PLOINK presenterer JUAN ATKINS (Detroit) på KOSMO i BERGEN natt til søttende mai!

Tja..

Hva skal man si….

Det pulserende neonskiltet har stille pepet ’Detroit, Detroit, Detroit..’ i hele dag….

Vi er rett & slett uhyre stolte av å endelig kunne presentere selveste JUAN ATKINS på Ploink i Bergen…

Direkte fra technofødebyen Detroit.

På en Onsdagskveld i en kos, intim kjeller i en bitteliten landsby på Vestlandet. Ploink @ Kosmo…..

Jepp, den originale arkitekten kommer!

Mannen som på midten av 80-tallet fant på ordet ’Techno’…

Model 500…

The Godfather of Techno…

Cybotron…

Mannen som med hans yngre venner Derrick May og Kevin Saunderson, sammen kalt The Holy Trinity of Techno eller The Belleville Three, er viden anerkjent som oppfinnere av hele sjangeren.

Det er knapt mulig å sette ord på hvor viktig mannen har vært for den globale klubbscenen og utallige folk har sagt dette så mye bedre enn oss så vi sender heller de av dere som har lyst til å lese seg mer opp rett videre til linkene og bioen under… Sjekk ut dokumentaren om Detroit, High Tech Soul under.. Veldig kos…:)

Vi har drømt om & jobbet i årevis med å få den etter hvert godt voksne mannen hit og omsider nå i 2012 passet det for alle. I år er han atter aktuell med nye utgivelser på R&S og reutgivelser av hele katalogen på det sjanger-definerende, sjanger-skapende om man vil, plateselskapet sitt, Metroplex.

Både Kevin Saunderson og Derrick May har spilt Bergen tidligere men aldri Juan Atkins. Det er lov å bli litt drama da: Endelig er treenigheten fullbyrdet!! :)


Ellers følger vi oppskriften fra de siste Ploink kveldene på Kosmo (med henholdsvis Paul Woolford, Alan Fitzpatrick og Oliver Lieb):

Vi åpner oppe kl 22 med noen av de deiligste lokale heltene: U-TeQ & Christian Tilt!!

Deretter åpner vi underetasjen ved midnatt der resident Thomas Urv starter ballet før Juan Atkins går på kl 01:00 og spiller til 02:45.

Legenden Anders Gogstad gjør som alltid sin noe besynderlige og tankevekkende steinansiktstrobeperformance og det blir mer galskap grafikk fra supertalentet Mads Meskalin som blåste oss overende foran Oliver Lieb i mars!!

For de som ikke vet det så er Mads en erfaren videokunstner som gjør helt absurd fete pikselshow…. sjekk ut greiene hans her:
www.madsmeskalin.com

Og, igjen, FOR et nydelig design Vegard Bolstad har satt sammen til oss! Den mannen leverer alltid gull!


Sjekk ut:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZD…

www.wired.com/wired/archive…

Bio:
Brand new innovations. Brand new ideas. Changes all around us. The future is here.

Detroit. 1985. It begins. Post-industrial revolution, Detroit crumbles as businesses close and its motor industry implodes – but from its decaying streets the sound of the future is born when genuine human spirit becomes entwined with technology to prevail in the face of economic decline. After the split of his group Cybotron Juan Atkins utilises the synthesiser technology at his hands to usher in a new wave of electronic music. Inspired by European pioneers Kraftwerk, and the novels of Alvin Toffler, Juan sets about creating a futuristic electronic soundscape and names this new sound techno. But he needs an outlet for this revolutionary sound… In the wake of rejection from numerous big labels, Juan embraces the enterprising spirit of his hometown Detroit to create his own label, Metroplex Records.

The first release on Metroplex was No UFOs, a classic slice of techno that bears all the hallmarks of Juan’s early innovative experiments with electronic music – full of funk, soul and energy. It became a favourite on Detroit’s famous TV show The Scene, one of many Soul Train imitations that were broadcast across the United States. With his follow-up release Night Drive, Juan had music lovers across Detroit immersing themselves in his sound. It wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to hear ‘Time. Space. Transmat.’ emitting from cars all over Motor City as techno quickly became Detroit’s soundtrack. Later, Juan enlisted the assistance of childhood friend Derrick May and, buoyed by the early success of Metroplex, they became an unstoppable force and Godfathers to a form of music that is still as relevant today as it was back then. Timeless recordings like I Wanna Be There, Future, Sounds Of Stereo, Neptune, Technicolor and countless more made Metroplex the vanguard of a forward-thinking movement within electronic music. The first label of its kind, releasing an entirely new form of music – conveying emotion, oozing sex, soul and funk – Metroplex creator Juan Atkins was a true originator in the way electronic music was produced.

In years gone by Motown had been the sound of Detroit, but the future came in the form of techno and it continues to transcend generations inspired by Juan and his magical creations. Spreading across the globe, the contagious techno sound engulfed America and soon hit Europe spawning armies of musicians and an explosion of club nights in every major city.

In 2011 some say the heart and soul of electronic music has been lost. We live a world overrun by technology, where musicians have an endless supply of sounds and equipment at their disposal but somehow many are unable to express that raw emotion that came through in the music Juan released over two decades ago. The Metroplex owner’s visionary quest was to simply soundtrack the future, a future where, unbeknownst to him, emotions are slowly being eroded away. How fitting then, that his recordings transmit so much soul when much of 21st century planet Earth is tapped into the information superhighway, becoming increasingly muted in their sense of self-expression and communication.

Thankfully those early sounds have permeated down through the generations inspiring today’s electronic music prodigies to continue Juan’s noble legacy. Though humanity may be dissipating in some aspects of society, music continues to reinforce our spirituality and our innate desire to express our feelings and emotions. The recordings of Metroplex are a reminder that technology can still have a heartbeat, a feeling… a soul, and that the human spirit is still very much alive and well.

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