Ears To The House

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Reviewing Techno: A Social History – Episode 1

Ears To The House Team 20 July 2022

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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Will Ash Lauryn stick to Belleville Three script?

Ears To The House Team 6 July 2022

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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No wonder the music world backs the BBC licence fee! Defected sub-label Sondela secure monthly show on Radio 1 for the next six months – and it’s the British taxpayers who will be footing the bill for this free publicity…

Ears To The House Team 26 January 2022

When Defected does something, there’s usually a reason why. Label boss Simon Dunmore doesn’t seem to me to be the type of person driven by sentimentality – and everything the machine does is a...

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Way to make a guy feel old just as the weekend’s getting started! Frankie Knuckles would have been 67 years old this week – and which BBC radio station mentioned this? Radio 2…

Ears To The House Team 21 January 2022

If you go back far enough into the history of house music, you’ll eventually come across a time when the BBC were quite hesitant to get involved with the scene. In the UK, house...

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As press reports over the weekend say Britain could scrap its £159 annual TV tax in 2027, the music world goes apoplectic at the news – but how much does the BBC actually help to break new tracks these days?

Ears To The House Team 17 January 2022

Here in the UK, the newspapers are frequently filled with stories attacking the BBC. This isn’t terribly unusual in itself. The corporation has a guaranteed income each and every year from the licence fee,...