Ears To The House

Life used to be simple if you were in the dance music business. The majority of people either played music or made music – a few David Morales or Todd Terry types did both,...

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Beatport have acquired a majority stake in International Music Summit – so what’s behind this expansion?

What is the point of the International Music Summit? Their website claims they are “an educational, inspirational and motivational thought leadership platform dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for electronic music”. The sheer...

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Sasha and John Digweed are playing in Belfast over Easter – but will it be more exciting than baking bread?

A question that we occasionally ask – mostly so that our readers don’t have to – is what exactly do DJs do on their day off. And the answers, more often than not, are...

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Can Juan Atkins play? As Michael James $4k prize pot goes unclaimed, Detroit sources have their own theories…

A few months ago, journalist Michael James – he who started writing up the allegations against Derrick May months before anyone else did – began asking new questions about Juan Atkins. He queried whether...

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Does Google know something we don’t? A search for “Love Shy” singer Kristine Blond brings up an image of Defected’s Sam Divine…

There’s not really much else we can say about this one, is there?...

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Has he been on the Ron Bacardi? Ben Sims claims anyone questioning the Belleville Three story is being racist!

Over the weekend, Mr C – real name Richard West – posted something on his Facebook page which we’re honestly not sure how to interpret. One side of the Ears To The House team...

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Wednesday Whisper: 1st February 2023

Which major house music label is currently making increasingly desperate efforts to avoid allegations of bad business practices from being made public? Most of the claims – which Ears To The House are looking...

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As the scale of executions in Saudi Arabia continues to grow, why ARE the likes of Carl Cox and Jeff Mills still playing out there?

The dance music world is in a strange place nowadays. On the one hand, artists frequently try to parade how trendy and woke their views of the world allegedly are – whilst these same...

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Could they really not find someone else? Winter Music Conference website features testimonial from alleged rapist Erick Morillo

When you’re trying to encourage people to go to an event or to a place, there are certain things you should and shouldn’t do to make it happen. For example, telling everyone all about...

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Resident Advisor unveil a billboard of their digital cover in London – doesn’t this smack of a gimmick?

Say what you like about Resident Advisor – we generally do – but things seem to be on the rise for them right now. Now, some things haven’t changed – the site is still...

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Music production at a luxury villa and in-house chef with Funk D’Void and Huxley – and it comes in at a whopping $4495 price tag…

It may only be the closing date of January, but Ears To The House is already getting a flavour of what money spinners the dance music business world is getting behind this year. So...

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Tories are pushing for ban on sale of nitrous oxide in Britain, but is it just a distraction from their own political headaches?