Instagram story viewer> @nuvanahomes> Post

Goldray Collection ➡️ Nuvana Homes

@nuvanahomes

7 days ago

Posted On: October 29th 2026, 10:16 am

✨Shop @nuvanahomes✨

All items Available in store for immediate pickup/ delivery.

To Shop
✨WhatsApp +2349138577369
OR
Send a DM
Visit our showroom Monday to Saturday (10am-7pm)
📍37B Oba Yekini Elegushi Rd Ikate Lekki, Lagos

#nuvanahomes #moderndecor #exploremore

One day you're young and free, then the next you're 29

My Best Friend, My Brother. — These are just some of many pictures over the years. Celebrating a rare soul, a lifelong friendship, and his musical legacy that changed the world.

I met Juan Atkins in 1982. Every time we ran into one another, he would ask me if I worked at a grocery store, beyond convinced he’d seen me there. To which I would always tell him, no man, everybody just look like me. That went on for about a year, until he finally stopped asking me and became curious about who I actually was. Looking back, it’s funny how something so simple led to one of the most meaningful friendships of my life.

Our friendship was about so much more than just making music. He would come pick me up, just to hang out. Whether that was to go to parties or to simply play our music at Belle Isle. We traveled to New York and Miami for music conferences. We laughed together. We even cut each other’s hair. As time went on, I got to know the people closest to him. His grandmother, whom he idolized, his brothers, his sister, and his mother. They became like family to me, and my family became his.

We were in our early 20s, navigating a new frontier with no blueprint. Those were some of the best times of my life: yes, we were having fun, but the friendship we were building was invaluable. I knew our friendship had reached another level when Juan started sharing his music with me and asking for my opinion. I felt honored. He trusted my ears, and I trusted his.

We grew even closer, impassioned by our mutual love for music, learning, and creating. Eventually, it became simple: if you saw Juan, you saw Eddie. If you saw Eddie, you saw Juan. In 1985, he helped me put together my first studio, teaching me how to create my own music, how to manipulate sound through synthesizers and MIDIs. And by 1986, he released my first record, “Goodbye Kiss,” under his label, Metroplex.

The international media may know the records and the parties, but they don’t know the everyday moments that made us brothers.

And I like it that way. Some things belong only to the people who lived them.

He wasn’t just my friend. He was my brother. And I am my brother’s keeper.

Rest in Power, Juan 🖤

Goldray Collection ➡️ Nuvana Homes

@nuvanahomes

More posts