Juan Atkins, widely credited as a pioneer of the Detroit techno sound and a major influence on dance music around the world, has died at 64, The Guardian reported. Known to listeners as Model 500 and as half of the electronic duo Cybotron, Atkins was discovered unresponsive in a hotel room in Mexico City before he was due to perform, his agency Greensmith Artists said. The agency confirmed the news to the dance music website Resident Advisor, explaining that Atkins was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Source: The Guardian.
