Koom nrog lub Tsib Hlis thiab Saunderson, Juan Atkins tau tsim lub Deep Space Soundworks ua ke. Thaum pib, cov pab pawg tau muab nws tus kheej ua ib lub zej zog ntawm DJs coj los ntawm Atkins. Tab sis tsis ntev cov kws ntaus nkauj tau tsim ib lub club hauv plawv nroog Detroit hu ua Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Nkauj.
Ib tiam thib ob ntawm techno DJs, suav nrog Carl Craig thiab Richie Hawtin (lub npe hu ua Plastikman), pib ua yeeb yam ntawm lub club. Techno suab paj nruag txawm pom qhov chaw ntawm Detroit xov tooj cua chaw nres tsheb ntawm Fast Forward.
Juan Atkins: ntxiv ua hauj lwm ntawm lub tshuab raj
Atkins sai sai tso nws debut solo album, Deep Space, hu ua Infinity. Ob peb albums tom ntej no tau tso tawm ntawm ntau cov ntawv techno. Skynet hauv 1998 ntawm German daim ntawv lo Tresor. Lub siab thiab lub cev hauv xyoo 1999 ntawm Belgian daim ntawv lo R & S.
Txawm tias txhua yam, Atkins tau paub zoo txawm tias nyob hauv nws lub nroog Detroit. Tab sis Detroit Electronic Music Festival, muaj txhua xyoo raws li Detroit's waterfront, qhia qhov tseeb cuam tshuam ntawm Atkins txoj haujlwm. Kwv yees li ntawm 1 lab tus tib neeg tuaj mloog cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag. Lawv ua kom txhua tus neeg seev cev tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis cov khoom siv hluav taws xob.
Juan Atkins nws tus kheej ua yeeb yam ntawm lub koob tsheej xyoo 2001. Hauv kev xam phaj nws tau muab rau ntawm Jahsonic's Orange magazine, nws tau xav txog techno's ambivalent status as African-American music. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem xav tias yog tias peb yog ib pab menyuam yaus dawb, peb yuav yog neeg nplua nuj, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis tuaj yeem yog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm tus li nws yuav zoo li thaum xub thawj," nws hais.
“Cov ntawv dub tsis muaj qhov qhia tau. Tsawg kawg cov neeg dawb yuav nrog kuv tham. Lawv tsis ua ib qho kev txav los yog muab. Tab sis lawv ib txwm hais tias: "Peb hlub koj cov nkauj thiab peb xav ua ib yam dab tsi nrog koj."
Xyoo 2001, Atkins kuj tso tawm Legends, Vol. 1, ib qho album ntawm OM daim ntawv lo. Scripps Howard News Service kws sau ntawv Richard Paton tau tawm tswv yim tias cov nkauj "tsis tau tsim los ntawm kev ua tiav dhau los, tab sis tseem muab cov kev xav zoo tawm." Atkins txuas ntxiv ua yeeb yam ntawm ob sab ntawm Atlantic, tsiv mus rau Los Angeles thaum ntxov 2000s.
Nws tau nthuav tawm hauv "Techno: Detroit's Gift to the World", xyoo 2003 hauv Detroit. Xyoo 2005, nws ua yeeb yam hauv Necto Club hauv Ann Arbor, Michigan, ze Belleville.
Nthuav qhov tseeb txog Juan Atkins thiab techno
- Cov trio nto moo los ntawm Detroit tau ntev tsis tuaj yeem them cov khoom kim heev rau kev kaw suab paj nruag. Txawm tias muaj tseeb hais tias tag nrho cov txiv neej los ntawm cov tsev neeg muaj kev vam meej, los ntawm tag nrho cov "arsenal" ntawm lub suab kaw cov cuab yeej tsuas muaj cassettes thiab ib daim kab xev recorder.
Tsuas yog tom qab qee lub sijhawm lawv tau txais lub tshuab nruas, lub tshuab hluav taws xob thiab plaub-channel DJ console. Tias yog vim li cas hauv lawv cov nkauj koj tuaj yeem hnov qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm plaub lub suab sib txawv nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm ib leeg.
- Pab pawg German Kraftwerk yog qhov kev tshoov siab ideological rau Atkins thiab nws cov koom tes. Cov pab pawg pib tsim thiab txiav txim siab ua "coup". Hnav khaub ncaws raws li neeg hlau, lawv tau mus rau theem nrog cov suab paj nruag "tsim" tshiab rau lub sijhawm ntawd.
- Juan Atkins muaj lub npe menyuam yaus Tus Keeb Kwm (pioneer, pib), raws li nws suav tias yog leej txiv ntawm techno.
Lub tuam txhab cov ntaub ntawv Metroplex yog tus tswv ntawm Juan Atkins.
