Now how’s this for news? Juan Atkins was hoping to take the Cybotron Live show back on the road, with a series of shows lined up in London over the next few weeks –...
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Can Juan Atkins play? Michael James offers $1000 for evidence…
Here at Ears To The House, we have the deepest respect for Juan Atkins. The self-dubbed originator of techno has been around since the beginning and is a man who has achieved much over...
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So how much did Juan Atkins contribute to techno?
Here at Ears To The House, we were very pleased to discover that Juan Atkins reads our site. He joins an increasing array of DJs, producers, promoters and journalists who decry this site, yet...
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Juan Atkins is doing another Cybotron show in London…
Since discovering the joyful news that the self-described “originator of techno” Juan Atkins is an Ears To The House reader, our small but loyal team have been trying to work out how to best...
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Juan Atkins isn’t happy with your favourite dance music site…
Very occasionally, Ears To The House is contacted by the people whom we write about. Curiously, it’s extremely rare for anyone to get in touch whenever we publish nice, positive things about them –...
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Now even Annabel Ross is peddling the Belleville Three myth…
Ears To The House is sometimes asked just what it is exactly that we have against the dance music press. To which we ask – how much time have you got? We think those...
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Will Derrick May dare turn up at Detroit film afterparty?
The makers of God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines are very proud of their film. And whatever its faults, they generally should be. The film took 12 years to produce and chances are there...
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Derrick May can’t play – and nor can Juan Atkins!
Last year, Ears To The House posed a simple question – can Derrick May play? Whilst his skills as an occasional DJ were not in doubt, no one knew whether the man himself could...
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Cybotron to make London appearance – but where’s Rik Davis?
Juan Atkins was the inventor of techno and probably also invented sliced bread, the wheel and built the ancient pyramids of Egypt. If you spoke to the man himself, you might be tempted to...
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Will Ash Lauryn stick to Belleville Three script?
Believe it or not, but there was once a time when documentaries were produced and narrated by people who had some distance from their subject. To be commissioned to make a documentary for a...
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Techno documentary God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines is nearly here…
This weekend, a documentary all about the origins of Detroit techno will finally be unveiled. Premiering at the Pitchfork/Tribeca Film Festival in New York tomorrow, God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines has been no...
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The Belleville Three myth lives on at Resident Advisor…
Those of you who have been paying attention will already know that the Belleville Three cover story – peddled without question by the useless dance music press for decades – is largely a myth....
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As Movement begins in Detroit today, the one question nobody will ask…
The Movement Electronic Music Festival, as it’s officially known these days, begins in Detroit later today. This year’s lineup includes Carl Craig, rising star Ash Lauryn, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins and er, an awful...
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Are the Belleville Three (minus one) actually happy to see the back of Derrick May?
Over the past few days, I’ve written a bit about the end of the Belleville Three. The myth, which was created by journalist Neil Rushton in the 1980s, speaks a fabled tale of three...
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FAC51 The Haçienda have an exclusive at their Good Friday party in London – and they don’t even know it!
The myth of the Belleville Three had a good life, but now it’s time for the final nail in its coffin to be well and truly hammered down. With Derrick May now having effectively...
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Do the Belleville Three need to recruit a new member to keep up the myth? The question as a Detroit source witheringly compares Derrick May to South Park character Kenny McCormick…
For the first few years of its run, the South Park character Kenny McCormick would die in every episode – yet he would return in the next episode alive and well. No explanation was...
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