# Model 500 — Every Record We Rank

Model 500 appears 4 times in our Detroit Techno, The Eighties, The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 4
- **Appears on:** Detroit Techno, The Eighties, The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Year:** 1985
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Detroit Techno
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/model-500/

## Appears on

### [No UFO's](https://waxonia.com/track/model-500--no-ufos/)

*1985 · Metroplex · No. 2 in [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/)*

Juan Atkins draws the map. Cold electro chassis, science-fiction distance, and the first record that is unambiguously techno rather than something approaching it.

Also on: [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/), [The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

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### [No UFO's](https://waxonia.com/track/model-500--no-ufos/)

*1985 · Metroplex · Picked by [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/)*

Juan Atkins pressed it himself on his own label, in a city whose record industry had left for Los Angeles fifteen years earlier. Techno starts as a self-released twelve-inch, which is a fact about Detroit as much as about the music.

Also on: [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/), [The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

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### [No UFO's](https://waxonia.com/track/model-500--no-ufos/)

*1985 · Metroplex · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/)*

The map, drawn before anyone had agreed there was territory. Cold electro chassis and science-fiction distance, and the first record that is unambiguously techno rather than something approaching it.

Also on: [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/), [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Model%20500%20No%20UFO's) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Model%20500%20No%20UFO's)

### [No UFO's](https://waxonia.com/track/model-500--no-ufos/)

*1985 · Metroplex · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

The first record that is unambiguously techno rather than something approaching it. Cold, distant, and completely certain of itself.

Also on: [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/), [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/), [The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Model%20500%20No%20UFO's) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Model%20500%20No%20UFO's)

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