There are many things which we love about the dance music world – at its best, its ability to bring people of different hues and colours together is almost unparalleled. But there are a...
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Your bias is showing! As Resident Advisor run articles on “how to help Palestinians” and Annabel Ross backs NTS Radio stance, why ARE the dance music press so utterly one-sided on the conflict?
It’s about time that we faced an unescapable truth – the dance music press has never been up to scratch. Even during the supposed heydays of the 1990s, much of the output of the...
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Just pay everything to Lucian Grainge and be done with it! Spotify is changing its royalty model from next year to combat streaming fraud – but who will REALLY benefit from the move?
Everyone seems to agree that the streaming model doesn’t pay in the way that it should. Even the major labels admit that there are issues within the current system – despite them being by...
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EXCLUSIVE: Are you STILL up to your old tricks, Duane? Sterling Void pinches fellow Chicago DJ Michael Winston’s mix from Soundcloud – and tries to pass it off as his own creation…
This might be hard to believe for more recent readers, but Chicago producer Sterling Void was a crucial factor in how Ears To The House came to be. Back in 2019, our editor started...
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Wednesday Whisper: rumours, just rumours | October 25, 2023
Which male DJ and producer recently had friends concerned for his sanity over an unusually long rant, even by his standards? The DJ – known to love a good conspiracy theory in private, even...
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Why ARE they teaming up with a three week old startup? Now Wez Saunders signs Defected up for a partnership with The Circuit Group – and it’s all about the mutual scratching of backs…
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again – nobody spends tens of millions of pounds on acquiring a company, and then proceeds to do things in the same way they’ve always been....
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Does Jeff Mills just want ALL of the money? The Wizard is now modelling Jil Sander’s winter collection – and his words are only marginally less boring than the clothes…
The self-appointed bigwigs of Detroit techno are, let’s be honest, mostly quite lazy. Two members out of the so-called Belleville Three haven’t released any new material in many, many years – with Derrick May...
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Is DJ Sneak about to release new music on digital? The vinyl purist himself suggests he might be on curious Instagram post – and yes, we’ll take a look at how his old mission is going, too…
One of the things that ultimately cannot be stopped is the progression of technology. The dance music world – based on music made out of electronic equipment – is more aware of this than...
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There’s clearly still money in old rope! As Louie Vega confirms Lost Tapes 10 is due out this Friday, a question – can we have some new material from Masters At Work in 2024, please?
Dance music is in a seriously strange place, even by its own standards. Since almost the beginning of the genre, parts of it have been too eager to look at the past. This was...
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“How did those c**** find out?”: Derrick May’s camp are annoyed at Ears To The House reporting on a possible Belleville Three comeback – and wait until you hear what else they’ve got to say!
Those of you who read Ears To The House on a regular basis will know that we don’t shy away from the more weighty issues in this scene. Whilst the likes of Mixmag and...
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Here’s Three They Made Earlier: old tunes and older tunes every Monday | October 23, 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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Silence just doesn’t cut the mustard! Honey Dijon’s buddies such as Beyoncé Knowles, Madonna, and Defected all love Dubai – so why DOES the normally vocal producer have nothing to say about it?
In a dance music scene where most of the higher echelon DJs are simply too timid to say anything about any of the big issues of the day, Honey Dijon is quite refreshing. The...
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That’s another one returning to the day job! Solomon (the Golden Sachs one, not Mr Human Diazepam) announces retirement from DJing citing “media attraction” as a “distraction” from his work…
As practical minded a bunch that we generally are at Ears To The House, there’s sometimes something to be said for pursuing your dreams. Some of those dreams are small but significant to the...
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Kenny Summit leads tributes for former Subliminal A&R guy Melvin Moore, who died suddenly last Friday – but amidst sadness, questions linger over who’ll be taking house music into the future…
Anyone following Ears To The House on our socials will almost certainly have seen our posts last Friday night referencing the death of Melvin Moore. Now, Moore wasn’t the most famous name in the...
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DJs Playing Badly: when the DJ just fails epically | October 22, 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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Is any height of incompetence ever high enough at Resident Advisor? Mystery as they manage to spell Goldie as “Golide” in promo poster for their own event (despite him being guest editor throughout October!)
A common bugbear of many people is poor spelling. It’s a problem that has gotten worse with the proliferation of the internet – with more content out there than ever before, the chance for...
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