Back in the 1990s, the world generally knew a lot less about music producers than we do now. There were few ways of getting more information about most – unless you had direct contacts...
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Is DJs looking miserable still a thing? For Nervous Records, yes!
For reasons that Ears To The House has never fully understood, most DJs look utterly miserable in their press shoots. This isn’t a new trend either – even when we look at archive material...
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Wednesday Whisper: 31st August 2022
Which DJ has been walking around with a limp lately? This all started some two weeks ago after a rather unfortunate incident involving the DJ, a promoter, and a female who made her position...
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Juan Atkins isn’t happy with your favourite dance music site…
Very occasionally, Ears To The House is contacted by the people whom we write about. Curiously, it’s extremely rare for anyone to get in touch whenever we publish nice, positive things about them –...
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We asked for good news from Detroit scene – and here’s one!
Is everyone in the Detroit music scene an unprincipled snake who puts themselves ahead of everyone else? Ears To The House refuses to believe this is the case – and would dearly love to...
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Criticising Saudi Arabian tourism? That’s a crime in Saudi now…
Whenever anyone tries to launch a social media campaign in Britain to promote the country to tourists, the response is typically quite British. The comments sections quickly fill up with observations about how rubbish...
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Why does Detroit’s media refuse to look into one of its own?
The more we look at Detroit’s response to the God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines film, the more questions just keep piling up. For starters, there’s the curious coverage of the Detroit Free Press...
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Will Bandcamp Friday ever end? New dates have been announced
Over the weekend, Bandcamp sent out emails to inform everyone about what was happening with their long-running Bandcamp Friday event. In case anyone’s unfamiliar, these are events which Bandcamp stage on the first Friday...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: 29th August 2022
For this week’s edition of Here’s One They Made Earlier, we go back to 1994. Back in those days, the MP3 was something known mostly to computer buffs – the rest of us still...
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Police seek headline on illegal raves – but probably not this one…
It’s a Bank Holiday weekend in much of the UK today – and as ever, this means a couple of things. It means the weather will probably be rubbish, there’ll be more traffic on...
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Why Sullivan Walter and Derrick May don’t even compare
In recent days, Derrick May’s defenders have been getting in touch with Ears To The House, sending us links to various articles about a man called Sullivan Walter – with the clear implication being...
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Blake Baxter wasn’t paid for his music used in a film he appeared in!
If someone over at Detroit has anything good to report about dance music in the city, can they get in touch? We absolutely refuse to accept everyone involved in the music in the city...
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