Juan Atkins - Ears To The House

2 Minutes

News

The Chicago techno stalwart that is Jeff Mills? Unearthed interview from 1997 has the man himself asserting he’s from The Windy City and not Detroit…

Ears To The House Team 28 April 2023

When you think of Detroit techno, you might traditionally have thought of Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, and the like. But as regular Ears To The House readers will know, the...

2 Minutes

News

How did we miss this one? Detroit techno’s self-appointed bigwigs went for dinner at a $98 steak restaurant – and the budget only allowed Juan Atkins to eat…

Ears To The House Team 20 April 2023

Times are tough for many right now. Our Editor, for example, is leading by example by having one less coffee per day. Yes, his lower caffeine intake has resulted in him being even more...

2 Minutes

News

Another article repeats the Belleville Three myth – but guess who the New Yorker DIDN’T talk to for their botched piece on techno’s roots?

Ears To The House Team 18 April 2023

“Journalism is dead” was the recent proclamation by Derrick May, in response to an increasing number of questions as to how much the so-called Belleville Three actually contributed to the genre they claim they...

3 Minutes

News

As Derrick May turns 60, Ears To The House celebrates his achievements – which should make for a pretty short article…

Ears To The House Team 6 April 2023

Today in the fine city of Detroit in the state of Michigan, a man will be raising a glass in celebration. You see, April 6th is the birthday of Mr Derrick May of Farmington...

2 Minutes

News

Is Mixmag going to try sending Annabel Ross to Movement Detroit again – and how will Carl Craig respond if they do?

Ears To The House Team 4 March 2023

Earlier this week, the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit announced their full lineup. Thoughts at Ears To The House were the lineup has basically gone global – this is truly the year where...

2 Minutes

News

Movement Detroit breaks ALL the piggy banks to book Basement Jaxx, Charlotte De Witte and, er, Cybotron – but have they forgotten their roots?

Ears To The House Team 3 March 2023

So it’s official. The Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit has announced its full lineup. In a shiny poster which went out this week – going against the grain this year by having a...

2 Minutes

News

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...

2 Minutes

News

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...

2 Minutes

News

Can Juan Atkins play? As Michael James $4k prize pot goes unclaimed, Detroit sources have their own theories…

Ears To The House Team 2 February 2023

A few months ago, journalist Michael James – he who started writing up the allegations against Derrick May months before anyone else did – began asking new questions about Juan Atkins. He queried whether...

4 Minutes

News

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...