There are a truly endless number of dance music sub-genres in existence. So many, in fact, that Ears To The House can’t help but wonder if some of them are just made up –...
Every generation seems to be convinced that the way they learned to do things was the best one – and that most methods that followed afterwards were inevitably inferior. Cue the truly wearisome debate...
How many founding fathers is too many? It depends on who you ask and how widely you define “founding fathers”. For example, historian Richard Morris says that there are seven founding fathers to what’s...
History is littered with examples of people and institutions being corrupted by power. Quite simply, if you hand over all the power to someone, they’re probably going to be tempted to abuse it –...
Back in the early days of Ears To The House, we used to run an occasional column called Things That Dance People Think About. Long-winded name aside, these articles were mostly about the complaints...
The whole team at Ears To The House would like to share our deepest sympathies with Annabel Ross on this Tuesday afternoon after she revealed that her mother had lost her eight-year long battle...
Anyone taking even the most cursory glance at the news in recent weeks couldn’t fail to have spotted that things are pretty bad in Gaza at the moment. Israel has been engaged in retaliatory...
If you were a journalist of any kind and wanted to interview Derrick May in the past, you were in luck – as one dance music press source puts it, “Derrick was always willing...
Back in June, Ears To The House started reporting on a curious new phenomenon in dance music – called Beat Music Fund. Set up by Armada Music, it calls itself “dance music’s first investment...
One issue that Ears To The House used to cover quite a bit in our early days was plague raves. For the benefit of newer readers, allow us to explain – plague raves were...
If there’s one area where Peggy Gou shines above many others in the dance music world, it’s her relentless ability to promote herself and her projects – there are few higher echelon DJs better...
One of the most bizarre aspects of the dance music world is that no one seems to know how much things cost. Now, by this, we don’t mean stuff like the prices of drinks...
Life has been quite good for James Nicholas Bethell in the 56 years that he’s been on this mortal realm. The fifth Baron of Bethell – a title which he has purely due to...
It’s fairly safe to say that Ears To The House has a somewhat strained relationship with PR agencies. Their job is to get the best coverage possible for their clients, whilst our job is...
The Detroit house and techno scene hasn’t exactly been a peaceful place of late. Instead of focusing on music – something which the Motor City continues to do very well – everyone’s been concentrating...
It’s been a bruising few weeks in the world of Detroit house and techno – and for a few of the scene’s occupants, literally so. Just under two weeks ago, Omar S and Supercoolwicked...