Editing Juan Atkins (section)

==Career==
[[File:Model 500.jpg|thumb|alt=A man with electronic musical instruments performing at an annual electronic dance music event.|Atkins performing as Model 500 at [[Detroit Electronic Music Festival|DEMF]] in 2007]]
Juan Atkins formed [[Cybotron (American band)|Cybotron]] with Richard Davis in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2020/01/15/cybotron-the-original-detroit-techno-act-is-returning-with-a-new-album-and-tour|title=Cybotron, the original Detroit techno act, is returning with a new album and tour|website=[[Metro Times]]|first=Lee|last=DeVito|date=January 15, 2020|access-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215202811/https://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2020/01/15/cybotron-the-original-detroit-techno-act-is-returning-with-a-new-album-and-tour|archive-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref> The duo's debut studio album, ''[[Enter (Cybotron album)|Enter]]'', was released in 1983.<ref name="metrotimes2018"/> Atkins and Davis split ways in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/10/cybotron-clear-reissue-dave-tompkins-sci-fi-techno/|title=The Things They Buried: On Cybotron's Embattled Techno Sci-Fi Masterpiece, 'Enter'|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|first=Dave|last=Tompkins|date=October 30, 2013|access-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509160053/https://www.spin.com/2013/10/cybotron-clear-reissue-dave-tompkins-sci-fi-techno/|archive-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>

In 1985, Atkins founded the record label [[Metroplex (record label)|Metroplex]].<ref name="metrotimes2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/detroit-is-techno-city-and-techno-is-black/Content?oid=12291432|title=Detroit is Techno City, and techno is Black|website=[[Metro Times]]|first=Imani|last=Mixon|date=May 23, 2018|access-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601172119/https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/detroit-is-techno-city-and-techno-is-black/Content?oid=12291432|archive-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> In that year, he started making solo records under the alias Model 500.<ref name="redbullmusicacademy2017">{{cite web|url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/05/interview-juan-atkins|title=Interview: Juan Atkins|website=[[Red Bull Music Academy]]|first=Ben|last=Ferguson|date=May 23, 2017|access-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101114319/http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/05/interview-juan-atkins|archive-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> As Model 500, he released ''Deep Space'' in 1995,<ref name="xlr8r2014"/> ''Mind and Body'' in 1999,<ref name="xlr8r2014"/> and ''[[Digital Solutions]]'' in 2015.<ref name="xlr8r2014">{{cite web|url=https://xlr8r.com/news/juan-atkins-announces-new-lp-as-model-500/|title=Juan Atkins Announces New LP as Model 500|website=[[XLR8R]]|first=Kat|last=Leinhart|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827083851/https://xlr8r.com/news/juan-atkins-announces-new-lp-as-model-500/|archive-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref>

He is also one half of the duo Borderland along with [[Moritz von Oswald]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/juan-atkins-moritz-von-oswald-zeolites-borderland-exclusive-stream/|title=25 Years On, Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald Are Still Exploring the Borderland of Techno|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|first=Jesse|last=Weiss|date=April 21, 2016|access-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129084143/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/53aa9z/juan-atkins-moritz-von-oswald-zeolites-borderland-exclusive-stream|archive-date=November 29, 2019}}</ref> The duo released ''Borderland'' in 2013<ref name="factmag2016"/> and ''[[Transport (album)|Transport]]'' in 2016.<ref name="factmag2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/02/25/borderland-juan-atkins-moritz-transport-tresor/|title=Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald return as Borderland with Transport LP|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|first=Scott|last=Wilson|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822043023/https://www.factmag.com/2016/02/25/borderland-juan-atkins-moritz-transport-tresor/|archive-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

In 2015, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Metroplex, Juan Atkins collaborated with VAVA Eyewear.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-09-28|title=VAVA METROPLEX|url=http://visiophone-lab.com/wp/?portfolio=vava-metroplex|access-date=2021-01-12|website=VISIOPHONE|language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vava Eyewear {{!}} Metal Magazine|url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/vava-eyewear-a-vision-of-the-future-my-maanmies|access-date=2021-01-12|website=metalmagazine.eu}}</ref>