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Tresor.216CD
| Juan Atkins |
20 Years Metroplex: 1985 - 2005 |
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It is with great pleasure that Tresor Records releases these 23 tracks, which celebrate 20 years of Juan Atkins’ historic label Metroplex. This collection also represents the most extensive retrospective yet of techno music’s most famous innovator. Mr. Atkins personally selected all the tracks on this double CD pack. This anthology follows the release of his first new works on Tresor since 1998: The Berlin Sessions CD & LP (Tresor.215).
Although this collection contains a few pre-Metroplex tracks from his early Cybotron project, the bulk of his important works were crafted in the framework of the Metroplex label, which he founded in 1985. Juan Atkins recorded under several aliases, including his noteworthy Infiniti releases on the Tresor label throughout its history. Featured here are ground-breaking early works such as “Clear”, “No UFO’s”, “The Chase”, “The Passage” and “Off To Battle” – electronic compositions that will always be counted as foundation blocks for a music/culture style that endures to the present day and on. Somewhere between Kraftwerk, Funkadelic and Depeche Mode, Juan Atkins delivered a new sound that changed the face of electronic music forever. With this release Tresor salutes the career of techno music’s most worthy benefactor. „You can hear it in his music: the proximity to the “real” music business (or what’s left of it), the sun, the ocean — it has obviously become an inspiring place (LA) to be for Atkins. But you can never rule out Detroit — one glance at the title or a listen to the vocal hook and you can hear George Clinton beckoning him back. “During the last DEMF, [George] came by my hotel room,” Juan remembers. “I think he wanted to do some music … I need to follow up on that.” (Excerpt biographical booklet: text by Dan Sicko) send a friend an email about this! || order this 2xCD: only €12 || Tracks:
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