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?
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…
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...
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What’s the rush to get back home? Boddhi Satva was meant to play at Fajara Dance Festival in fightback against criticism – but there’s no footage of his set to be found anywhere…
Higher echelon DJs come across as quite brash individuals on social media – partly because their job requires them to. They have to promote their events and showcase their lives to their audiences in...
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“I’ve seen more signs of life in a morgue!”: Eddie Fowlkes played Detroit Beatdown at the weekend after naming controversy – but the atmosphere (as captured by Juan Atkins) left much to be desired…
Regular readers will probably recall an article that we published on 17th November, where we covered some controversy over Detroit Beatdown’s name – in short, its use seemed a little inappropriate after recent events...
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Well, this is awkward! As the fallout from Gambia’s Fajara Dance Festival that never happened continues, it turns out Resident Advisor plugged it in a Top 10 of festivals for November…
This weekend, Ears To The House is still looking into the fallout from Fajara Dance Festival – the Gambian event that was due to start on November 21st, but never even started. For example,...
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Sleigh it ain’t so! Defected are getting in the mood for Christmas by selling some special festive jumpers – but what persuaded Wez “Santa” Saunders to put them on sale?
As of this Sunday afternoon, there are just 29 days until a rather fuller-bodied bearded man wearing a red suit comes down everyone’s chimney – and they find out whether they’re on the nice...
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Things don’t stop just because it’s the weekend Peggy Gou poses in photos for South Korea’s edition of W magazine – and the results are rather mixed…
Last Monday, Ears To The House reported on Peggy Gou’s less than ideal weekend – covering details of how her PR people were still getting results over her latest release, but how health problems...
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Move along, nothing to see here! Amidst fallout from the Fajara Dance Festival, Boddhi Satva comes out fighting and says all is (mostly) well – but quickly scrubs a photo of the promoter from Instagram…
Imagine that you’re holding a festival and it was due to start on Tuesday. A few days beforehand, problems begin to mount up – your sound engineer walks away, you mysteriously get locked out...
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Aren’t you meant to know this stuff already in your job? Mixmag’s deputy editor posts on X to ask whether anyone has “noticed a reduction in dancefloor vibes” in the past year…
It’s often the case in business that the person at the top of a company has eyes and ears elsewhere – a good boss is very aware of the fact that they can’t do...
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Gambia’s Fajara Dance Festival has Jimpster, Ralf Gum, and Manoo on the bill, but there’s a problem – the festival was meant to start three days ago… (oh, and the hotel’s undergoing renovation work!)
A considerable amount of work goes into organising a festival. You need to secure a venue, lots of talent to actually play at the event, and then there’s far too many logistical issues to...
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So where can DJs accused of sexual offences go and play with no questions asked? Pacha at Buenos Aires is the answer – with Guy Gerber and Paul Oakenfold on the lineup for tomorrow’s show…
In the vast majority of industries, someone who is accused of some kind of sexual impropriety during the course of their job would be suspended from duty whilst the matter was investigated. A probe...
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Who says that DJs don’t help the economy? Peggy Gou wants to hire an assistant – but you’ve got to live in Berlin, and speak two languages (oh, and those without experience need not apply!)
What contribution to DJs make to the economy? It’s always been a difficult question to answer – and can be looked at from a few different angles. For example, they’re helping encourage people to...
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As another Thanksgiving Day begins in America, Detroit’s techno scene goes unseen at the city’s parade today (wonder who’s to blame for that?) – but plans might be afoot to remedy this in 2024…
Today is the fourth Thursday in November – and at the time of publication, America is just starting to wake up to another Thanksgiving Day. For many, it’s the beginning of a lead-up to...
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Is Wez Saunders a fan of recycling? Defected have been getting into the garage house scene – by getting Crackazat and Sean McCabe remix stuff from the old Sub-Urban catalogue they own…
There are a truly endless number of dance music sub-genres in existence. So many, in fact, that Ears To The House can’t help but wonder if some of them are just made up –...
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Consistency isn’t a strong point here! DJ Pierre criticises those who didn’t learn their craft on a set of Technics SL-1200s – but also points out he doesn’t miss carrying around big boxes full of vinyl…
Every generation seems to be convinced that the way they learned to do things was the best one – and that most methods that followed afterwards were inevitably inferior. Cue the truly wearisome debate...
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