Here at Ears To The House, we’re big fans of values like principles and integrity. These are values which are sadly desperately lacking in the scene that we cover, so when we see it,...
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Is this a new record? The Ears To The House editor receives a threat to sue BEFORE we even commit to publishing a story – here he is to explain…
During my now nearly two years of editing your favourite dance music website, I have heard from a fair number of opportunists, shysters and crooks. Usually, they’ve hit the inbox – or sometimes even...
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DJs Playing Badly: 5th March 2023
Welcome to another instalment of DJs Playing Badly – our column where, each Sunday, we take a look at DJs who have committed some kind of fail. Perhaps a totally messed up mix transition...
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What is it with DJs and food these days? Now Kenny Carpenter is the latest to attach a “brunch buffet” to his set…
It seems that nowadays, nothing is allowed to actually stand out for itself. You see it all the time – the “journalism” in the dance music press is usually attached to paid for, sponsored...
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What, no cardboard cutout? Derrick May reduced to selling Transmat merchandise to make money – and it’s not even good stuff…
There was a time when a higher echelon DJ could simply concentrate on being a DJ. Go to a gig with a box or two full of vinyl, play for a few hours, get...
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Jumping on the bandwagon, Mike? Nervous announce return of techno label Sorted – which hasn’t released anything new since 1997…
There was a time when Nervous Records was ahead of the pack. The label had its own distinct sound when it launched in 1991 and wasn’t afraid to give new producers their first major...
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Don’t drink, kids! Solomun has a tipple at a show – and the “human diazepam” even makes it look painfully boring…
The consensus at Ears To The House over Solomun is, well, that there’s no real consensus. We have yet to work out whether he’s an undeclared genius, a troll or something else altogether. But...
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Is Mixmag going to try sending Annabel Ross to Movement Detroit again – and how will Carl Craig respond if they do?
Earlier this week, the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit announced their full lineup. Thoughts at Ears To The House were the lineup has basically gone global – this is truly the year where...
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Ash Lauryn appeared at Detroit’s TV Lounge last week – alongside possibly the worst flyer of 2023 so far…
The mysteriously rising star that is Ash Lauryn – who claims to represent Detroit whilst living 722 miles away in Atlanta – did a DJ set last week. Nothing unusual there, of course –...
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So what do they talk about at the €336 per ticket International Music Summit? The first oh so thrilling topics are revealed…
The exact reasons why Beatport recently snapped up a majority stake in the International Music Summit remain cloaked in mystery right now. Ears To The House reported on the first clue a few weeks...
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Movement Detroit breaks ALL the piggy banks to book Basement Jaxx, Charlotte De Witte and, er, Cybotron – but have they forgotten their roots?
So it’s official. The Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit has announced its full lineup. In a shiny poster which went out this week – going against the grain this year by having a...
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Amnesia Ibiza confirms Guy Gerber will appear at their opening party – but what about his ongoing legal difficulties?
Okay, we know the lawyers are going to be combing over this one. So let’s get one or two things nice and clear from the off. Ears To The House has absolutely no idea...
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Derrick May FINALLY gets round to banning our Instagram account – and wait until you find out why!
We weren’t remotely surprised with this one, and we imagine regular Ears To The House readers probably aren’t, either. The only mystery is how it took him over two years to actually get around...
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They’re all in it together, aren’t they? Jeff Mills to appear alongside Derrick May at Future Scope later this year…
We’ve said it time and time again here on Ears To The House – the bros at the top of this industry are all in it together. If you want evidence of this, look...
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