Deep Space

Juan Atkins finally gives the Model 500 language album space on Deep Space. Electro-funk, machine melody and the clean architecture of Detroit techno stretch beyond the single and lose none of their economy. Given more room, the lines keep unfolding and never thicken. It summarizes where it could have broken ground. The man who invented the language had earned that.

Atkins again, a decade on, proving the futurism was a working method rather than a moment he happened to be present for. Still pointed at orbit and swinging harder than a founder needs to.

The man who named the music, proving three decades in that the futurism was a working method rather than a moment he happened to be present for. Still pointed at orbit, still swinging harder than a founder needs to.