It appears that three years of being silent can do strange things to a man – especially when it’s not something that comes naturally to him. But such is the way it’s been for...
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Is this what you got that £750k for? Bastion of underground dance music Resident Advisor published a review for up and coming Aussie artist Kylie Minogue…
Believe it or not, but there was a time when the distinction between underground and mainstream was a thing. Admittedly, it was never as clear-cut as 90s dreamers portayed it – but for example,...
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Here’s Three They Made Earlier: old tunes and older tunes every Monday | October 2, 2023
As we get ready to say goodbye to another Monday, it’s time for this week’s edition of Here’s Three They Made Earlier. As the banner says, we have old tunes and older tunes, all...
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Lucati surprises us all by declaring “you have to have a very high IQ to understand tech house” – but he might want to refrain from talking about “omnitempo maximalism”…
Dance music becomes a lot easier to understand once you realise one inalienable truth – most of the subgenres within dance were invented by either record shops or bored journalists. Take “tech-house,” for example...
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If you’re going to fail, do it spectacularly! The Guardian tried to do a top 20 of Detroit techno – and they’ve annoyed Juan Atkins, ignored Derrick May, and put a house track at number one…
The mainstream press are a weird lot when it comes to dance music. They’d have you believe that Beyoncé Knowles saved house music from an impending death last year – all by sticking a...
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After former Defected boss Simon Dunmore repeatedly points out his “values” on Lenny Fontana’s True House Stories, one question – just what ARE your values, Mr Saunders?
Just a few short days ago, the now deposed owner and founder of Defected gave a nearly two hour long interview. Speaking to Lenny Fontana’s intriguing True House Stories series, Simon Dunmore spoke about...
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DJs Playing Badly: when the DJs fail epically | October 1, 2023
As yet another weekend comes to an end, along comes another instalment of DJs Playing Badly – our column where we take a look at DJs who have committed some kind of fail. Whether...
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Electric Zoo cancelled their first day because they couldn’t get their stage up in time, and from there, it just got steadily worse – so why couldn’t they perform this year? A lawsuit might provide some clues…
Difficulties in getting and maintaining erections are something that many men have to deal with at some point in life. Whilst the occasional failure to rise to the occasion is normal, those who regularly...
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Just why DID Epic Games buy Bandcamp in the first place? Songtradr acquire the site after 18 months – with the previous owners having cut jobs and, er… not much else…
When Epic Games announced they’d bought Bandcamp last March at an undisclosed price, they were quite proud to tell the world about it. Their own official statement on the subject proclaimed that “Epic and...
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Not exactly your finest week, was it? Dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross slated after posting now deleted comments on X about “an abuser” who “has a new album out”…
As night follows day, Sunday indeed follows Saturday. For some, it’s the first day of a brand new week – for others, it’s one last day of rest before getting back on the treadmill...
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Here’s hoping they don’t do a Daniel Khalife! Britain declares laughing gas is now a Class C drug, where possession with intent to supply carries up to 14 years in prison – against their own advice…
In life, there are only a few things that are inevitable – birth, death and taxes are the main three. But there’s one other thing which is almost universal to the human experience –...
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Something isn’t adding up here! Mystery as Danny Tenaglia claims he was working on THAT infamous “Finally” remix the night before 9/11 – but they got a vinyl release less than a week later…
If you asked anyone born before around 1990 where they were when they first found out about the terrible events unfurling in New York on September 11th 2001, they’d most likely remember. Those images...
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Burning Man? More like Raining Man! Festival ends in farce with 70,000 people forced to use the Nevada desert as a toilet – and tragedy as a 40-year old dies at the event…
The weather here at Ears To The House HQ has been mostly awful for weeks – indeed, only on this first week of September are we now getting to enjoy some much-wanted sunny skies....
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It sounds like it was made in 1983! Innovator Juan Atkins brings Cybotron out of retirement with new track – but Rik Davis isn’t involved, and the whole thing smells of a cash grab…
Juan Atkins is a man who calls himself some very grandiose names – innovator and originator are currently his favourite two. Others within the Detroit techno scene these days reportedly call him slightly less...
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Wednesday Whisper: 23rd August 2023
Which long-time DJ has been on a blocking spree across his social media platforms of late? The DJ – who is also a producer and remixer with an extensive discography that’s worked across numerous...
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Wednesday Whisper: 16th August 2023
Which female DJ has reportedly told her social media team that any photos uploaded to the likes of Instagram must never have her bare feet in them? Even by the ridiculous standards of the...
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