There are some things in the dance music world that just wouldn’t make sense anywhere else. For example, parents sending in their children to school know that there are only going to be so...
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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…
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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Jeff Mills and Carl Cox were happy to line their pockets at MDL Beast Soundstorm two years ago – so why are these two stalwarts now nowhere to be seen on the lineup?
Long-time readers of Ears To The House might remember that two years ago, we had quite a few questions to ask about MDL Beast Soundstorm. Indeed, we revisited the subject only yesterday, pointing out...
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Meet Alessandro Tripi, the silent partner behind Pete Tong’s DJ Academy – with a background in the beauty business and almost as many music connections as Tongy himself…
Following the money is something that has served some of dance music’s biggest names very well. Now, Ears To The House doesn’t believe this is necessarily a bad thing – in most walks of...
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Pay $200 less to be ignored than before! Pete Tong’s DJ Academy, with its “visibility opportunities”, is offering places for just $247 a time – but the offer expires next Tuesday…
Mr Peter Michael Tong MBE is a man who has done very well for himself in life – not least by following the money throughout his career. From record labels, radio shows, DJing, and...
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Did Carl Cox play those illegal raves in the 1980s for exposure? Pete Tong’s DJ Academy is pushing “visibility opportunities”, which Coxy duly promotes – but you’ve got to pay your $447 first!
Peter Michael Tong MBE is a man who has done very well indeed for himself. At the age of 15, he played his first ever public set at a friend’s wedding – and he’s...
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MDL Beast: What price to turn a blind eye to human rights?
Last year, Ears To The House was one of very few outlets to pay any real attention to the goings-on at MDL Beast. The festival in Dubai is paid for by the government of...
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Carl Cox looks a crown – but newer DJs should learn the game
One of the common complaints about a lot of newer DJs is – where on earth did they come from? They get a track signed to a big label seemingly out of nowhere, and...
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That brings the number of vaxxed big name DJs to one! Carl Cox announces his tour of north America – and it includes a date in New York, where if you’ve had no vaccine, you’re not coming in…
There are an awful lot of DJs in the upper echelons of dance music who filled their quiet time during the pandemic by training themselves up as virologists. Or so you’d be forgiven for...
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Fancy Carl Cox DJing at your birthday party – and with neither of you having to leave your house? Just one of the intriguing prospects when dance music is soon to meet the Metaverse…
One of those things which used to be frequently referenced in old films and on shows like the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World was virtual reality. Often, it was portrayed as people wearing some kind of...
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Is there anyone who ISN’T running their own course at the moment? Now Carl Cox joins in the latest fad where he invites you to learn about, er, himself…
Traditionally, the start of a brand new year would herald that annual batch of weight loss videos. This usually consists of some smug, high-minded type exercising in exceedingly tight lycra to make you feel...
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As Faith fanzine attempt to justify their interview with Carl Cox – as one their founders criticises his appearance at a Saudi Arabia festival – doesn’t this prove the irrelevance of the printed press?
Last night, I published an article criticising Faith fanzine for running an interview with Carl Cox whilst at the same time, one of their founders is criticising his appearance at a Saudi government backed...
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The double standards of Faith: Defected backed fanzine plug Carl Cox T-shirts on Instagram – whilst creator Terry Farley attacks Saudi festival Soundstorm… where Cox himself is playing!
It doesn’t take long for people to reveal their true selves – in this day and age, it’s simply a question of knowing exactly where to look. But even by the duplicitous standards of...
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Is there ANYONE left in dance music with principles, part two: a closer look at the human rights injustices in Saudi Arabia, which begs the question – why would any DJ agree to play MDL Beast Soundstorm?
Yesterday, I wrote about something which has started bubbling up over the last few days – the lineup of the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival in Saudi Arabia next month. I posed the question of...
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Ultra Music Festival announce their lineup for 2022 – and yet again, it’s like reading the menu at McDonald’s… it’s always the same no matter where you go!
Another day, another festival announces its lineup. Or at least the first phase of the lineup – telling people everything they’re actually paying for in a ticket expensive enough to buy a small country...
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Texas promises $10k to anyone who shops a woman seeking an abortion attacks – isn’t it time DJs from the dance music world made their disapproval clear to see, or do they care more about their bank balances?
Anyone who cares about women’s rights should be extremely concerned about what’s happening in Texas right now. With the support of the US Supreme Court, the southern state has made abortion illegal in all...
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