Back in November last year, there was much controversy reported on this site when the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival was due to take place in the human rights abusing Saudi Arabia. A lot of...
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The Belleville Three myth lives on at Resident Advisor…
Those of you who have been paying attention will already know that the Belleville Three cover story – peddled without question by the useless dance music press for decades – is largely a myth....
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Willing to forgive Nina Kraviz yet? Nastia isn’t…
There are those within the dance music world who think it’s now time to give Russian DJ Nina Kraviz a break. So what if she consistently refuses to express a clear view on the...
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“Father of MIDI” Dave Smith dies aged 72
Occasionally in life, you come across someone who was a real pioneer. Someone who was ahead of their time and brought about a seismic change in the way things were done. They’re usually too...
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DJing for your country – would today’s prima donnas do it?
As Britain gets ready to begin the four-day jubilee today – celebrating 70 years of having Queen Elizabeth II on the throne – our thoughts at Ears To The House turn to DJs. Naturally...
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Wednesday Whisper: 1st June 2022
Which white male DJ was recently complaining about matters of a racial nature after a gig? The male in question has been involved in the scene for some 25 years now and still has...
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Is Bandcamp Friday becoming permanent?
This isn’t an industry with a lot of good guys in it. Call us cynical if you like, but the truth is there are a lot of people in music who are out for...
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Will festivals spread monkeypox this summer?
And just when you thought it was safe to go outside again, another virus is suddenly on the loose – and this time, no one can even try to blame the Chinese for it....
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Clubs are back – ugly side and all…
Some people occasionally get the impression that Ears To The House aren’t exactly keen on clubbing. Not so – it’s a central part of the dance music world and probably always will be. This...
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UPDATE: Moodymann OK after car accident, but shows to be cancelled
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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