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Techno was born in Detroit, not Berlin. Ruby Justice-Thelot on how the late Juan Atkins drew inspiration from Star Trek, Alvin Toffler, and the echoes of Detroit's abandoned car factories to make music that sounded like the future: "Many people are asking the question, who invented techno? It can feel sometimes like people in Berlin did, but in fact, of course, it was invented in Detroit." "He loved space, time travel, aliens, UFOs. He was watching Star Trek, Star Wars, and read Asimov." "What is so special about techno music is that it takes Toffler’s idea of techno rebels. Those people who wield technology for their own creative empowerment." "You could still hear the echoes of the now closed automotive factories. It is in those echoes that techno was born." @being_on_line