Derrick Carter : Rolling Stone

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Squaredancing In A Roundhouse

Chicago house pioneer Derrick L. Carter is more legendary as a DJ than as an album artist. But Squaredancing, his first full-length in seven years, shines with tracks such as the pumping "Friends Talk," which extols the simple pleasures of tater tots, and "The Hollow Clash of Marionettes," a delicio...

2002 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Derrick Carter is probably the most popular house DJ in Chicago as well as the United States. He began his career when he was nine, playing at family reunions, and began making his own records in the late '80s. His recording career stalled, however, until the mid-'90s, when he began releasing 12-inches on Organico, quickly becoming a draw on the Midwestern rave circuit. Mixmag Presents . . . The...

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