ADE pays tribute to techno pioneer Juan Atkins after his death
ADE has described the death of techno pioneer Juan Atkins, 64, as a shock to the electronic music industry. He performed at an event celebrating Detroit techno in Amsterdam about a week and a half before his death.
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The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has paid tribute to US DJ and producer Juan Atkins, describing his death as a shock to the electronic music industry. Atkins, 64, was widely regarded as one of the founders of techno.
An ADE spokesperson told the ANP news agency that the organisation was “deeply affected” by his death. Atkins had performed at the festival several times since 2001, including at its latest edition in late October.
About a week and a half before his death, he appeared at Q-Factory in Amsterdam at an event marking 40 years of Detroit techno, the spokesperson said. The genre was one “for which Atkins laid the foundations”, they added.
Atkins’s management said his body was found in a hotel room in Mexico City over the weekend. No cause of death was announced.
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