As things stand, the best way to make money out of dance music is to have had the good fortune to be one of those that got in early. If you ran a record...
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Wird er damit drohen, sie ebenfalls zu verklagen*? Juan Atkins took part in a 19-minute documentary about techno’s origins for German state TV – but he barely got a look in…
Is there anyone out there who’s actually capable of making a dance music documentary that tries to be fair to all sides? Ears To The House is beginning to think this fairly basic task...
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Does he want a plaque as well? Kevin Saunderson flies to “Europ” with Delta Airlines for an Inner City show in Belgium – adding to his miles, just like pal Derrick May!
Spare a thought on this busy Monday for Kevin Maurice Saunderson – for it cannot be easy to be him at the moment. Indeed, things have got so bad of late that his own...
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Juan Atkins did a show with his friend Derrick May recently – but why doesn’t he want to be photographed with Detroit’s most occasional techno DJ?
In the same way a fly finds itself drawn towards a turd, Ears To The House finds itself once again writing about Juan Atkins – who doesn’t like it when you dare ask questions...
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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…
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...
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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…
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...
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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?
“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...
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As Derrick May turns 60, Ears To The House celebrates his achievements – which should make for a pretty short article…
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...
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Movement Detroit breaks ALL the piggy banks to book Basement Jaxx, Charlotte De Witte and, er, Cybotron – but have they forgotten their roots?
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...
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Derrick May FINALLY speaks about Detroit techno’s roots – and his message is almost as grey as his hair…
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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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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After Kevin Saunderson releases a sample pack, what about the other Belleville two?
Ears To The House doesn’t really mind you knowing we have no time for the Belleville Three fairytale of how Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins changed the world with their brand of...
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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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