juan atkins made the first techno record ('clear')

and it's mainly believed that farley jackmaster funk made the first house record.

ncw has it 100% spot on - house was from chicago and techno was from detroit - all were made at around about the same time.

but i've interviewed both juan atkins and farley jackmaster funk and both of them were adamant that they weren't influenced by each other at all. atkins was into kraftwerk and 'spacey' sounds/obscure music. when he bought his first synth he wanted to make something that sounded like you were in space. hence titles like 'no ufo's', 'interference' and 'off to battle'. he'd read a book by alvin toffler called the techno revolution. and called his sound techno. infact, 'clear' is not a 4/4 record - it's an electro-influeced record, which makes me believe even more that juan atkins was not influenced by house.

i say farley made the first house record because that's what he told me. but it's all very controversial and may have something to do with someone nicking a tape. that's all i'm saying on the matter. if you know your shit, you know what happened ;)

i think that house and techno sort of 'grew up' together and techno did eventually become influeced by the house explosion in chicago.

ok hope that's helped.

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