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Model 500

Model 500

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About Model 500

Model 500 and Model 600 are aliases of Juan Atkins. After releasing several Cybotron records, Atkins began recording as "Model 500" in 1985 and founded the Metroplex label. His friends Eddie Fowlkes, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson all recorded singles on the label. Atkins' first single as Model 500, "No UFOs," was a hit in Detroit and Chicago. He followed it with a series of landmark techno tracks, earning him the nickname "the godfather of techno.

Top Tracks

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Starlight

47.5K plays
2

Night Drive (Time, Space, Transmat)

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3

Nightdrive (Thru Babylon)

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4

The Flow

31.8K plays
5

The Chase - Smooth Mix

24.4K plays
6

No UFO's (Vocal)

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Starlight - Echospace Unreleased Mix

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Time Space Transmat

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Off to Battle

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Future

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