Digital Solutions

Digital Solutions is the third studio album by Juan Atkins as Model 500.^[3] It was released by Metroplex on February 18, 2015.^[1] It is his first studio album under the pseudonym in 16 years, following from Deep Space (1995) and Mind and Body (1999).^[4] It includes additional production from Mike Banks.^[5]

Digital Solutions
Studio album by Model 500
Released	February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)[1]
Studio	Metroplex Studios Elypsia Studios
Genre	Techno[2]
Length	44:38
Label	Metroplex
Producer	Juan Atkins Mike Banks
Model 500 chronology
Mind and Body (1999) Digital Solutions (2015)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Quietus	favorable[7]
Resident Advisor	3.8/5[8]
XLR8R	7.5/10[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[6]

Paul Clarke of Resident Advisor gave the album a 3.8 out of 5, writing, "Like techno's equivalent of '70s rock legends on a reunion tour, Atkins is past his prime but still perfectly capable of satisfying his fans."^[8] Albert Freeman of The Quietus wrote, "Apart from a few slow moments, the album is overall a heartfelt and thoughtful piece, well composed and sequenced from beginning to end, and it sometimes approaches his best work."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hi NRG"	4:38
2.	"Electric Night"	4:11
3.	"Standing in Tomorrow"	4:50
4.	"Encounter"	5:41
5.	"Storm"	5:37
6.	"The Groove"	4:41
7.	"Station"	3:24
8.	"Digital Solutions"	5:11
9.	"Control"	6:20

All tracks are written by Juan Atkins, except "Electric Night", "Standing in Tomorrow", and "The Groove" by Juan Atkins and Mike Banks.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Juan Atkins – production
• Mike Banks – production (2, 3, 6)
• Amp Fiddler – keyboards (1)
• Andy G – guitar (6)
• Gregory Lacour – engineering
• Arnold Steiner – design