With DJs Derrick Carter, Rooz
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Dont miss this huge party, Derrick Carter, #1 underground house music dj and legend at one of the most famous clubs in the world, RubySkye.
DERRICK CARTER: To many Derrick Carter is known
as the #1 house DJ in the world, the way he lead the Chicago house
movement in the 90's, the way he is respected by the biggest house DJs
around the globe today. master of 90's Chicago House music movement,
Derrick Carter started disco DJing since he was a kid. His first single
coming out of college was "Love Me Right" in 1987, followed by SYMBOLS
AND INSTRUMENTS" in 1989 which assured him a spot in the Chicago
underground. His heart may be in House, but his essence is always
searching for new beats to mix into future sets. Co-founder of one of
the best House labels around, Classic, it unites the sound of the
original Chicago Deep/Power House with that British psychedelic.
Check out the Video of Derrick Carter Interview - endclub.com
Check out Sick videos of Derrick Carter killin it at Movement 2010 in Detroit
DERRICK CARTER BIO:
One of the pinnacles of Chicago house music's '90s wave, Derrick Carter
began DJ’ing at the age of nine, spinning disco records at family
reunions. Born and raised in the western suburbs, Carter was into music
from a young age, but during his teens Chicago's house scene sucked him
in for good. Before long Carter became a strong presence in the city's
underground dance scene. When I got my driver's license at 16 my sneak
ability was validated, he laughs. I was a fierce bedroom jock for a long
time. After you mix for the love of it for six or seven years, you get
it pretty tight and you can take it on the road. He got by working at
dance-music specialty stores like Gramaphone and gigging at parties.
Later he landed regular DJ stints at Shelter, Foxy's, and Smart Bar.
Though he doesn't spin much locally anymore, when he does he attracts
large crowds. Most of the time he works in Europe, where he's become a
minor celebrity among dance-music aficionados :
“Its hard not to
laugh on the occaisions when you’ll make 20 times what you make in
Chicago on a Saturday night, but back home there are also times when you
just do it for fun… So many people come up to me and say ‘Man, I had
the worst day, My girlfriend left me, I locked my keys in my car, but
you turned it around for two hours, and that made me able to get up in
the morning’ That’s the best thing going.”
Derrick’s sets are
rooted in house, but he freely travels outside club tastes, seamlessly
incorporating old-school disco, soul, jazz and whatever catches his
fancy.
His debut single Love Me Right appeared in 1987, just
after he graduated from college. Another single (Symbols and Instruments
as Mood) appeared in 1989, but the Chicago house scene faded soon
after, leaving Carter and other artists with few to play for except
themselves.
Thanks in part to Cajmere's and Felix Da Housecat's
respective labels (Relief, Radikal Fear), Chicago house made a comeback
during the mid-'90s and began to offer impressive newcomers in addition
to the old guard. Carter, recording for the Organico label, returned
with several singles, and an album as Sound Patrol. In 1995, he began
working with a live band as the Sound Patrol Orchestra.
Several
mix albums have appeared, including Cosmic Disco on MixMag and Pagan
Offering on Pagan. Carter has also founded two labels (Blue Cucaracha
and Classic) and remixed tracks from Chicago's own post-rock heroes
Tortoise. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
Since then pioneering,
innovative tracks and consequent critical acclaim have repeatedly marked
Derrick out as once of the most important players in Dance music.
Carter
says that due to his growing notoriety his production talents have been
requested by pop-oriented acts. But he prefers to remain underground.
Although enthused about his own Blue Cucaracha label and a new UK-based
imprint he runs called Classic, he's reluctant to offer much explanation
of either label's MO--other than each releases records when the mood
strikes him:
I like to keep myself pretty invisible. You may
think I'm somewhere, but I've already left.
