We sometimes wonder at Ears To The House – exactly what does it take for you to get coverage in the dance music press? The criteria seem to be very arbitary – and whilst...
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Is there anywhere this man won’t go for money? Derrick May’s going to play a propaganda festival in Macedonia this week – and it’s ANOTHER country that hates gays and tortures its prisoners…
The Illinden Uprising began back in August 1903 in what is now the modern-day North Macedonia – it was an organised revolt against the powerful Ottoman Empire. It contributed to the eventual downfall of...
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Can your readers not make their own minds up, then? Mixmag patronise their readers with clickbait headline on Kanye West’s return to Elon Musk’s X…
Here at Ears To The House, we make no attempt to disguise the fact that we have opinions on things. Contrary to what some people would tell you, we always try to be fair...
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Will the Elementfour track be given the boot? Big Brother is being rebooted again in the UK – but ITV face a dilemma amidst an ongoing legal case against Paul Oakenfold…
It’s probably safe to say that Paul Oakenfold isn’t exactly having the best of times right now. Barely weeks ago, he was hit with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and workplace violations. The plaintiff...
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At last, three people in dance music who DON’T hate each other! Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, and Todd Terry met up for dinner – and unlike some, they look happy to be there…
The more time Ears To The House spends doing what we do, the more convinced we are that most of those in the dance music world secretly hate each other. They usually use the...
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Not taking it too badly, then! As it’s confirmed that Derrick May’s appearance at Sonus Festival has been cancelled, how DOES the man himself feel about it?
Update at 9.30pm: We’ve looked at this article again, and concluded that the original wording of paragraph five – about two DJs with objections to May playing – weren’t as clear as they could...
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As Rebekah Teasdale leads the charge against Sonus for booking Derrick May, his name has been mysteriously wiped from their website – so why won’t they confirm if he’s still appearing?
What’s the one thing that we can say for certain after spending two years reporting on the 60-year-old occasional DJ Derrick May? If we had to choose, it would be that nothing is ever...
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It wasn’t even a half-hearted attempt! John Summit FINALLY apologises to Off The Grid for telling his fans to harass them over trademark dispute – but hides his mea culpa on Instagram Stories…
Until recently, it appeared that nothing could stop the ascent of John Summit to the top of the dance music world. Since he infamously left the world of accountancy to pursue a DJ career,...
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Dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross deletes all but one of her Instagram posts in mysterious move – as a friend reveals what she REALLY thinks of your favourite site…
One thing that always bemuses us at Ears To The House – and it really shouldn’t by now – is just how sensitive to criticism most journalists are. We’ve encountered a few along the...
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Do we have to explain this like you’re five? Honey Dijon – for her work on Grammy winning Beyoncé album – desperately insists YET AGAIN that she won the award herself…
Sometimes in life, Ears To The House feels like we’re shouting at the equivalent of a wall. This won’t necessarily stop us from making noise – although even we’re hard pressed to say it...
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There’s money in old rope, you know! So how much money DID Kevin Saunderson make from selling the KMS catalogue to Beat Music Fund – and who else in Detroit is considering flogging their own archive?
As things stand, the best way to make money out of dance music is to have had the good fortune to be one of those that got in early. If you ran a record...
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That didn’t go down too well! Peggy Gou gets slammed by her own fans for playing in Israel – and why has she cast aside a 2018 vow not to play in the state until the conflict was “resolved”?
One thing which Ears To The House quickly noticed after we started writing about dance music was that thinking isn’t a strength of many higher echelon DJs. For every Carl Cox – a man...
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Yes, we do agree with every single word! Claude Young announces he’s leaving the DJ world, calling it “inauthentic” – but will the Hotel California effect strike once more?
As Ears To The House has commented on before, DJs don’t quite follow the same rules as the rest of us. When the rest of us say we’re leaving a job, it usually means...
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Is this really the best you could do, Wez? Defected FINALLY announce their Dubai event lineup – and it’s about as cookie cutter as they could get…
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House reported on the news that Defected had finally done the previously unthinkable – and announced an event in Dubai. The company whose own slogan is about...
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Juan Atkins told Detroit media that Funkadelic’s George Clinton rubbed his head backstage in 1971 – so why didn’t he mention it in an unearthed 1988 interview?
There’s no particularly polite way to put this, so we’ll just come out with it. Juan Atkins, now he’s nearing his 61st year on this earth, is turning into Detroit techno’s equivalent of a...
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How DO you solve the problem of nightclub noise in urban areas? Well, you could sound proof the buildings – and the Irish government are getting behind the idea!
Let’s face facts. Despite nightclubs having been a thing for many decades now, it remains the case that governments at all levels are almost universally clueless on how to handle them. They know nightlife...
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