We’re surprised at Ears To The House that no one has yet adopted the name DJ Visa Issues recently – such is the number within the industry which seem to be having problems. Yet...
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From accountant to DJ: John Summit’s curious rise to fame
John Summit is one of those characters in the house music world today whom Ears To The House can’t quite decipher. On the one hand, he is probably one of the busiest touring DJs...
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So what’s next for the Defected and Detroit love-in, then?
By the time you read this article, the cleanup will be well underway at The Garden in Tisno. Why? Because Defected Croatia finished up back on Tuesday after six days and the huge logistical...
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Isn’t it time for a new Danny Tenaglia remix on Defected?
As the centerpiece Defected Croatia festival wraps up for another year today, Ears To The House has been taking a look at the label’s socials – a crucial tool in their artillery these days....
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Carl Craig gets shirty and a man with a plunger – it’s Defected Croatia!
Out of the many events which Defected run nowadays, Defected Croatia is probably the crown in their jewel. Having done events in Ibiza for many years, the label saw the way the winds were...
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John Summit did Croatia set after eating magic mushrooms…
Two years of being in lockdowns and nightclubs being largely closed are apparently sending some DJs a little bit crazy this year. Every now and then, Ears To The House gets sent amusing stories...
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Revealed: the 90-year old featured in Defected rave video
As Ears To The House has pointed out in the past, Defected’s social media strategy includes posting a lot of content which has nothing to do with the label at all. Whilst this may...
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How much has Sondela earned for Defected? £4k minimum…
One thing it’s safe to say about Defected is they have little tolerance for failure – it’s how they remain here whilst almost all of their fellow labels in the 1990s don’t. Meaning that...
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Have Defected sold those Todd Edwards shirts yet? Let’s see…
Longer time readers might remember an article we ran on 26th May last year all about a “limited edition” range of “Jesus Loves UK Garage” shirts available from Defected. The shirts’ slogan refers to...
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Is this why Simon Dunmore wouldn’t criticise Beyoncé release?
The Greek philosopher Plato is probably not the first person you’d expect to see quoted on Ears To The House. Admittedly, we didn’t expect to start this Friday morning with the weltanschauung of a...
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Defected are looking for new blood in A&R department…
There seem to a few changes afoot at Defected right now. Last week, their A&R manager Adrienne Bookbinder confirmed that she was leaving in August – posting a long thread on her Twitter account...
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Was releasing “Calabria” a mistake for Defected?
Industry sources have told us many times that Simon Dunmore, the man in charge of the increasingly vast Defected empire, is a man who prides himself on attention to detail. And not only does...
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Did Anthony Hopkins dance to La Danza? Nope…
Somewhere in the deepest citadel of Defected’s trendy Shoreditch HQ, someone spends their days contributing to the relentless Dunmore propaganda machine by creating social media content. Any kind of content will do, so long...
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Is Detroit’s toxic masculinity wearing off?
The world of Detroit techno – and arguably Detroit dance music more widely – has historically been quite homphobic. Despite the fact house music is descended largely from gay black men, there have always...
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So how do you get a tune signed to Defected?
There was a time in 1999 when Defected was a small label, founded courtesy of a loan from Ministry of Sound to Simon Dunmore, running out of a small West London office with a...
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As Defected get ready to release “Calabria”, one question from us – why?
Defected is one of those labels which Ears To The House looks at with a certain degree of respect combined with occasional bafflement. And this occasional sense of bafflement comes around roughly once a...
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