2023

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News

A city in reflective mood or just plain denial? Moodymann admits there were a LOT of people involved in Detroit techno’s origins – but still gushes about Juan Atkins…

ETTH Team 18 June 2023

The dance music press would have you believe that all is well in Detroit techno, just as it always has been. They’re happy for you to continue believing in the Belleville Three fairytale, because...

2 Minutes

Business News

As Defected hire a “freelance advisory” head of inclusion, is it a sign of their commitment to diversity – or meaningless virtue signalling?

ETTH Team 18 June 2023

Strange things are going on within Defected at the moment, and you won’t be reading about any of them in Music Week – their chronicle of choice whenever they want something favourable about them...

2 Minutes

News

Juan Atkins did a show with his friend Derrick May recently – but why doesn’t he want to be photographed with Detroit’s most occasional techno DJ?

ETTH Team 13 June 2023

In the same way a fly finds itself drawn towards a turd, Ears To The House finds itself once again writing about Juan Atkins – who doesn’t like it when you dare ask questions...

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Here's Three They Made Earlier

Here’s Three They Made Earlier: 12th June 2023

ETTH Team 12 June 2023

It’s been a little while, but your favourite Monday night column is back. Three tunes from yesteryear, all chosen by the team almost totally at random. From big tunes to obscure ones, everything has...

1 Minute

News

Has Grant Nelson complained about this yet? Garage house rising star Marc Cotterell brushes off online woes and goes stateside on Nervous…

ETTH Team 12 June 2023

Last Monday, Ears To The House ran a story featuring a leaked screenshot from a private Facebook group, in which UK producer Grant Nelson accused rising garage house star Marc Cotterell of borrowing a...

2 Minutes

News

Is there ANYTHING this man wouldn’t say? Derrick May claims to come “from a musical background” in recently unearthed interview…

ETTH Team 12 June 2023

Over the years, nobody really kept much of an eye on what Derrick May had to say for himself. The reasons for this were twofold – one is that the dance music press are...

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DJs Playing Badly

DJs Playing Badly: 11th June 2023

ETTH Team 11 June 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...

2 Minutes

Business News

Dope news for DJ Sneak as his Friday night online stream finds a cannabis selling sponsor – so is this a new way for DJs to get the high life?

ETTH Team 11 June 2023

Being a higher echelon DJ used to be such an easy earner compared to today. You were booked for a gig, you turned up with a box of records, you played for a few...

News -2 Minutes

EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle’s The Lofts launched to great fanfare two years ago – but has been closed amidst a finance probe… so what on earth is going on?

ETTH Team 11 June 2023

Two years ago, Ears To The House – under our previous name – covered the launch of a glamorous new nightclub in England’s northeast. The Lofts, based in Newcastle, was going to bring in...

2 Minutes

Business News

Meet Tec-Troit – a free three-day festival that REALLY celebrates techno’s past, present and future (no matter what Mixmag might tell you!)

ETTH Team 11 June 2023 2 Comments

Contrary to what some people in the city believe, Ears To The House are big fans of Detroit. We believe the city’s legacy of house and techno music belongs to far more than just...

1 Minute

News

Saturday Recap: 10th June 2023

ETTH Team 10 June 2023

Well, that’s another week at Ears To The House successfully completed. Welcome to the weekend! As usual, we’re taking Saturday off – so long as no big stories break during the day, of course...

2 Minutes

News

As Defected FINALLY manage to sell out their “limited edition” Todd Edwards “Jesus Loves UK Garage” T-shirts, has the curse of Curtain Road now been lifted?

ETTH Team 9 June 2023

It’s been a busy week here at Ears To The House – so for something a little lighter on a Friday, we thought we’d return to a story we first covered all the way...

2 Minutes

Health News

Has anyone tried to blame amorous clubbers yet? Syphilis rates in Britain and the USA are rocketing, and it’s the same story with STDs in much of the world…

ETTH Team 9 June 2023

Three years ago, the dance music world was filled with doomsayers who said that coronavirus restrictions were here to stay forever. Having been stopped from working due to nightclubs being shut, DJs like Danny...

2 Minutes

News

Mr C’s Superfreq is inviting some of Detroit techno’s names to play in London on July 15th – so is that why the shrill DJ is cosying up to the scene?

ETTH Team 9 June 2023

The whole world knows that Richard West – the 58-year-old DJ professionally known as Mr C – is a polite man who thinks we should #BeKind to each other, as you never know what...

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News

Was the cherry blossom poisoning worth it? Annabel Ross went to Detroit’s Ash Lauryn and Ann-Marie Teasley for an interview – and got roundly snubbed!

ETTH Team 9 June 2023

Here at Ears To The House, we try to see things from as many angles as possible. Which is why when we first discovered that Annabel Ross was being sent by Mixmag to cover...