*UNLOCKED* [#348] SEKRET MACHINE MUSIC VIII: The Origins of Black Detroit Techno & White Texas Ecstasy, 1980-88

*Unlocking this episode in memory of Juan Atkins, the Originator and Godfather of Detroit Techno, who passed away on Halloween of this year. RIP King*

Dimitri and Khalid resume their deep completist dive into the history of electronic music with a focus on the pivotal decade of the 1980s and several as-yet unconnected regional trends: the emergence of “techno” in Black Detroit during the socio-economically disastrous Reagan years under the tutelage of mysterious late night DJ The Electrifying Mojo; the sudden widespread adoption of MDMA/ecstasy at one very specific Dallas yuppie nightclub; and murky rumors that the Rajneeshi cult was responsible for flooding Europe with MDMA in 1987…

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Originally aired on July 20, 2026

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