Ears To The House

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Is Bandcamp heading into a spot of bother next year? The United Union claims so – saying effects of 50% of workforce being laid off by Songtradr will soon be felt far and wide…

Ears To The House Team 27 December 2023

Back on Christmas Eve, you might recall that Ears To The House published an article about the future of Bandcamp Friday. In short, it’s staying around for a little while longer, with the next...

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But we don’t want to pay out more money! Spotify throw a temper tantrum by pulling out of two French festivals – and all because France has put a streaming levy on the site…

Ears To The House Team 26 December 2023

The very pretty, Instagram friendly graphics from 2023’s edition of Spotify Wrapped might have given the impression that all is well at the streaming site – but anyone taking a quick look under the...

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The AI genie isn’t going back in its bottle! A thousand musicians were asked what tools they used the most in music-making – and the winner is… ChatGPT!

Ears To The House Team 26 December 2023

Technology has been instrumental in changing music, literally. Such a statement shouldn’t be remotely controversial, yet even uttering these words brings out all the Luddites engaged in a battle against reality. What else explains...

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What’s with the high paying jobs all of a sudden? Resident Advisor’s hiring spree hasn’t stopped over Christmas – and Whitney Wei’s replacement is to be announced soon…

Ears To The House Team 26 December 2023

It might be the day after Christmas – known to some as Boxing Day, known to some others as St Stephen’s Day and known otherwise simply as Tuesday – but the dance music world...

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Pay $200 less to be ignored than before, part two! Pete Tong’s DJ Academy, with its “visibility opportunities”, is offering places for $279 a time – but only until Christmas Day…

Ears To The House Team 24 December 2023

Just what on earth do you get the budding DJ in your life for Christmas nowadays? Sure, you could stick to more standard offerings at this time of year – things like boxes of...

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They’re not rushing to make their final decision! Songtradr had to choose what to do with Bandcamp Friday – and they’ve confirmed it’s staying around (at least for now)…

Ears To The House Team 24 December 2023

If the founders of Bandcamp were hoping that 2023 was going to be their year of stability, their hopes were finally dashed altogether a few months ago – the company had new owners sizing...

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What was that you said about leaving the digital world behind again? DJ Sneak (quietly) embraces digital as six-track The Son Of Chicago EP from the man himself goes on sale in January…

Ears To The House Team 24 December 2023

As we begin another Christmas Eve here at Ears To The House, there might be slightly more sweets and alcohol involved than on a normal working day – but what ultimately underpins this site...

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Not even Santa can manage THAT Christmas miracle! Detroit’s Belleville Three are fed-up with questions over techno’s origins story – but things aren’t getting better anytime soon…

Ears To The House Team 22 December 2023

If there’s one thing that Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May would love to see under their Christmas trees this year, it would be a well-wrapped box with a pretty bow on it...

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Is this goodbye from Danny Tenaglia to the music business? As DJ Tennis goes to collect an Oberheim DMX after recent auction, rumours grow about what he plans for the future…

Ears To The House Team 19 December 2023

For better or for worse, this has been a life transforming year for Danny Tenaglia. The Brooklyn based DJ, producer, and musician faced a cancer scare, then subsequently made the decision to auction off...

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It’s almost like you don’t want anyone to hear them! Contest winning remixes of Louie Vega’s “How He Works” are being released slap bang between Christmas and New Year…

Ears To The House Team 19 December 2023

Back in early May, Ears To The House published an article all about a remix contest being run by Luis Ferdinand Vega Jr – better known simply as Louie Vega. In conjunction with the...

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What HAS he been smoking this time, part two! DJ Sneak posted about “leaving the digital world behind” – literally days after putting out a new release on Traxsource…

Ears To The House Team 18 December 2023

Here at Ears To The House, we take people exactly as they are. In an industry where the dance music press doesn’t do that, preferring instead to mostly idolise and fawn over the people...

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Does he just like pizza and cappuccinos? Derrick May did a secret gig in Italy’s Torino at the weekend – squeezed in at 3.30am during an appearance by his friend Seth Troxler…

Ears To The House Team 18 December 2023

Italy is a country that has much to offer. For example, it gave the world a fine dish called pizza – a food that has provided the fuel for more Ears To The House...

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That wasn’t your smartest move, was it? Turns out Juan Atkins can’t actually sell his catalogue to the big boys like Beat Music Fund – because he flogged it on the cheap three years ago…

Ears To The House Team 18 December 2023

Last week, Ears To The House reported on speculation that Juan Atkins might be next in line to receive a big fat cheque from someone like Beat Music Fund. Earlier this year, his friend...

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Detroit mourns for one of its own legends as the VERY talented musician and educator Joseph Amp Fiddler dies at the age of 65…

Ears To The House Team 18 December 2023

These stories aren’t easy to write at the best of times, but coming just a few days before Christmas, it just seems that bit harder and certainly a bit less fairer. Ears To The...

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The music making bug never leaves you! Brian Tappert confirms that 90s US garage duo Jazz-N-Groove are working on new projects – but where does that leave their current baby?

Ears To The House Team 18 December 2023

There’s only one week now until the large bearded one with the red coat makes his annual visit – and people finally find out who made the nice list and the naughty list. But...

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Haven’t we all suffered enough already? Sterling Void says he’s coming to Britain next year in bizarre Facebook rant – and the Belleville Three are looking for a British date, too…

Ears To The House Team 17 December 2023

Do you ever get the feeling that life is permanently one set of trolls followed by another? That’s the feeling at the Ears To The House office this weekend – we’ve had rising inflation,...

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