Before we get down to the matter at hand, we have a quick update for you on Derrick May’s forthcoming appearance at Futur Festival. Following online anger at the news since it was revealed...
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About Mixmag’s partnership with American Express…
There are few businesses quite like the music industry for bringing together some highly curious bedfellows. Hence why Ears To The House did raise an eyebrow when we encountered the collaboration between Mixmag and...
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God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines and a VERY curious debate moderator…
We’ve spoken on Ears To The House before all about the less than scrupulous history of Detroit techno. The documentary which premiered yesterday at Tribeca may well have been called God Said Give ‘Em...
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The Saturday Recap – 11th June 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 right now, let’s quickly recap some of what’s been on...
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No promos, please – well, not unless we ask…
So we’re now nearing the end of our third week back as Ears To The House. All in all, we think we’re only just getting back into the real swing of things now –...
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Techno documentary God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines is nearly here…
This weekend, a documentary all about the origins of Detroit techno will finally be unveiled. Premiering at the Pitchfork/Tribeca Film Festival in New York tomorrow, God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines has been no...
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How to fail at clarifying your position, by Berlin’s KitKatClub…
Berlin’s KitKatClub has quite the story behind it. It opened in the spring of 1994 and was the brainchild of an Austrian pornographic filmmaker called Simon Thaur and his partner Kirsten Krüger. And for...
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So why has Nina Kraviz been wiped from Glastonbury Arcadia?
These aren’t terribly good times for Russian DJ Nina Kraviz. Facing mounting criticism over the fact she refuses to state her position on the Russia-Ukraine war – bar meek platitudes about “praying for peace”...
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The Insider explains: just why ARE festival line-ups so boring?
This week, Ears To The House returned to a theme we first mentioned back at the start of the year. And that’s the fact that festivals all seem to be run these days as...
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Another Detroit techno festival – but guess who’s missing?
The dance music scene in Detroit is something we write about a fair bit here at Ears To The House. Partly because it’s a place where you can get away with almost anything, so...
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Nastia cancels her Awakenings gig, but who’s the Russian in her sights?
We’re starting to quite like Nastia here at Ears To The House. She’s one of few DJs in the modern, vanilla world who’s prepared to take a stance on something. Unlike many of the...
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The majors are worried about their streaming cash cow…
On this Thursday morning at Ears To The House HQ, we all feel like Dennis Nedry. You might remember him from the 1993 film Jurassic Park. In an exchange with Lewis Dodgson, he says...
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Travis Scott booked for Day N Vegas in September – so will there be any humility?
What would you do if you were facing numerous legal cases regarding an event where ten people died in a stampede and you were accused of antagonising the crowd at said event? Many a...
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Wednesday Whisper – 8th June 2022
Which manager left a dinner guest particularly bemused by a comment he made as proceedings came to their conclusion? Last week, he went to a fancy, top-end New York restaurant to treat a number...
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Has MDMA got stronger? The Loop are trying to find out…
Regular readers of Ears To The House might remember a post we published back in September last year covering the findings of UK drug harm reduction charity The Loop. They’d been inspecting MDMA pills...
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Tomorrowland joins the McDonald’s style festival list…
One thing which constantly astonishes us at Ears To The House is how the dance music world can keep putting glitter on a turd and get away with it. And a prime example of...
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