Time now to update you on a story which broke late last night. As Ears To The House reported, Moodymann – real name Kenny Dixon Jr – was involved in a car accident yesterday...
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Planet E is 30 – but why has Carl Craig not had his mentor on?
If you had a look in the dance music world at what labels were around in the 1990s, you’ll quickly notice almost all of them have long disappeared. If industry politics didn’t take them...
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The dance music press attitude to Covid? Here’s a clue…
Was it always like this? This is the question posed about the dance music press – known mostly for being craven sycophants afraid to ask anything remotely difficult or controversial. The richest people in...
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Kevin Saunderson poses with Derrick May – then Louie Vega doesn’t…
It’s been a busy few days for Derrick May – perhaps it’s just as well, as he doesn’t have many of them anymore. Since Saturday, he’s been hanging around at the Movement Electronic Music...
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BREAKING NEWS: Moodymann involved in car accident
News reaches us at Ears To The House this evening from Detroit – Moodymann has been involved in what has been described as “a severe auto-accident”. The news was announced by Mahogani Music, Moodymann’s...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: 30th May 2022
For this week’s installment of Here’s One They Made Earlier, it’s back to the year 2000 for a track we considered to be terribly underrated at the time. Back in the late 90s, dance...
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Phones on dancefloors – we agree with Simon Dunmore!
We have to concede that here at Ears To The House, we have mixed feelings about Simon Dunmore. On the one hand, the Defected boss is buying up huge swathes of house music history...
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Will “I Want The Love Of My Own” by Frankie Knuckles EVER see the light of day?
Quite some time ago now – 26th August last year, to be precise – Ears To The House published an article about how a big mythical vault full of unreleased Frankie Knuckles records basically...
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Derrick May is now plugging Andres’s music…
The Movement Electronic Music Festival is concluding today in Detroit. The curiously rising star that is Ash Lauryn have performed, alongside the likes of Jeff Mills, Carl Craig and names like Kaskade – whose...
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Did Phuture REALLY invent acid house? We investigate…
Those of you who have been loyal Ears To The House readers from the early days might remember that we’re basically a bunch of history buffs. As well as dissecting what’s going on in...
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Tomorrowland are launching a DJ school for eight year olds…
As Ears To The House has pointed out a few times lately, a number of festivals are in rather choppy waters right now. Two years of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions have prevented several annual...
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As Movement begins in Detroit today, the one question nobody will ask…
The Movement Electronic Music Festival, as it’s officially known these days, begins in Detroit later today. This year’s lineup includes Carl Craig, rising star Ash Lauryn, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins and er, an awful...
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The Saturday Recap – 28th May 2022
So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! The Saturday reviews column will resume in a few weeks, but there’s still plenty to keep you amused over the next two...
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The pay what you can festival – Outlook genius or just plain stupidity?
Anyone going out shopping recently might have noticed that some prices have gone up – and that’s before you factor in DJ schools whose prices have gone up by over 4000% in 26 years....
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Why it’s sometimes best for DJs just not to speak…
One of the harsh truths about dance music is that it occasionally attracts some utter oddballs. Now, allow us to explain ourselves here – we’re not talking here about people who see themselves as...
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DJ Sneak’s digital tracks detox – an update…
If you use Google to find out the meaning of the word “forlorn”, one of the definitions comes back as “(of an aim or endeavour) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled”. Which is how...
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