Juan Atkins and his Model 500 project are at the cornerstone of what we know as Detroit techno, so finding out there’s a new song from this legendary group is like a religious adherent realizing their holy book has a previously unknown chapter (or something close). The fine folks at Fabric nightclub have made this a reality in anticipation of Mr. Atkins playing there on September 26th. “Huesca,” previously released only with a magazine comp, features a warped electro gait encircled by flowing strings and twinkling keys. LWE is your exclusive authorized provider of this little gem, which you can snap up below.
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Model 500, Starlight
September 2, 2008 – 7:02 PM
Photo by Maximilien Brice
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It made perfect sense for echospace [detroit] to issue new remixes of Model 500’s immortal “Starlight” back in the summer of 2007. After all, Juan Atkins’ and Mortiz von Oswald’s 1995 original is a clear touchstone for the echospace sound, fusing the dubbed-out analog washes of Berlin’s [...]













