This week, Ears To The House returned to a theme we first mentioned back at the start of the year. And that’s the fact that festivals all seem to be run these days as...
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Mystic Rose drops Covid sceptic DJ – but should Rampling be worried?
Many people appear to have a problem understanding the difference between legitimate criticism and hatred. Ears To The House readers will know all this too well – after we published an article about Carl...
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Phones on dancefloors – we agree with Simon Dunmore!
We have to concede that here at Ears To The House, we have mixed feelings about Simon Dunmore. On the one hand, the Defected boss is buying up huge swathes of house music history...
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As Movement begins in Detroit today, the one question nobody will ask…
The Movement Electronic Music Festival, as it’s officially known these days, begins in Detroit later today. This year’s lineup includes Carl Craig, rising star Ash Lauryn, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins and er, an awful...
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Festival inequality and one take you won’t hear on the BBC…
Here at Ears To The House, we don’t know everything. So whenever we do come across a gap in our knowledge, we contact our industry insider. He’s a man with decades of experience in...
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Could an all-year round Ibiza season soon be on the cards?
Over the past few weeks, you weren’t alone if you kept spotting stories in the dance music press about nightclubs announcing their “longest seasons ever” in Ibiza this year. It’s become something of a...
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Did sexually charged ravers REALLY bring monkeypox to Europe?
Here’s one that you’re unlikely to see covered in the dance music press – at least until they’ve worked out how to apply the best possible spin to the story. As you might have...
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So what DID happen at the Haçienda over the weekend?
Update 27th May: FAC51 The Haçienda have finally commented on this, issuing this statement. The original story is below. Many things have been said over the years about the Haçienda, the Manchester nightclub which...
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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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Scott Diaz castigates “sanitised artists who don’t have the capacity to have an original thought about anything” – but will his shiny new blog deliver on its big promises?
If what you want to read about isn’t being written, do the job yourself. This is why this blog came into existence – I was fed up of reading the sanitised dance music news...
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Turns out they don’t support freedom of speech either! MDL Beast Soundstorm’s prima-donna DJs are locking down their comments against criticism – proving they really do hold their fans in contempt…
In life, you’re occasionally going to have to make choices which could be divisive or controversial. Such is the way with the DJs who made their decision to go to the MDL Beast Soundstorm...
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The old ones are the best – for repackaging and making money from all over again! Pete Tong and his orchestra go back out on the road to rinse classic tunes out yet again…
One thing which streaming did to revolutionise the music world – and not necessarily for the better – was to allow people to easily listen to old records. Time was if you wanted to...
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See you next Tuesday? The question facing Portugal’s Baixa Bar as Derrick May is booked to play next week – amidst falling attendance and a gargantuan DJ fee which needs paying…
Things are not going very well in Europe for the club scene at the moment. Rising Covid-19 numbers across much of the continent – including in Germany which was previously seen as a good...
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Want an example of why longer sets make sense? Judge Jules has to travel for 3 hours and 39 minutes this weekend – to play a set lasting just one hour!
One particular bugbear of mine – and admittedly, it’s a very long list – about dance music today is the length of the average DJ set. When the first clubs playing house music in...
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1995 called, it says it wants its festival back! Southport Weekender announce Butlins Bognor Regis event for March 2022 – and it’s just as much of a sausage fest as you’d expect…
Festivals are facing a lot of stick right now due to their apparent refusal to book more women for their lineups. Excuses lined up for this have previously included “we’re just honouring bookings cancelled...
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That’s another £361 in the collection bucket! Rare Shoom flyer sale proceeds go to Dance For Stevie – and the GoFundMe page is looking pretty promising too…
Back on Monday of last week, you might remember this blog published an article about a flyer from 1988 from the notorious Shoom nightclub which was on sale at eBay. Proceeds for the item...
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