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Business News

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?

ETTH Team 19 July 2023

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...

2 Minutes

Business Legal News

You really haven’t thought this through, have you? John Summit might have to rebrand Off The Grid due to a trademark issue – and his response is to encourage a pile-on…

ETTH Team 19 July 2023

When you have a problem in life, there are usually one of two ways to approach the situation. The first is to resolve things quietly in the background, involving as few people as possible...

1 Minute

Business Dance Music Press News

Do they have no shame whatsoever? As Derrick May’s “European Coming Back Tour” sees a Spanish date this weekend, Resident Advisor is happy to promote the event on their site…

ETTH Team 18 July 2023

The “European Coming Back Tour”, as it’s been laughably dubbed, is Derrick May’s ongoing attempt to rehabilitate himself into a dance music world which is now largely ignoring him. It’s mostly involved playing a...

2 Minutes

Business News

A period of reflection might be a good idea! Italy’s Claudio Caccini had his track taken down by Rowetta recently – so has he apologised or shown any remorse yet? Er, not exactly…

ETTH Team 18 July 2023

Earlier this month, Ears To The House reported a story straight out of Italy – producer Claudio Caccini had released a song that featured lyrics from a 1990 track by Rowetta of Happy Mondays...

2 Minutes

Business News

Did they borrow Juan Atkins’s computer to make the flyer? Danny Rampling is appearing alongside conspiracy theorist David Icke – but it’s not the poster that’s the biggest problem…

ETTH Team 18 July 2023

As Ears To The House said only yesterday, we increasingly feel like a gun staring down at a barrel full of fish. It’s just so ridiculously easy at the moment to find someone in...

2 Minutes

Business DJ Problems News

It’s not just Marshall Jefferson who’s stuck in Hotel California! Danny Tenaglia “resigned” from DJing in 2012 – so why did he end up getting back in the saddle?

ETTH Team 17 July 2023

On Saturday, Ears To The House ran an article commenting on how Marshall Jefferson had announced he was quitting DJing – but subsequently returned. It turned out Jefferson had a caveat he hadn’t mentioned...

3 Minutes

Business News

Frankie Knuckles, he is not! Are power struggles within Defected the REAL reason why Luke Solomon is getting a House Masters compilation of his own?

ETTH Team 17 July 2023

During our enforced week away, Ears To The House received a few emails on our article from earlier this month – all about how Defected was now mistakenly claiming some its own artists as...

2 Minutes

Business Dance Music Press News

Who COULD she have in mind? Rattled Annabel Ross tells critics who suggest her writing is biased to advance her DJ career to “give me a f***ing break”…

ETTH Team 17 July 2023

One of the things that Ears To The House has learnt about journalists is that most of them are incredibly ratty and entitled. They intensely dislike the internet due to the fact it’s opened...

1 Minute

Business Money Spinner News

Dubai extends its grip on dance music yet again: FIVE Holdings get their mitts on $320million stake in Pacha Group – but it’s only the club’s upmarket arm Lío which is heading to the money-rich nation…

ETTH Team 17 July 2023

As Ears To The House mentioned on Saturday, those with money are always going to prosper – no matter what the challenges within the economy. Today, we bring you another example of this –...

3 Minutes

Business Legal News

After Frank Butselaar’s arrest over “illegal tax shelter” claims, is the DJ world suddenly fearing scrutiny of how much tax they pay on their millions in earnings?

ETTH Team 16 July 2023

A few days ago, news emerged from the USA regarding the arrest of Frank Butselaar – a tax adviser to the rich and famous, including at least two DJs. He was detained at his...

2 Minutes

Business News

EXCLUSIVE: Juan Atkins walked out of Cybotron appearance at Movement Detroit half an hour early – but this detail didn’t appear in Annabel Ross’s gushing report for Mixmag…

ETTH Team 16 July 2023

Occasionally, Ears To The House is asked whether we would publish stories that dance music press outlets have declined or refused to cover. This is normally asked by newcomers, apparently unaware that this is...

2 Minutes

Business Drugs News

America is currently in the grips of a major fentanyl problem, with some 150 overdoses due to the drug each DAY – but what does it mean for the country’s nightlife?

ETTH Team 16 July 2023

Yesterday, Ears To The House came across some truly sobering stories that suggest a fentanyl problem is developing within the USA. One of those was a truly horrific report of a nine-month old baby...

2 Minutes

Business News

Was that the best you could come up with, Mike? Sonus Festival make dubious claim Derrick May is “continuing to shape the genre of techno” – despite doing almost no gigs in three years…

ETTH Team 16 July 2023

Sometimes, Ears To The House feels like we’re a gun staring down at a barrel full of fish. Because no matter how many good people are in the industry that we cover, there are...

2 Minutes

Business DJ Equipment News

“New synergies” or merely buying out their main rival? Taking a closer look at Pioneer DJ owners’ decision to gobble up Serato…

ETTH Team 15 July 2023

Life comes with only a few certainties – you’re going to be born, you’re going to die, and you’re going to get stung by taxes along the way. But Ears To The House modestly...

3 Minutes

Business DJ Problems News

You can check out, but you can never leave! Marshall Jefferson told Mixmag in 2020 that he was quitting DJing – so did the Hotel California effect bring him back?

ETTH Team 15 July 2023

Back in the 1980s, when acid house became a thing, no one thought about the question of what would happen when DJs became old. The jocks spinning on the turntables were often the same...

2 Minutes

Business News

As finance probe into John Dance – former owner of Newcastle’s glitzy The Loft – continues, his horses have been getting sold, and that’s not the only development…

ETTH Team 15 July 2023

Some might be inclined to say this is a peculiarly British response to the situation – but right now, it seems the only way to garner sympathy amidst an ongoing probe into former The...