Ears To The House

This week appears to be a busy one for the festivals, who are keen to start making some money after spending some truly eye-watering amounts on some of the higher echelon DJs whose names...

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Time to pose a question – did Ears To The House get it wrong on Sondela?

Those of you who read this site will be well aware that we’re not afraid to call things exactly as we see them. Ears To The House doesn’t shy away from asking the questions...

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EXCLUSIVE: Hackney Council gave Resident Advisor £10k grant due to Covid disruption – and they even got £41k from Germany!

As regular Ears To The House readers no doubt know – mostly because this site frequently points it out – Resident Advisor started to receive a £750,000 grant from Arts Council England in October...

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Cashing in by doing a show filled with other people’s records? Judge Jules jumps on the bandwagon…

Certain people would have you believe that the film Kevin and Perry Go Large, released in the year 2000, was one of the best things since sliced bread was invented. They seriously want you...

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Are we meant to be happy with this? Belgium’s Fuse nightclub allowed to reopen – but only for two years and with a LOT of restrictions…

Back on Tuesday, Ears To The House covered the story of techno nightclub Fuse, based in Belgium. At the time of writing, they were closed due to a complaint from a neighbour saying they...

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Kappa Futur Festival announce first batch of 2023 lineup, and it’s a full-on McDonald’s – but at least there’s no Derrick May…

Dear oh dear. It may be a brand new year for the world, but much remains the same as in the previous one. The economy is still on suspect ground, nobody quite knows when...

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Revealed: Frankie Knuckles silent partner whilst he was at Chicago’s legendary Power Plant…

Anyone driving past 1015 North Halstead Street in Chicago nowadays might not take much notice at the surroundings – the cured resident at this address is a self-storage facility called StorageMart. But it wasn’t...

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Wednesday Whisper: 25th January 2023

This week, you’re getting a treat – two rumours for the price of one! Which American DJ ended up sleeping with his best friend’s wife without knowing it over the Christmas holidays? The DJ...

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DJ agency which previously threatened to gag Ears To The House is in financial difficulty – and we’re not at all smug about it…

Those of you who have been with us from the days before we were even called Ears To The House might remember a story we originally published in May 2021. After publishing the anonymous...

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Belgian nightclub Fuse could shut down forever over ONE complaint – so should residents really have this much power?

Gentrification. It’s a dirty word in dance music circles. Roughly translated in this case, it means people with more money than brains moving to locations where they know there are nightclubs, then complaining about...

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Will 2023 be the year Jeff Mills finally goes fully business techno?

Well, it seems we’re back to the business of talking about Jeff Mills, possibly the hardest-working 59-year-old DJ in Detroit – as opposed to another one who Ears To The House sometimes reports on....

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New year, same old! Tomorrowland announce stage hosts for 2023 – and it’s as bland as a three day old Big Mac…

One phenomenon that Ears To The House documented during 2022 was the McDonald’s festival. In case you’re new here, allow us to briefly explain. When you go to a McDonald’s, you know the menu...

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Is garage house FINALLY gaining some traction? Defected sign Marc Cotterell to deliver two remixes of 1994 K-London Posse track