Even by the normally malleable standards of the dance music world, this week is proving to be one of the weirdest in a while – and it’s only Wednesday. Because whilst Detroit’s latest bout...
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Does she think we’re stupid? Atlanta’s Ash Lauryn derided Detroit’s K-Hand as “one little black groupie friend” when she was alive – but is happy to praise her in death for a $30 vinyl release…
Ears To The House is sometimes accused of obsessing over Detroit techno’s past – does it really matter if Juan Atkins was or wasn’t the inventor of techno? To which we say yes, the...
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Was the cherry blossom poisoning worth it? Annabel Ross went to Detroit’s Ash Lauryn and Ann-Marie Teasley for an interview – and got roundly snubbed!
Here at Ears To The House, we try to see things from as many angles as possible. Which is why when we first discovered that Annabel Ross was being sent by Mixmag to cover...
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Ash Lauryn appeared at Detroit’s TV Lounge last week – alongside possibly the worst flyer of 2023 so far…
The mysteriously rising star that is Ash Lauryn – who claims to represent Detroit whilst living 722 miles away in Atlanta – did a DJ set last week. Nothing unusual there, of course –...
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Calling an EP “Sex Worker”? 160 reasons against…
Last Monday, Ears To The House ran an article where we attempted to explain why naming an EP after ladies of the night is not exactly the most sensible release strategy. Admittedly, this wasn’t...
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Ash Lauryn’s sister calls EP “Sex Worker” – smart or stupid?
The mysteriously rising star Ash Lauryn – known as such because no one can quite work out how she ascended to her current fame in such a short time – has a sister. Now,...
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So what’s next for the Defected and Detroit love-in, then?
By the time you read this article, the cleanup will be well underway at The Garden in Tisno. Why? Because Defected Croatia finished up back on Tuesday after six days and the huge logistical...
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Derrick May isn’t happy he’s not in Radio 4 techno documentary…
Earlier this week, the Ash Lauryn narrated documentary Techno: A Social History aired on Radio 4, of all places. The editor-in-chief at Ears To The House helpfully provided his opinion, which was sharp and...
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Reviewing Techno: A Social History – Episode 1
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House ran an article revealing a then forthcoming series on Britain’s BBC Radio 4. The three parter called Techno: A Social History was due to go out...
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Ahead of Radio 4 techno documentary, who is Ash Lauryn?
Narrating your own documentary on a prestigious station like BBC Radio 4 is something which comes with bragging rights. This is understandable – there are few other stations quite like it the world, something...
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Will Ash Lauryn stick to Belleville Three script?
Believe it or not, but there was once a time when documentaries were produced and narrated by people who had some distance from their subject. To be commissioned to make a documentary for a...
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Ash Lauryn’s looking to get high – over social media…
Many of the big name DJs aren’t known for their sense of self-awareness – hence why they post photos of themselves sipping expensive champagne on private jets whilst the world around them goes through...
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Least they’re not plugging their own contributor! Resident Advisor emphasise just how cool and underground they think they are – by reviewing the latest album from The Weeknd…
Resident Advisor, like much of the music world, appears to be completely incapable of introspection. They never consider how something might look to the outsider looking in – indeed, they’re often surprised and unsure...
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Not bad for someone who died this week! Carl Craig is the latest announced for Defected Croatia 2022 – and it won’t just be Unkle Carl representing Detroit…
This has been quite the eventful week for Carl Craig. It started with Craig complaining about a post on this blog with the juvenile “Haters gonna hate” caption. Then it emerged he had died...
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Is Ash Lauryn the next cash cow for Defected? Suspicions grow as Faith fanzine – whom the label bankrolls, by the way – is plugging her on their social media channels
If there’s one thing that Simon Dunmore is especially good at in life, it’s finding the cow with the maximum amount of milk inside it, and then extracting as much of that milk as...
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After Ash Lauryn suffers a backlash from her native Detroit appearing on Defected Croatia bill, why ARE the record label suddenly so interested in the city’s music?
Some years ago now, Defected label boss Simon Dunmore spoke about how he acquired the old MK catalogue. Although MK – real name Marc Kinchen – was probably best known in the 1990s for...
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