Roots Of House w/ Derrick Carter (Chicago)

Saturday July 26
Roots Of House w/ Derrick Carter (Chicago)
Just Announced: House Music Legend makes his triumphant return for the The Roots of House Party at Sound Machine Toronto.

Derrick Carter is widely acknowledged as one of the best DJs in the world. With innovative productions flawless technical skills and an effortlessly joyful attitude of rocking a crowd his influence has infiltrated throughout the spectrum of dance music.

Although known as one of the key players of Chicago’s house music wave in the ’90s Derrick Carter began DJ’ing at the age of nine spinning disco records at family reunions. Raised in the western suburbs Derrick was into music from a young age; during his teens Chicago’s house scene sucked him in for good and before long he 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 landing regular DJ stints at Shelter Foxy’s and Smart Bar; though he doesn’t often spin locally his unannounced appearances at friends’ parties leave people queuing around the block.

Derrick’s sets are rooted in house but he freely travels outside conformative club tastes seamlessly incorporating old-school disco soul jazz and whatever else catches his fancy to jack the beat and rock the party.