When Resident Advisor decided to appoint Whitney Wei as their new editor-in-chief back in 2021, Ears To The House wished her well. This was a person who had a pretty strong record from her...
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Wednesday Whisper: rumours, just rumours | November 29, 2023
Which DJ has finally broken free of the drug addiction that was starting to bring him down a very bad road – with one inevitable, tragic ending? Regular readers might remember this particular Wednesday...
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That’s at least one thing that hasn’t gone all wrong! As Pete Tong’s Radio 1 show gets ready for its 33rd birthday in January, how has his show survived whilst all the others fell?
Buried deep within BBC documents is the remit of Radio 1 – as founded back in 1967 to counter Britain’s pirate radio stations at the time. In their own words, “the remit of Radio...
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Here’s Three They Made Earlier: old tunes and older tunes every Monday | November 27, 2023
As we get ready to say farewell to another Monday, it’s time for our usual look back at the increasingly extensive archives of the dance music world. Each week, members of the team pull...
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How many of those streams will be paid for in the future? As Spotify Wrapped looks set to hit artists inboxes this Thursday, a question about the changes kicking in during 2024…
We’re almost at that time of the year when artists start receiving emails from Spotify telling them how they’ve done on the streaming site this year. Many will choose to parade the badges proudly...
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What’s the rush to get back home? Boddhi Satva was meant to play at Fajara Dance Festival in fightback against criticism – but there’s no footage of his set to be found anywhere…
Higher echelon DJs come across as quite brash individuals on social media – partly because their job requires them to. They have to promote their events and showcase their lives to their audiences in...
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“I’ve seen more signs of life in a morgue!”: Eddie Fowlkes played Detroit Beatdown at the weekend after naming controversy – but the atmosphere (as captured by Juan Atkins) left much to be desired…
Regular readers will probably recall an article that we published on 17th November, where we covered some controversy over Detroit Beatdown’s name – in short, its use seemed a little inappropriate after recent events...
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DJs Playing Badly: where the DJs fail epically| November 26, 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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Reviewing music makes you famous now? Norway’s own Bandcamp fanatic Viljar Sæbbe reviews almost everything going on the site – and First Floor decided to ask him a few questions…
For a genre that only exists due to the advancement of technology, the dance music world has a bizarre attitude towards a lot of things. Many would have you believe, for example, that in...
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Well, this is awkward! As the fallout from Gambia’s Fajara Dance Festival that never happened continues, it turns out Resident Advisor plugged it in a Top 10 of festivals for November…
This weekend, Ears To The House is still looking into the fallout from Fajara Dance Festival – the Gambian event that was due to start on November 21st, but never even started. For example,...
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Sleigh it ain’t so! Defected are getting in the mood for Christmas by selling some special festive jumpers – but what persuaded Wez “Santa” Saunders to put them on sale?
As of this Sunday afternoon, there are just 29 days until a rather fuller-bodied bearded man wearing a red suit comes down everyone’s chimney – and they find out whether they’re on the nice...
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Things don’t stop just because it’s the weekend Peggy Gou poses in photos for South Korea’s edition of W magazine – and the results are rather mixed…
Last Monday, Ears To The House reported on Peggy Gou’s less than ideal weekend – covering details of how her PR people were still getting results over her latest release, but how health problems...
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Move along, nothing to see here! Amidst fallout from the Fajara Dance Festival, Boddhi Satva comes out fighting and says all is (mostly) well – but quickly scrubs a photo of the promoter from Instagram…
Imagine that you’re holding a festival and it was due to start on Tuesday. A few days beforehand, problems begin to mount up – your sound engineer walks away, you mysteriously get locked out...
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Saturday Recap: because the week is busy | November 25, 2023
That’s another week done at Ears To The House. Just as is customary around these parts, we’re taking Saturday off – meaning that barring any big stories breaking, normal service resumes tomorrow. This includes...
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Aren’t you meant to know this stuff already in your job? Mixmag’s deputy editor posts on X to ask whether anyone has “noticed a reduction in dancefloor vibes” in the past year…
It’s often the case in business that the person at the top of a company has eyes and ears elsewhere – a good boss is very aware of the fact that they can’t do...
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Gambia’s Fajara Dance Festival has Jimpster, Ralf Gum, and Manoo on the bill, but there’s a problem – the festival was meant to start three days ago… (oh, and the hotel’s undergoing renovation work!)
A considerable amount of work goes into organising a festival. You need to secure a venue, lots of talent to actually play at the event, and then there’s far too many logistical issues to...
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