Within each of the many strands of dance music, there are people who believe in spreading the word and making the scene – or should that be their part of it? – as big...
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Festival inequality and one take you won’t hear on the BBC…
Here at Ears To The House, we don’t know everything. So whenever we do come across a gap in our knowledge, we contact our industry insider. He’s a man with decades of experience in...
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Is the war in Palestine over? The changing attitudes of Peggy Gou…
Those of you reading this site in November and December last year might remember we published several articles about MDL Beast Soundstorm – a festival paid for by the government of Saudi Arabia to...
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Could an all-year round Ibiza season soon be on the cards?
Over the past few weeks, you weren’t alone if you kept spotting stories in the dance music press about nightclubs announcing their “longest seasons ever” in Ibiza this year. It’s become something of a...
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Derrick May’s latest excuse for having no gigs? The internet…
Believe it or not, but there was a time when Detroit based DJ and producer Derrick May was a truly unstoppable force of nature. His diary was filled with hundreds of gigs every single...
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So what’s Danny Rampling doing these days, then?
One person who probably breathed a sigh of relief when this site announced we were going for a break a few months ago was Danny Rampling, 60, from London. The occasional okay-ish DJ and...
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Wednesday Whisper: 25th May 2022
Which DJ has recently been doing a very special kind of spring cleaning? The only difference is instead of scrubbing his kitchen tiles clean and finally taking that rubbish to the dump, this guy...
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Buy now, get paid six weeks later – Bandcamp’s legal battle heats up…
Back in March, Epic Games confirmed they had acquired Bandcamp. Cue much scratching of heads amidst the heavy publicity for the news. Epic’s official statement said “Epic and Bandcamp share a mission of building...
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When Kylie met Peggy – and we’re already wishing they hadn’t…
For every great and good remix in the annals of history, there are equally bad ones. Such as Armand Van Helden’s attempt in 1995 to create a remix of “Cotton Eyed Joe” by Rednex...
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Kevin Saunderson’s latest move is all about the next generation…
There are typically two groups of DJs out there. The first is the category who only associate with the same people whom they’ve been involved with since day one. The second are the ones...
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Didn’t Rockstar used to make games? Now they’re selling vinyl!
If you’ve played Grand Theft Auto 5, made by Rockstar Games, you’ll no doubt be aware of the ability to switch between the three protagonists in the game. Whenever you make the switch, various...
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Did sexually charged ravers REALLY bring monkeypox to Europe?
Here’s one that you’re unlikely to see covered in the dance music press – at least until they’ve worked out how to apply the best possible spin to the story. As you might have...
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The Pete Tong DJ school and a terrible case of price inflation…
If there’s one thing DJs in the upper echelons of dance music are good at, it’s making money. Lots and lots of it – but in their eyes, there’s one way to distinguish between...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: 23rd May 2022
Your favourite dance music website might now go by the name of Ears To The House, but some things aren’t going to change so dramatically. This column, just like before, will appear on Mondays...
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Celebrate 25 years of Nuyorican Soul – even if they haven’t released anything in 24 years…
Dance music is in an extremely odd spot these days. All the trends on streaming and download sites point to an insatiable appetite for nostalgia. Regular readers might recall an article this site published...
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So what DID happen at the Haçienda over the weekend?
Update 27th May: FAC51 The Haçienda have finally commented on this, issuing this statement. The original story is below. Many things have been said over the years about the Haçienda, the Manchester nightclub which...
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