From accountant to DJ: John Summit’s curious rise to fame
John Summit is one of those characters in the house music world today whom Ears To The House can't quite decipher. On the one hand, he is probably one of the busiest touring DJs around this year - whilst we're not exactly fans of his…
MDL Beast: What price to turn a blind eye to human rights?
Last year, Ears To The House was one of very few outlets to pay any real attention to the goings-on at MDL Beast. The festival in Dubai is paid for by the government of Saudi Arabia, keen to attract young tourists into the country -…
DJs Playing Badly – 12th August 2022
Starting from today and featuring every single Friday, we introduce a new column to Ears To The House called DJs Playing Badly. Each week, this column will seek out the worst of the worst in DJ performances and celebrate or shame them - depending how…
Spotify are going into ticket trade – guess who’s not happy?
Imagine that you run a business which was repeatedly cited as having saved an entire industry, yet your own company had never made a single penny of profit in its entire 17 years of existence. Sounds absurd, right? And yet for Daniel Ek, it's a…
Should Guy Gerber perform at Swiss festival next month?
These are unusual times in the world of Guy Gerber. Back in June, he was accused by Mavi De Mars of rape - he strongly denies the accusation. Island Hospitality Group subsequently announced his Mirror Games and Rumors events were both being suspended with immediate…
So what’s next for the Defected and Detroit love-in, then?
By the time you read this article, the cleanup will be well underway at The Garden in Tisno. Why? Because Defected Croatia finished up back on Tuesday after six days and the huge logistical operation of clearing everything out before the next festival arrives simply…
Louie Vega and a Wet Deck – insert your own joke here…
Louie Vega has been in the house music business for some 35 years now - and by that, we very much mean in the business. Sources who know Vega describe him as a man "who's always known what he's worth", and also as "a guy…
Will cost of living crisis result in a new boom for illegal raves?
Inflation in the UK is currently running at over 9%, and the Bank of England predicts this could rise as high as 13% in the coming months. Interest rates are rising, food costs are up, and energy bills are simply crazy. This is being replicated…
Cost of living crisis worse than Covid, says Sacha Lord…
Was Covid-19 the worst thing ever to happen in to hospitality in the history of the world ever? Judging by the screams eminating from certain quarters during the pandemic, one might be forgiven for thinking so - and Ears To The House doesn’t deny it’s…
The rising DJ with an OnlyFans obsession…
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House brought you news of a DJ with less than enlightened views on the issue of birth control. Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade and allowed states to make their own decisions on abortions once…
Wednesday Whisper: 10th August 2022
Which DJ has a particularly curious habit that is allegedly stopping women from sleeping with him? A woman contacts Ears To The House with a curious story about how she met this male DJ at an after hours party - and she readily admits she…
Banned by the BBC, but one UK station welcomes Derrick May…
Over the past few weeks, the UK's BBC Radio 4 broadcast a three-part documentary called Techno: A Social History. You might have heard of it - our very own editor-in-chief reviewed all three episodes for this site. Many of the who's who from the vast…
