Derrick Carter is one of the most highly-regarded house music artists of all time. Lauded by many as a DJ’s DJ, his flawless technical ability and party-minded sets, aimed squarely at the dancefloor, rank him among the top in the world. As a producer and remixer his intricate and unique records are instantly recognisable as his own; often awkward, sometimes unpredictable but always funky, his productions represent an extension of his individual character, both of which are celebrated with this new retrospective compilation.

For House Masters Derrick Carter, Derrick has selected those lesser-known records that demonstrate the breadth of his musical ability and depth of his house music heritage. Although hugely influential underground jams like ‘Squaredancin’ and ‘Where U At?’ may not have been commercial successes, but that’s not what Derrick is about. As Derrick puts it: “I'm shut out of the ‘hit making’, I'm exclusively about booty shaking”, and tracks such as ‘The Warrior’, ‘Tripping Amongst The Stars’ and ‘A Hope (Over U)’ are indicative of the groove and innate energy which lie at the heart of the very best Derrick Carter productions.

Included here are no fewer than 15 previously unreleased cuts and edits which previously would only have been found in Derrick’s own personal record bag or CD wallet; this is the first time that hidden gems and secret weapons such as the 16 minute funk epic of SoCalled’s ‘Richi’, The Innocent’s ‘Theme From The Blue Cucaracha’, DJ Bang’s ‘Hallelujah’ and his personal “private stock” reinterpretations of Freaks’‘Boiling Point’ and ‘Telefunky’ amongst others have ever seen either the light of day or have been available digitally.

Defected presents House Masters - Derrick Carter

1. Sound Patrol ‘Tripping Among The Stars (Trippin' At The Kat)’
Written & Produced by Derrick Carter
Additional Production by Chris Nazuka
Remixed by Derrick Carter @ The Kat for Sound Patrol Productions
Additional Players: Chez Damier, Chris Nazuka, Heather Robinson, Earl Talbot & Charlie (We miss you...)
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 1997 Derrick Carter, All rights reserved

2. Rednail featuring Noni ‘Never (Never In A Rubber Room)’
Written by Derrick Carter, Chris Nazuka, Ron Trent & Chez Damier
Produced by Derrick Carter & Chris Nazuka for Red Nail Ltd
Vocals by Noni
Published by Westbury Music & Copyright Control
P&C 1994 Derrick Carter, All rights reserved

3. DJ Bang ‘DJ Bang Make You Jiu-Jitsu’ (Technical)
Made Up by Craft Celco & Nico Messeret
Overseen by D for the Totally Digital Disco Brand (TM)
Can U Handle It?
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2000 Classic Music Company

4. DJ Bang ‘Hallelujah’ (DC Private Edit)
Written & Produced by DJ Bang & Derrick Carter for Chicago, Inc.
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2012 Derrick Carter, All rights reserved

5. The Innocent ‘Theme From The Blue Cucaracha’ (DC Private Edit)
Written & Produced by The Innocent & Derrick Carter for Red Nail Ltd. & Blue Cucaracha Recordings
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2012 Derrick Carter, All Rights Reserved

6. Derrick L. Carter ‘A Hope (Over You)’ (Meeting House Dub Edit)
Written, Produced & Vocals by Derrick Carter & Chez Damier
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2012 Classic Music Company

7. Derrick L. Carter 'Squaredancin'’ (Jazzz Extension)
Written, Performed, Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Derrick L. Carter for Chicago, Inc / Child of Boompty
Recorded @ B.H.Q. during the revelation
Sax bits by the one and only Jack Sondag
Published by Westbury Music
B.H.Q. is good for you!!
P&C 2002 Classic Music Company

8. Derrick L. Carter ‘Where U At?’ (The First Mix)
Written & Produced by Derrick L. Carter for Child of Boompty / Chicago, Inc.
Re-Mixed & Engineered by Derrick & Bang for The "TDD" Brand @ BHQ Studio's.
All the new stuff by DC
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2002 Classic Music Company

9. DJ Bang ‘The B.E.A.T.’ (DC Private Edit)
Written & Produced by DJ Bang & Derrick Carter for Chicago, Inc.
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2008 Derrick Carter, All Rights Reserved

10. Oneiro ‘The Warrior’ (6BC Version)
Written & Produced by Derrick Carter @ Red Nail For Blue Cucaracha Recordings
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2003 Derrick Carter, All Rights Reserved

11. SoCalled ‘(These Are The) Good Old Days’ (DC's BHQ Remake)
Written by Josh Dolgin & Antal Fekete
Produced by SoCalled
Vocals by SoCalled, Fred Wesley, Katie Moore & The Belch Kids
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by EMI Music Publishing
P&C 2008 Haldern POP

12. Freaks 'Telefunky' (B.H.Q. Low Mainetnance Reversion)
Written & Composed by Justin Harris & Luke Solomon
Produced by Freaks
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by Bucks Music
P&C 2004 Music For Freaks

13. Truman Industries ‘Love Plus’ (Derrick Carter's ‘Love Groove’ Mix)
Written & Produced by Truong Mellor at The Mews
Re-Mixed & Stuff by Derrick Carter @ B.H.Q. Studios - Chicago, ILL for the T.D.D. Brand
Published by Copyright Control
P&C 2006 Dae Recordings

14. Freaks ‘Boiling Point’ (BHQ Private Stock)
Written & Composed by Justin Harris & Luke Solomon
Produced by Freaks
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by Bucks Music
P&C 2007 Music For Freaks

15. Angry Mexican DJ's ‘I Like It Funky’ (Derrick Carter's B.H.Q. Re-Rub)
Written by The Angry Mexican DJ's, Tamburini & Dale
Produced by Angry Mexican DJ's
Remixed by Derrick L Carter
Published by Copyright Control & Amphonic Music
P&C 2001 Palm Pictures Ltd.
16. Pty Ltd 'Who's Been Watching You?' (DC Native Dub)
Written by Tim Tainsh, Peter Golikov, Daniel Tainsh & Anthony Aggs
Produced by Pty Ltd
Remix & Additional Production by Derrick Carter
Published by Peermusic & Copyright Control
P&C 2003 Gallery Music Group

17. Rosie Brown 'Bliss' (D’s Boom Bap Bleep Edition)
Written by Rosie Brown
Produced by Bernd Rest
Remixed & Stuff by Derrick Carter & DJ Bang for Chicago Inc. & Child of Boompty Ltd.
Published by Rondel Music/Bug Music
P&C 2006 Dotbleep

18. SoCalled ‘Richi’ (DC's Full Phat Edition)
Written by Josh Dolgin & Katie Moore
Produced by SoCalled
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by Copyright Control
P&C 2011 Dare To Care Records

19. This Ain't Chicago 'Ride The Rhythm' (Derrick Carter Mix)
Written by Richard Scott, Karl Johns (Max the Sax) & Dizzy Dee
Produced & Engineered by Dizzy Dee
Remixed by Derrick Carter
Published by Polygram Music Publishing
P&C 2010 Wonk Records

20. Jorge Watts 'Up To The Sky' (DC Chi Hi Mix)
Written & Produced by Jorge Watts
Remix by Derrick Carter
Published by Phonetic Music Publishing Ltd/Imagem Music
P&C 2009 1200 Traxx