One thing that always bemuses us at Ears To The House – and it really shouldn’t by now – is just how sensitive to criticism most journalists are. We’ve encountered a few along the...
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Do we have to explain this like you’re five? Honey Dijon – for her work on Grammy winning Beyoncé album – desperately insists YET AGAIN that she won the award herself…
Sometimes in life, Ears To The House feels like we’re shouting at the equivalent of a wall. This won’t necessarily stop us from making noise – although even we’re hard pressed to say it...
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Here’s Three They Made Earlier: 24th July 2023
Due to technical gremlins striking last night, this column had to be delayed. Nonetheless, here it is! For this week’s edition of Here’s Three They Made Earlier, we decided to do things slightly differently....
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There’s money in old rope, you know! So how much money DID Kevin Saunderson make from selling the KMS catalogue to Beat Music Fund – and who else in Detroit is considering flogging their own archive?
As things stand, the best way to make money out of dance music is to have had the good fortune to be one of those that got in early. If you ran a record...
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That didn’t go down too well! Peggy Gou gets slammed by her own fans for playing in Israel – and why has she cast aside a 2018 vow not to play in the state until the conflict was “resolved”?
One thing which Ears To The House quickly noticed after we started writing about dance music was that thinking isn’t a strength of many higher echelon DJs. For every Carl Cox – a man...
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Yes, we do agree with every single word! Claude Young announces he’s leaving the DJ world, calling it “inauthentic” – but will the Hotel California effect strike once more?
As Ears To The House has commented on before, DJs don’t quite follow the same rules as the rest of us. When the rest of us say we’re leaving a job, it usually means...
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DJs Playing Badly: 23rd July 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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Saturday Recap: 22nd July 2023
So that’s another week done here at Ears To The House. Just as is customary around here, we’re taking Saturday off – we do have lives of our own, believe it or not. Normal...
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Is this really the best you could do, Wez? Defected FINALLY announce their Dubai event lineup – and it’s about as cookie cutter as they could get…
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House reported on the news that Defected had finally done the previously unthinkable – and announced an event in Dubai. The company whose own slogan is about...
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Just how big is this man’s ego?! John Summit has an adoring Facebook fan group that “celebrates John Summit” – oh, and one of the admins is John Summit himself…
As far as weeks ago, John Summit is probably hoping this one would just finish already. Ever since he first went public on Tuesday with allegations that a company was trying to sue him...
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Juan Atkins told Detroit media that Funkadelic’s George Clinton rubbed his head backstage in 1971 – so why didn’t he mention it in an unearthed 1988 interview?
There’s no particularly polite way to put this, so we’ll just come out with it. Juan Atkins, now he’s nearing his 61st year on this earth, is turning into Detroit techno’s equivalent of a...
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How DO you solve the problem of nightclub noise in urban areas? Well, you could sound proof the buildings – and the Irish government are getting behind the idea!
Let’s face facts. Despite nightclubs having been a thing for many decades now, it remains the case that governments at all levels are almost universally clueless on how to handle them. They know nightlife...
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Wird er damit drohen, sie ebenfalls zu verklagen*? Juan Atkins took part in a 19-minute documentary about techno’s origins for German state TV – but he barely got a look in…
Is there anyone out there who’s actually capable of making a dance music documentary that tries to be fair to all sides? Ears To The House is beginning to think this fairly basic task...
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As John Summit goes unusually quiet over Off The Grid dispute, Ears To The House takes a closer look to see what’s REALLY going on in this trademark case…
One word that anyone would certainly struggle to associate with tech-house DJ John Summit is silence – and yet that’s what his fans were treated to yesterday. The normally vocal producer, who isn’t usually...
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Resident Advisor spoke with Moodymann for a puff piece, but the reactions of their own readers tells a different story – and just WHAT did they call a strip club?
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House published an article where we referenced some comments made online by Kenny Dixon Jr – otherwise known as Detroit producer Moodymann. He spoke about how a...
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Strange times indeed! As Sondela becomes the first label to ever be released from Defected’s vice-like grip, what led to the split in the first place?
Ever since Defected was launched back in 1999, the label had grand visions to become a leader in house music. This was entirely unsurprising to anyone paying attention – founder Simon Dunmore previously worked...
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