Artist
Model 500
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
Appears on
No UFO's
1985 · Metroplex
Ranked No. 2 in 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, The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
No UFO's
1985 · Metroplex
Picked by 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, The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
No UFO's
1985 · Metroplex
Picked by The Waxonia 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, The Eighties, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
No UFO's
1985 · Metroplex
Picked by The Waxonia 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, The Eighties, The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno