Is an appreciation party of a party a thing? In most of the world, it isn’t – everyone goes to the party and just enjoys the party, then tells everyone how much they enjoyed...
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And you thought Louie Vega’s clothes were daylight robbery! Charlotte De Witte’s merch includes a “multi-patch” hoodie for over €250 – and she hasn’t checked the weather forecast, either…
A fortnight ago, Ears To The House reported on Louie Vega’s latest money-making plan – which mostly consisted of selling hoodies for £60 a time. You see, it costs a lot of money to...
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How dare those pesky Germans be so sensible! As Berlin starts to provide free drug testing services, countries like Britain want £3000 for a licence to do the same…
In the dance music world, it’s very fashionable to have a base in Berlin – although this isn’t anything new. Many of the big names in the scene have made the city their home,...
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Pasquale Rotella – head of Insomniac – confirms festival stayed open on Saturday night “at the request of law enforcement”…
Yesterday, Ears To The House reported on the terrible news from the United States over the weekend – a maniac with a gun shot five people near the grounds of the Beyond Wonderland festival....
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A bit of criticism is too much for you? Dance press doyenne Annabel Ross blocks Ears To The House across our socials – because we dared question her Movement review…
We can’t help but enjoy what we do here at Ears To The House. Not least because we don’t take some people in the dance music world as seriously as they take themselves –...
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No wonder Mixmag keep lining up paid puff pieces! As France’s Trax Magazine closes down after 26 years, what’s the future for dance music press?
Right now, a great polarisation is going on within the dance music press. Typically, most publications within the realm have gone in one of two directions – they’ve either started running far more sponsored...
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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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Still haven’t eaten the humble pie, then? Derrick May FINALLY does an interview after three years of silence – and he’s more arrogant and brash than ever…
It’s now been over three years since the occasional 60-year-old DJ Derrick May did any kind of meaningful interview. The man who was previously a journalist’s dream to talk to – May was never...
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Dumb as a rock! Britain’s Home Office moves the goalposts on drug testing – saying they must pay £3000 for a licence (oh, and did we say the process takes three months?)
Here at Ears To The House, we don’t take a view on whether drugs are a good thing or a bad thing. We believe that’s for others, such as politicians, to decide – the...
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A second summer of love, it certainly isn’t! Peggy Gou partied in central London this week to celebrate her new single – surrounded by security goons…
One thing which Ears To The House noticed very quickly about many in dance music’s higher echelons is that they have almost no self-awareness whatsoever. This is why they keep doing stupid things –...
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As Defected hire a “freelance advisory” head of inclusion, is it a sign of their commitment to diversity – or meaningless virtue signalling?
Strange things are going on within Defected at the moment, and you won’t be reading about any of them in Music Week – their chronicle of choice whenever they want something favourable about them...
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Juan Atkins did a show with his friend Derrick May recently – but why doesn’t he want to be photographed with Detroit’s most occasional techno DJ?
In the same way a fly finds itself drawn towards a turd, Ears To The House finds itself once again writing about Juan Atkins – who doesn’t like it when you dare ask questions...
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Has Grant Nelson complained about this yet? Garage house rising star Marc Cotterell brushes off online woes and goes stateside on Nervous…
Last Monday, Ears To The House ran a story featuring a leaked screenshot from a private Facebook group, in which UK producer Grant Nelson accused rising garage house star Marc Cotterell of borrowing a...
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Is there ANYTHING this man wouldn’t say? Derrick May claims to come “from a musical background” in recently unearthed interview…
Over the years, nobody really kept much of an eye on what Derrick May had to say for himself. The reasons for this were twofold – one is that the dance music press are...
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Dope news for DJ Sneak as his Friday night online stream finds a cannabis selling sponsor – so is this a new way for DJs to get the high life?
Being a higher echelon DJ used to be such an easy earner compared to today. You were booked for a gig, you turned up with a box of records, you played for a few...
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EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle’s The Lofts launched to great fanfare two years ago – but has been closed amidst a finance probe… so what on earth is going on?
Two years ago, Ears To The House – under our previous name – covered the launch of a glamorous new nightclub in England’s northeast. The Lofts, based in Newcastle, was going to bring in...
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