Derrick May isn’t a man with much to say these days. Well, not in public, anyway – although he remains as vocal as ever in private. Several Detroit sources have told Ears To The...
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Amidst online debate about whether Juan Atkins created techno, the man himself has stayed curiously silent – but why?
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?
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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Can Juan Atkins play? As Michael James $4k prize pot goes unclaimed, Detroit sources have their own theories…
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...
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Has he been on the Ron Bacardi? Ben Sims claims anyone questioning the Belleville Three story is being racist!
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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Careful, Juan Atkins might threaten to sue! Now Kevin Saunderson claims techno is 40 years old and a whole coterie was behind it…
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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Discontent in techno’s ranks over Belleville Three parade?
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 and a Thanksgiving parade: the inside story
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...
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Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day parade: so how did it go in the end?
Yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day parade took place in Detroit, and it was a good parade in many ways – not least because of the weather. The fine people of the city came out to temperatures...
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Victory! Derrick May will NOT be at today’s parade
So today was to the day. At the time of posting this, it’s just after 10am in the UK – or 5am in Detroit. In a little under four hours time, the city’s Thanksgiving...
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BREAKING NEWS: Derrick May won’t be appearing at Thanksgiving parade
Ears To The House has received confirmation a short time ago that Derrick May will not be appearing at the Thanksgiving Day parade in Detroit, due to take place later today. A reliable source...
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Detroit stays silent over Derrick May’s Thanksgiving parade
Yesterday, Ears To The House returned to the online airwaves with the story that Derrick May is due to appear at Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day parade on Thursday. As you might have noticed, we’re not...
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Derrick May to represent Detroit at Thanksgiving Parade – seriously…
This week, the United States of America will celebrate Thanksgiving – a chance for many hard-working Americans to meet up and relax. Large helpings of turkey, pumpkin pie and potato casserole beckons amongst other...
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Innovator Juan Atkins gives us a mix full of… old records!
Juan Atkins calls himself an innovator. He says it was because he created the first techno record – and who are we, with our deep respect for him, to question this? But the thing...
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Vendetta? No, Ears To The House just wants the TRUE story of techno…
From time to time, someone comes along onto this site who just doesn’t get it. They read what Ears To The House publishes about the origins of Detroit techno and are just left wondering...
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After Juan Atkins pulls London show, Jeff Mills is UK bound…
Correction – the original version of this article claimed that Jeff Mills had never played with any of the Belleville Three. This is incorrect, as this article from our own archive – detailing his...
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