Looks like Korg has endorsed Juan Atkins, shows a pic of him in his studio in California, he talks about his Korg gear. Go to Korg web site for the article www.korg.com or here's a direct link http://www.korg.com/sbytes/article.asp?ArtistID=10
There's also a short article on Juan Atkins talking about Korg in The Musicians Planet Magazine, a promotional advertisement publication from Mars Music that I got in the mail. www.marsmusic.com its in the Gear Gigs section p.9 by Greg Grant, ...Also bolstering the Korg roster is DJ Hero Juan Atkins, who combines street-level funk with electronic-pop featuring rhythmic elements from contemporary dance. Atkins uses many of Korg's new dance-oriented products to create his house style, including the Kaoss Pad Dynamic Effect/Controller, the Electribe synths, and the Triton Series Music Workstation/Sampler. Says Atkins of the Kaoss Pad, "This machine keeps your effects processing very non-linear and spontaneous, wich is an essential element in producing electronic/techno music."..... Speaking of Korg, Like A Tim a.k.a.Tim Van Leijden makes good use of the Electribes on his new album on Rephlex 'Red And Blue Boxing.' (maybe Juan Atkins should do a little collaborating with Like A Tim on his next M-500 album, just kidding) There are some MP3's you can ckeck out at his web site: http://home.hetnet.nl/~probeergratis/index.html Also go to the Rephlex site for RA files: http://www.rephlex.com/futurereleases.htm Some of the tracks off the album remind me of electronic music pioneer/ inventor Raymond Scotts work from the 50's and 60's. Go to his web site and check out the vintage electronic studio picts, they are amazing. There's also MP3 files of his work. http://RaymondScott.com/mripr.html stephen.
