Welcome to another instalment of DJs Playing Badly – our column where, each Sunday, we take a look at DJs who have committed some kind of fail. Perhaps a totally messed up mix transition...
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After PBS takes down a programme about Detroit techno featuring Derrick May, hardly anyone in the city has a good word to say – and the other two members of the Belleville Three aren’t happy either!
It was supposed to be Derrick May’s latest opportunity at redeeming himself. Following the Derrick May European Coming Back Tour earlier in the year, the next plan was to appear on the TV –...
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House music’s roots within the gay community are hardly a secret – but unearthed footage from the 1950s suggests the link goes back further than first thought…
A lot of parts of dance music’s history are being contested right now – things like literal whitewashing of the past and the Belleville Three being exposed as a marketing myth come to mind...
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Can’t he just go outside and tape the weather? David Morales wanted the sound of rain on his next track and recorded it in his studio – whilst proudly holding his massive rain stick…
Back on Friday, David Morales retreated to one of his favourite places in the world. A place of solitude where the 61-year-old DJ and producer can express himself freely. We are, of course, talking...
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Saturday Recap: because the week is busy | November 4, 2023
That’s another week done with here at Ears To The House. Just as is customary around these parts, we’re taking Saturday off – meaning that barring any big stories breaking, normal service resumes tomorrow....
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It’s like the McDonald’s budget menu! Defected unveil their offering for shorter four dates in Croatia in 2024 – and the names are as stale as a three-day old Big Mac…
When Wez Saunders made the decision to raise the capital to buy the Defected empire of companies in 2022, questions inevitably arose as to what he wanted to do with it. No one spends...
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Even announcing it at the last minute isn’t working anymore! As Derrick May’s techno documentary for PBS gets pulled, how’s the man himself taking the news? Er, not all that well…
If you head over to the PBS profile page on X, formerly Twitter, they make a declaration as proud as it is pomopus. They say that “PBS’s editorial independence is central to our work...
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Pay $200 less to be ignored than before! Pete Tong’s DJ Academy, with its “visibility opportunities”, is offering places for just $247 a time – but the offer expires next Tuesday…
Mr Peter Michael Tong MBE is a man who has done very well for himself in life – not least by following the money throughout his career. From record labels, radio shows, DJing, and...
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Some people just like to be offended! Claptone says artists have to just do one mix to avoid “cannibalising” sales – but isn’t he simply speaking a depressing truth?
Contrary to what some people would have you believe, Ears To The House sympathises with those talented individuals trying to break into today’s dance music world. Just look at the nonsense they’ve got to...
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EXCLUSIVE: Carl Craig did NOT threaten to pull out of Movement Festival 2022 if Annabel Ross was allowed to review it – so where on earth did the dance music press doyenne get that idea from?
Last year, dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross found herself in one of her favourite places in the whole wide world – at the centre of everyone’s attention. According to the doyenne, who doesn’t...
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Wednesday Whisper: rumours, just rumours | November 1, 2023
Which one of the trendy tech-house male DJs – and yes, we know that really doesn’t narrow it down much – is alleged to have started wearing a ring on his finger because he...
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And this is going to persuade Benjamin Netanyahu, is it? Detroit’s Scan 7 calls for a ceasefire in the Israeli Palestine war – by sticking his logo on a picture of Gaza just after an airstrike…
Everyone and his dog seems to have an opinion on the Israeli Palestine conflict right now – and yes, that even includes the team here at Ears To The House. However, our policy is...
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An 85-year challenge for Tomorrowland as they agree a deal confirming they’re staying at De Schorre Park until 2090 – but who on earth will be playing on their stages by then?
Let’s begin this article by doing something a little unusual for us – taking a look at the DJ Mag Top 100 lists for both 2022 and the year 2000. Yes, we’ve got the...
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You’d almost think they said it on purpose, wouldn’t you? Traxsource use their social media to tell people to spend less time on social media – and argument quickly ensued on social media…
Social media is one of those things that’s been around for longer than people think. Contrary to popular belief, it did not just suddenly sprout up when Mark Zuckerberg decided to open FaceMash in...
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Here’s Three They Made Earlier: old tunes and older tunes every Monday | October 30, 2023
As we get ready to say farewell to another Monday, it’s time for our usual look back at the increasingly extensive archives of the dance music world. Each week, members of the team pull...
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They certainly didn’t have these in 1988! People who’ve been out clubbing can now take “post-rave wellness packs” – a sign of just how much things have changed over the years…
There was a time when anyone who’d been to a rave or something similar might feel a bit worse for wear the next day. This might be because of excessive alcohol consumption the night...
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