Cybotron was a techno group formed in 1980 by Juan Atkins and Richard "3070" Davis in Detroit, Michigan. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962) is an American musician He is widely credited as the originator of Techno music specifically Richard Davis is a composer and producer of Techno music from Detroit. Jon 5 joined soon afterward. Singles such as the groundbreaking "Clear" and their debut, "Alleys of Your Mind", as well as "Cosmic Cars" and "R-9" married funk music to explorations of Detroit's experimental electronic music landscape. Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul

The group was signed to the Berkeley, California-based Fantasy label and released their debut album, Enter, in 1983. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Cybotron were inspired by European synthesizer pioneers Kraftwerk, English electropop, and literary influences such as Alvin Toffler's book Future Shock. Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Alvin Toffler (born October 3, 1928) is an American Writer and futurist, known for his works discussing Future Shock is a book written by the Sociologist and Futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970 Soon after the release of the album in 1985, Atkins left the group due to artistic differences. Davis wanted the group to pursue a musical direction closer to rock, while Atkins wanted to continue in the electro-style vein of "Clear. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. "Clear" is a 1983 Electro song by performed by the American group Cybotron, and composed by Cybotron members Juan Atkins and Richard " After the breakup, Davis carried on and released several records as Cybotron, the last in 1995. Atkins continued his musical career, releasing records under the names of Model 500, Vision and Infiniti, as well as under his own name and as part of the group 3MB with the single, "Jazz Is The Teacher".

Discography

• Enter (1983)
• Clear (Enter with a slightly changed track listing, 1990)
• Empathy (1993)
• Cyber Ghetto (1995)
• Motor City Machine Music (A 'greatest hits' album, 2005)

External links

• Cybotron's website maintained by Rik Davis, which features a lot of his occult and science fiction interests. The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden"