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Has Pete Tong’s £418 DJ academy met its match? Now Richie Hawtin is doing scholarships – in Huddersfield, of all places…

ETTH Team 23 January 2023

The upper echelon DJs are a curious breed, forever trying to devise new ways of staying relevant and to keep the lifestyles they’ve become hopelessly accustomed to. And it seems one of the most...

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Now why would that be? Derrick May only gave ONE interview during 2022 – and none at all for two years before that…

ETTH Team 23 January 2023

Over the years, Derrick May was a man never short of things to say. Whereas many in the dance music world said as little as possible to the press, May always seemed happy to...

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Discontent in techno’s ranks over Belleville Three parade?

ETTH Team 29 November 2022

Ears To The House was beginning to get the impression that the Detroit Thanksgiving Day parade fallout was over and done with – but it appears such thoughts were premature. For it seems the...

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Marshall Jefferson mixed Ministry’s The Annual 2023…

ETTH Team 29 November 2022

When Ministry of Sound first started releasing compilation albums back in 1995, they made sure that each one was mixed by a well-known DJ. Well, when we say that, what we mean is they...

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Here’s One They Made Earlier: 28th November 2022

ETTH Team 28 November 2022

For this week’s edition of Here’s One They Made Earlier, we’re going back all the way to 1992. It’s somewhat hard to believe this track was made 30 years ago, but that’s how life...

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Derrick May’s plan to get his career back? Reunite the old crew…

ETTH Team 28 November 2022

There’s been a lot here on Ears To The House over this week about Derrick May, hasn’t there? We don’t really apologise for this – we’ve been away for a few weeks and more...

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The 30 year “Brighter Days” remixes are out – and we’re not impressed

ETTH Team 28 November 2022

Back in 1992, a young Chicago music producer called Curtis A. Jones got together with a young singer called Karen Gordon – who usually went by the stage name of Dajaé. They made a...

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Rhano Burrell needs YOUR help

ETTH Team 27 November 2022

Nu Groove Records might not be the most instantly recognisable label from dance music history, but it was one of the more quietly influential. Originally set up in 1988 to release tracks by brothers...

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Did Resident Advisor die in 2019? Our question as they turn 21…

ETTH Team 27 November 2022

In the USA, turning 21 is considered a big deal. Such a big deal, in fact that Taylor Swift – whose feet are currently bothering the Buzzfeed office – once wrote a song about...

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Was THAT the best you could do, Mr Tenaglia?

ETTH Team 27 November 2022

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. No one from the Ears To The House team could ever be convinced to visit a nightclub on Christmas Day. Not for us – mince...

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Derrick May and a Thanksgiving parade: the inside story

ETTH Team 27 November 2022

Last Monday, Ears To The House launched back onto the online airwaves with the news that Derrick May was due to appear at the Thanksgiving Day parade in Detroit on Thursday. We wrote again...

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Saturday Recap: 26th November 2022

ETTH Team 26 November 2022

So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Normal service resumes tomorrow. Right now, let’s quickly recap some of what’s been on Ears To The House during our first week back… If...

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BREAKING NEWS: Jesse Saunders in hospital after “major stroke”

ETTH Team 25 November 2022

Ears To The House is saddened to learn that Jesse Saunders, quite possibly the first person to release a house track on vinyl, has had what we understand to be “a major stroke”. Two...

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Pete Tong wants to reward students on his £418 DJ academy…

ETTH Team 25 November 2022

Regular readers of Ears To The House might recall a story that we originally published in May about Pete Tong’s latest money spinner – a school for DJs. For the princely sum of £418...

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Jeff Mills has a new EP out – but who else is representing Detroit?

ETTH Team 25 November 2022

This week, much controversy was abound over the decision by someone or other to allow Derrick May to represent Detroit in their annual Thanksgiving Day parade. It remains unclear whether the organisers were initially...