Last Thursday, we ran an article on Ears To The House about how festivals try to control the media narrative about their event by limiting the numbers of those journalists who can be graced...
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A clarification on our Jesse Saunders article
Yesterday, Ears To The House published an article originally headlined “Is Jesse Saunders promoting house – or himself?”. The article itself queried why only Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders seemed to be doing interviews on...
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Did Anthony Hopkins dance to La Danza? Nope…
Somewhere in the deepest citadel of Defected’s trendy Shoreditch HQ, someone spends their days contributing to the relentless Dunmore propaganda machine by creating social media content. Any kind of content will do, so long...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: 11th July 2022
Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if a house record was to break down to the sounds of an ice cream van? Once you’ve awarded Ears To The House the prize...
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Is Detroit’s toxic masculinity wearing off?
The world of Detroit techno – and arguably Detroit dance music more widely – has historically been quite homphobic. Despite the fact house music is descended largely from gay black men, there have always...
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So how do you get a tune signed to Defected?
There was a time in 1999 when Defected was a small label, founded courtesy of a loan from Ministry of Sound to Simon Dunmore, running out of a small West London office with a...
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Sébastien Léger complains about “fakers” in music…
One of the more curious moments which piqued our social media interest during last week happened on Thursday – when Decoded Magazine shared a photograph on their Facebook page. And it wasn’t just the...
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Why are the press only talking house with Jesse Saunders?
Update on 12th July: After some reflection from the Ears To The House team, we’ve decided we weren’t happy with the original headline of “Is Jesse Saunders promoting house – or himself?” for this...
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The Saturday Recap: 9th June 2022
So that’s another busy week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Due to a number of reasons, normal service on Ears To The House resumes on Monday instead of Sunday. So right...
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Nervous Records are at their old tricks again…
You can always trust New York based Nervous Records to keep us busy on a Friday afternoon – don’t these guys realise that even we at Ears To The House like to have at...
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Castlemorton, Mixmag and dewy-eyed nonsense
For reasons which Ears To The House will never fully understand, there are some people out there who are absolutely fixated with the massive rave which took place in Castlemorton in 1992. Yes, it...
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Berlin, Rave The Planet and an advertising fail
The festival circuit this year is probably one of the most competitive that it’s been in decades. There are more festivals and more events than you can shake a stick at, hence why some...
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Boris Johnson quits as PM – any lessons for the dance world?
So the inevitable has finally happened. Those of you familiar with British politics will know that Boris Johnson and corruption are two very cosy bedfellows. The consensus at Ears To The House is this...
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A New York DJ is complaining he has fewer gigs these days…
DJs complaining about things is nothing new. Whether it’s whining about missing their flights at airports, moaning they haven’t slept in three days or just bleating on about the lack of satisfactory drugs on...
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New mixes of classic Basement Jaxx not up to scratch…
Do you remember an era when Basement Jaxx used to pleasantly surprise us each time they turned up with a new release? Ears To The House most certainly does – most of us can...
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How festivals try to control media coverage
Anyone reading coverage in the dance music press of festivals usually finds the same thing. The review is normally very positive – the music was great, the atmosphere was friendly and so on. You...
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