Ears To The House

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Aren’t you the ones who just get Sam Divine and Low Steppa to play all your events? Defected post a meme about going to see new artists – and their hypocrisy couldn’t be clearer to see…

Ears To The House Team 7 December 2023

One regrettable truth about the dance music world is how many within it possess almost no sense of self-awareness whatsoever. It’s not hard to explain – this is what happens to people and businesses...

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Amazing what money can do, isn’t it? As MDL Beast’s Soundstorm festival prepares to get underway next week, at least one DJ on the lineup is playing in the homophobic state – despite being gay himself…

Ears To The House Team 7 December 2023

Saudi Arabia is a country with a long history, dating back to at least the 1700s. With a population of over 32million people and roughly 93% of them being Muslims, the country has lots...

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Why do we get the feeling there’s a sting in the tail? Parklife reduces its entry price by £4.50 to make the event more “accessible” – but it’s still a whopping £125 to get in, for starters…

Ears To The House Team 7 December 2023

Christmas is fast approaching – with only 18 days now remaining until people open the presents left under the tree by the big-boned bearded man and eat chocolates for breakfast. In the dance music...

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Have Mixmag totally lost the plot? Evian Christ – who has Raoul Moat on his Instagram profile photo – claimed in his interview with them that “he wants to break people”…

Ears To The House Team 6 December 2023

The dance music press gets a terribly hard time from their detractors, don’t they? So say the journalists who work within it to anyone who’ll listen – although we’ve noticed that these self-appointed gatekeepers...

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Michael Bibi confirms he’s cancer free and thanks London’s Royal Marsden hospital for “literally saving my life” – but his journey back to the DJ world could still be a little bumpy…

Ears To The House Team 6 December 2023

Ears To The House was delighted to read Michael Bibi’s post last night on Instagram, where he confirmed that he is now officially cancer free. In remarks that make for emotional reading, the 33-year...

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Take it you don’t mind being called Scrooge, Daniel? Fresh from announcing they’re not paying for anything less than 1000 streams next year, Spotify say they’re giving 1500 workers the axe…

Ears To The House Team 5 December 2023

Back in 1843, the most well-known novel by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, was released in London. The book – telling the story of a rich miser called Ebenezer Scrooge who changes his mean,...

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Juan “Originator” Atkins would have you believe that he created the entire genre of techno – but an unearthed interview he gave nearly 30 years ago shows much more humility…

Ears To The House Team 5 December 2023

Over the past year or so, the three members of the so-called Belleville Three have been trying to claim they started techno. Derrick May spent many years telling the world this message – it’s...

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You’d almost think the big players don’t want things to change! DVS1 launched Aslice last year to get more money to producers making the music higher echelon DJs play – so why haven’t they embraced it yet?

Ears To The House Team 4 December 2023

There are lots of things that music producers like about what they do, but even the most hardened music-maker has to admit there are one or two problems that no one seems to know...

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Why IS dance music getting faster once again? Italy’s Sam Paganini – who’s been in this position at least once before – posts an intriguing theory claiming social media is the explanation…

Ears To The House Team 4 December 2023

Anyone who’s been listening to dance music for even just a few years will notice trends – and one of those is that the music speeds up and slows down during certain periods. For...

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So how much money was behind those cute Spotify Wrapped pictures last week? German composer Hainbach answered the question that many wouldn’t – and it’s about a pitiful $0.00216 per stream…

Ears To The House Team 4 December 2023

Last week, Spotify engaged in its latest, now annual piece of marketing – Spotify Wrapped. They would take all the data that they’ve obtained over the past twelve months, and compress it down into...

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Is Defected lining up their next tech-house cash-in record? Label jokes on X about people sampling “Prisencolinensinainciusol” by Adriano Celentano on their own track…

Ears To The House Team 3 December 2023

When thinking about dance music, the name Adriano Celentano is probably not the first that comes to mind – well, not unless you work for Defected’s social media team, anyway. During the week, they...

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What on earth happened out there? After the (sort of) conclusion of Fajara Dance Festival, Boddhi Satva says the promoter was given death threats in a staunch defence – but doesn’t point out if he ever played his set…

Ears To The House Team 3 December 2023

Ever since Ears To The House was made aware of what was going on – or more specifically wasn’t – at Fajara Dance Festival in Gambia just over a week ago, the questions have...

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A tangled Christmas surprise indeed! One of Detroit’s big names is going to be a father again this month, but there’s just one problem – the baby’s mum isn’t his partner…

Ears To The House Team 3 December 2023

December 2023 has well and truly arrived – and the signs of Christmas being imminent are everywhere. Whether it’s the festive advertising everywhere, coffee shops selling special drinks with even more sugar than usual,...

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No wonder they were looking for new editors! After it’s confirmed that Whitney Wei is leaving Resident Advisor at the end of the year, what’s her legacy – and who could be replacing her?

Ears To The House Team 30 November 2023

When Resident Advisor decided to appoint Whitney Wei as their new editor-in-chief back in 2021, Ears To The House wished her well. This was a person who had a pretty strong record from her...

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That’s at least one thing that hasn’t gone all wrong! As Pete Tong’s Radio 1 show gets ready for its 33rd birthday in January, how has his show survived whilst all the others fell?

Ears To The House Team 28 November 2023

Buried deep within BBC documents is the remit of Radio 1 – as founded back in 1967 to counter Britain’s pirate radio stations at the time. In their own words, “the remit of Radio...

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How many of those streams will be paid for in the future? As Spotify Wrapped looks set to hit artists inboxes this Thursday, a question about the changes kicking in during 2024…

Ears To The House Team 27 November 2023

We’re almost at that time of the year when artists start receiving emails from Spotify telling them how they’ve done on the streaming site this year. Many will choose to parade the badges proudly...