DJs in the dance music world operate in a very curious environment. Despite the word “dance” literally appearing in the type of music they’re meant to play, for a DJ to actually dance whilst...
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Honey Dijon, Derrick Carter, and now Defected! Luke Solomon is the latest to get a House Masters compilation – with yet another dubious claim about a Grammy…
There seems to be some kind of bizarre affliction going around in the world of house music at the moment – and it all centres around the Grammy Awards. The rest of the world...
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Are you sure about that one? Derrick Carter celebrated his friend Honey Dijon’s birthday recently – and he seems to think she’s won a Grammy…
Over the past year or two, the words Grammy Awards and dance music have started to bother one another again after a long period of indifference. Now, there have been winners in the past...
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Someone pretended to be Derrick Carter’s tour manager…
Isn’t that just typical? We at Ears To The House take our traditional Saturday off – although that’s one tradition we’ll be disposing of once we’re good and ready – and something like this...
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Reviewing Futur Festival – simply because we can…
Last Thursday, we ran an article on Ears To The House about how festivals try to control the media narrative about their event by limiting the numbers of those journalists who can be graced...
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Which Derrick IS appearing at Futur? Here are some more clues…
Regular readers might recall a post we published last Wednesday asking which Derrick has been booked to appear at Futur Festival in Italy at the start of July. The question itself is quite simple...
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Carter or May? The mystery of which Derrick is appearing at Futur Festival…
Ears To The House has been at the forefront of efforts to get the answer to the question – why wasn’t Derrick May booked to play at Movement in Detroit this year? Because the...
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Are the Haçienda trolling Derrick May – and is Derrick Carter also in on the joke? The intriguing question after Carter replaces May on FAC 51 Easter 2022 event in London…
If there’s one thing certain DJs dislike even more than the public, club promoters, managers, their agents or indeed, anyone who make their own careers possible, it’s other DJs. They’d have you believe they...
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Blink and you’ll miss it! Black Coffee is performing at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago next weekend – but why is city native Derrick Carter’s name so incredibly small on the flyer?
This coming weekend, Black Coffee is on the bill for an event at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago. We know this because his name appears in a ridiculously large font on this flyer, alongside...
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Eric Prydz’s fear of flying means less time in the air, but no slacking on the luxury – so is there a lesson here for gas-guzzlers like Richy Ahmed and Louie Vega?
Last week, whilst everyone rowed over comments by Eric Prydz that techno was one thing until 2005 and then became something else, some people took a peek at the rest of his social media...
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Dance to save the polar bears! The innovative new way Glasgow club SWG3 will use clubbers body heat to cut their own energy bills – now will Louie Vega and Derrick Carter want to boogie for the environment?
When I started Amateur’s House a few months ago, I wasn’t expecting to end up writing about the environment. Still, it shows you what I like about running this blog – no two days...
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Have Louie Vega and Derrick Carter started thinking about the polar bears yet? My insider reveals what the DJ scene intends to do to reduce their carbon footprint – here’s a hint, it’s not much…
Back in April, Clean Scene released a report which revealed some of the most gas-guzzling DJs in the world today. Richy Ahmed topped the list, travelling over 790,000km during 2019. Rebekah, Steve Lawler, Louie...
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This blog deals with all the important topics! The story of Derrick Carter’s visit to the Trax offices – and just where did he throw his ham sandwich?
On Tuesday, I made your morning just that little bit more rubbish by showing you the latest from the Trax Records stable – a cover of “You Used To Hold Me” as sung by...
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