Thursday is one of those curious days of the week, isn’t it? The weekend is finally in sight, but you still know you’ve got two days to get through first. For our part at...
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Beatport release techno chart stats – but no figures
We love numbers and statistics here at Ears To The House. They tell us useful things we want to know, and we tend to get annoyed when they aren’t available. Not for us the...
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Mixmag think you should spend almost £1500 on equipment…
If there’s one thing which can always be said of the dance music press, it’s that they show a lack of self-awareness which is staggering – even by the levels typically seen in this...
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Danny Tenaglia shows off tour dates and hides massive trunk
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House brought you the news that American house DJ and producer Danny Tenaglia has taken to showing off his massive trunk to promote his latest gig. And...
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The Insider explains: why is there no diversity in dance music?
DJ Paulette spoke to Sky News for a report they published this morning – and what she says in it makes grim reading. She reveals she no longer wears dresses or skirts to gigs...
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How’d Danny Rampling get on at Freedom Fest, then?
Apologies for the delay in getting round to writing about this one – we hoped to have something up on Sunday on the subject, but a nightmare of a weekend took us briefly off...
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Is something fishy going on at Nervous Records?
Most record labels these days advertise themselves by telling you about the tracks they’re putting out or the events they’re running. Defected, for example, promote most of their music these days by having some...
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Even Derrick May’s own fans are now trolling him…
Oh, what a time it isn’t to be Derrick May. The 59-year old occasional DJ from Detroit has found himself a lot less busy over the past two years, and not just because of...
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The world needs another Deep Inside remix – so say Strictly…
Dance music has a truly incredible ability to cannibalise itself, doesn’t it? In every other music scene, it’s a regular supply of new music which keeps things going – but in the world of...
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Was Elon Musk turned away from Berghain at the weekend?
Berghain holds a particularly curious place in dance music folklore. Partly because no one knows exactly what goes on within the building and those who do tend to be closely guarded on the subject,...
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Victor Simonelli releases “Feels So Right” bundle – with only 34 mixes!
In September 2020, long-time house DJ and site favourite Victor Simonelli accomplished a rather large – literally so – dose of Traxsource history. The song “Why Can’t We See?” by Blind Truth and Tata...
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Playing vinyl on a smartphone? Yamaha are trolling us…
Well, there it is. The most ridiculous things we’ve seen all day – no, scratch that. The most ridiculous thing we’ve seen in months, and there’s no shortage of competition. This was the unanimous...
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Beatport cheapskates only offer £21k salary to new editor
One thing Ears To The House frequently points out is something most journalists in dance music know and will even admit publicly from time to time, but it will never appear in the hallowed...
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Cybotron to make London appearance – but where’s Rik Davis?
Juan Atkins was the inventor of techno and probably also invented sliced bread, the wheel and built the ancient pyramids of Egypt. If you spoke to the man himself, you might be tempted to...
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No, Nervous don’t make branded bed sheets – but should they?
Time for something a bit lighter for this Thursday evening. Every now and then, Nervous Records post pictures of bootleg merchandise doing the rounds. Having been in the merchandising market since at least the...
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So why did “human Diazepam” Solomun not play Tomorrowland?
We’re not particularly fans of Solomun here at Ears To The House, and we don’t really mind who knows it. Our opinion is that like many of those in the higher echelons of dance...
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