Ears To The House

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They’re all in it together, aren’t they? Jeff Mills to appear alongside Derrick May at Future Scope later this year…

Ears To The House Team 2 March 2023

We’ve said it time and time again here on Ears To The House – the bros at the top of this industry are all in it together. If you want evidence of this, look...

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As 1992 Derrick May remixes of “Sueño Latino” get re-released, how many of those records DID the man himself rework?

Ears To The House Team 13 February 2023

One thing which Ears To The House hasn’t covered in quite as much detail as we probably should have done was the question over how much music did Derrick May actually produce back in...

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Are Masters At Work seriously considering working with Derrick May? Rumours swirl after Kenny Dope told “you know the plan”…

Ears To The House Team 10 February 2023

As regular readers of Ears To The House will have gathered, a fair number of higher echelon DJs are privately supporting Derrick May. Not because they think he’s the victim of a racist conspiracy...

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Amidst online debate about whether Juan Atkins created techno, the man himself has stayed curiously silent – but why?

Ears To The House Team 7 February 2023

Did Juan Atkins create the genre that’s known as techno? It’s a question which has been debated more and more in recent years, and that discussion has only grown louder over time. That tends...

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The Belleville Three promised us a big tour in 2016, so seven years on, where is it?

Ears To The House Team 5 February 2023

With Derrick May as part of what’s been dubbed The Belleville Three, it was inevitable they would be able to talk the talk. Indeed, May spent over thirty years talking non-stop to anyone who...

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Has he forgotten to pay his heating bill? Derrick May keeps posting clips from Transmat HQ – and he always looks freezing…

Ears To The House Team 3 February 2023

As February begins, a fair amount of the northern hemisphere remains pretty chilly. For example, the forecast says today is going to be cold and sunny in Detroit, with a high (if you could...

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Has he been on the Ron Bacardi? Ben Sims claims anyone questioning the Belleville Three story is being racist!

Ears To The House Team 1 February 2023

Over the weekend, Mr C – real name Richard West – posted something on his Facebook page which we’re honestly not sure how to interpret. One side of the Ears To The House team...

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Didn’t they get the memo? Reggae cover of “Strings Of Life” emerges… in Japan!

Ears To The House Team 30 January 2023

Of all the strange stories we’ve covered on Ears To The House, this is probably up there with the best of them. Indeed, without the evidence supplied, we wouldn’t blame any of you for...

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Careful, Juan Atkins might threaten to sue! Now Kevin Saunderson claims techno is 40 years old and a whole coterie was behind it…

Ears To The House Team 29 January 2023

When a story you’ve been spouting for decades is increasingly being questioned and struggling under a level of scrutiny which it’s never previously received, what do you do? Do you accept that there are...

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Now why would that be? Derrick May only gave ONE interview during 2022 – and none at all for two years before that…

Ears To The House Team 23 January 2023

Over the years, Derrick May was a man never short of things to say. Whereas many in the dance music world said as little as possible to the press, May always seemed happy to...

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Discontent in techno’s ranks over Belleville Three parade?

Ears To The House Team 29 November 2022

Ears To The House was beginning to get the impression that the Detroit Thanksgiving Day parade fallout was over and done with – but it appears such thoughts were premature. For it seems the...

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Derrick May’s plan to get his career back? Reunite the old crew…

Ears To The House Team 28 November 2022

There’s been a lot here on Ears To The House over this week about Derrick May, hasn’t there? We don’t really apologise for this – we’ve been away for a few weeks and more...

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Derrick May and a Thanksgiving parade: the inside story

Ears To The House Team 27 November 2022

Last Monday, Ears To The House launched back onto the online airwaves with the news that Derrick May was due to appear at the Thanksgiving Day parade in Detroit on Thursday. We wrote again...