Group · 1980–1995 · Detroit [42.33, -83.05]

Cybotron

The duo of Juan Atkins and Vietnam veteran Richard "3070" Davis, Cybotron fused electro, funk and a cybernetic philosophy inspired by futurist writing. Their early-1980s singles, especially "Clear" and "Cosmic Cars," are widely regarded as the proto-techno that pointed the way out of disco-era electronics. When Atkins's pull toward pure machine music outgrew the partnership, he left to launch Model 500 and Metroplex.

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  • migrates to → Juan Atkins

    Juan Atkins began in Cybotron, then left the electro duo to pursue a purer machine music alone as Model 500. That departure, and the founding of Metroplex that followed, is the hinge on which Detroit techno turns from electro into a genre of its own. The move carried Cybotron's futurism forward while shedding its rock-band frame.

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