business techno

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News

Dance music’s habit of creating odd bedfellows continues – as Peggy Gou announces her new single “I Believe In Love Again”, featuring none other than Lenny Kraviz…

ETTH Team 8 November 2023

Historically speaking, most artists haven’t been able to work with one another – and it’s not even their massive egos that are to blame. Often, it was factors like being signed to opposing record...

2 Minutes

Business

Does Jeff Mills just want ALL of the money? The Wizard is now modelling Jil Sander’s winter collection – and his words are only marginally less boring than the clothes…

ETTH Team 24 October 2023

The self-appointed bigwigs of Detroit techno are, let’s be honest, mostly quite lazy. Two members out of the so-called Belleville Three haven’t released any new material in many, many years – with Derrick May...

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News

What’s next, a jaunt on a submersible? Diplo wants YOU to join him on an expedition to Antartica – and is running a contest where the winner can go for free (if you don’t fancy that, prices start at $16,000!)

ETTH Team 12 October 2023

The continent of Antarctica is a place where many things are simply not allowed to happen. This is something enshrined in international law by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty – military activity, nuclear explosions, and...

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News

A city in reflective mood or just plain denial? Moodymann admits there were a LOT of people involved in Detroit techno’s origins – but still gushes about Juan Atkins…

ETTH Team 18 June 2023

The dance music press would have you believe that all is well in Detroit techno, just as it always has been. They’re happy for you to continue believing in the Belleville Three fairytale, because...

1 Minute

News

Solardo and Idris Elba release collab called “Big Talk” – and it’s as awful and cringey as we expected it to be…

ETTH Team 9 March 2023

Where on earth can you go these days to get an honest critique of dance music? The nineties had dance music magazines with reviews of the latest vinyl in each issue – some of...

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News

What the hell has gone wrong with techno? Marco Carola is now playing “I Feel For You” by Bob Sinclar in his sets – and other abominations…

ETTH Team 8 March 2023

Because some of us at Ears To The House have been around for a while, allow us to share an insight with you. Techno was originally meant to be a way of sticking two...

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News

Jumping on the bandwagon, Mike? Nervous announce return of techno label Sorted – which hasn’t released anything new since 1997…

ETTH Team 5 March 2023

There was a time when Nervous Records was ahead of the pack. The label had its own distinct sound when it launched in 1991 and wasn’t afraid to give new producers their first major...

2 Minutes

News

Is Mixmag going to try sending Annabel Ross to Movement Detroit again – and how will Carl Craig respond if they do?

ETTH Team 4 March 2023

Earlier this week, the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit announced their full lineup. Thoughts at Ears To The House were the lineup has basically gone global – this is truly the year where...

2 Minutes

News

Movement Detroit breaks ALL the piggy banks to book Basement Jaxx, Charlotte De Witte and, er, Cybotron – but have they forgotten their roots?

ETTH Team 3 March 2023

So it’s official. The Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit has announced its full lineup. In a shiny poster which went out this week – going against the grain this year by having a...

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News

Kappa Futur Festival announce first batch of 2023 lineup, and it’s a full-on McDonald’s – but at least there’s no Derrick May…

ETTH Team 25 January 2023

Dear oh dear. It may be a brand new year for the world, but much remains the same as in the previous one. The economy is still on suspect ground, nobody quite knows when...

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News

Will 2023 be the year Jeff Mills finally goes fully business techno?

ETTH Team 24 January 2023

Well, it seems we’re back to the business of talking about Jeff Mills, possibly the hardest-working 59-year-old DJ in Detroit – as opposed to another one who Ears To The House sometimes reports on....

2 Minutes

News

Pioneer launch controller for beginners – so most of the top DJs, then!

ETTH Team 22 November 2022

Recently, Pioneer launched a brand new two-channel controller aimed at beginners. The DDJ-FLX4 has Rekordbox and Serato compatibility, works with services like Spotify and Beatport, connects to almost any device you can think of...

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News

Rebekah and Francesco Tristano only performed once – why?

ETTH Team 9 September 2022

Rebekah Teasdale is a woman who has done much in her life. She started out as a model in the 1990s, occasionally dabbling with DJing. Eventually in the 2000s, she went full-time into DJing...

2 Minutes

News

Get Defected on the line! New Beethoven sampling tech-house…

ETTH Team 2 September 2022

Cast your mind back to two years ago – we were just coming to the end of the summer of 2020. It was a strange time – the first Covid-19 wave of March and...

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News

Isn’t it time for a new Danny Tenaglia remix on Defected?

ETTH Team 9 August 2022

As the centerpiece Defected Croatia festival wraps up for another year today, Ears To The House has been taking a look at the label’s socials – a crucial tool in their artillery these days....