The year 2023 ended in a very muted manner for Derrick May – performing a DJ set on a skywalk at a Detroit steakhouse alongside Kevin Saunderson, D Wynn, and Insane Who Sane. May...
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What is it with DJs thinking everyone wants to celebrate their birthday? Now Nervous Records boss Mike Weiss joins the bandwagon – with party at Brooklyn’s Silo next month…
For many people, birthdays are something which they like to celebrate – usually by having friends around, a cake and far too many sweets. However, for the majority of those inclined as such, this...
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Aren’t they just twitching their knobs instead? Derrick Carter queries the trend of DJs dancing in the booth – saying that Jazzy Jeff and Masters At Work wouldn’t do it…
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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Nice to see the important topics being discussed! Lithuania’s Somniac One asks her fans for their opinions on DJs’ horizontal activities – and a lot of her industry colleagues are VERY quiet…
There are certain celebrities out there who attract as much attention for their, shall we say, private activities as they do for public ones. Frankly, there wouldn’t be a tabloid press without it –...
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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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What was that you said about leaving the digital world behind again? DJ Sneak (quietly) embraces digital as six-track The Son Of Chicago EP from the man himself goes on sale in January…
As we begin another Christmas Eve here at Ears To The House, there might be slightly more sweets and alcohol involved than on a normal working day – but what ultimately underpins this site...
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Is this why certain waistlines are bigger than they used to be? As DJ Tennis launches his own cooking show, others are mulling over combining food and music to find a new money spinner…
The idea of combining food and dance music is one with a chequered history, but it’s far from a new one. Even in the early days of house music, some nightclubs offered a buffet...
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Don’t start panicking, it (probably) won’t happen! Amidst winter wave of rising Covid-19 cases in Britain, 31% of 18-24 year olds support shutting nightclubs to slow the virus down…
Nightclubs have a serious image problem – and it’s not one they seem to have grasped. This is an issue that Ears To The House first reported all the way back in July 2021,...
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Has Hagi lost her patience with him? Mystery as Derrick May makes the move to Greensmith Artists – whose registered address is in Serbia and who also list DJ Pierre and Juan Atkins on the roster…
With a brand new year just a few short weeks away, many of us will start thinking about changes we want to make in our lives. Some people might decide they want to lose...
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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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Aren’t you the ones who just get Sam Divine and Low Steppa to play all your events? Defected post a meme about going to see new artists – and their hypocrisy couldn’t be clearer to see…
One regrettable truth about the dance music world is how many within it possess almost no sense of self-awareness whatsoever. It’s not hard to explain – this is what happens to people and businesses...
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You’d almost think the big players don’t want things to change! DVS1 launched Aslice last year to get more money to producers making the music higher echelon DJs play – so why haven’t they embraced it yet?
There are lots of things that music producers like about what they do, but even the most hardened music-maker has to admit there are one or two problems that no one seems to know...
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Why IS dance music getting faster once again? Italy’s Sam Paganini – who’s been in this position at least once before – posts an intriguing theory claiming social media is the explanation…
Anyone who’s been listening to dance music for even just a few years will notice trends – and one of those is that the music speeds up and slows down during certain periods. For...
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Is this the weirdest apology dance music has seen in a while? Sammy Porter and Patrick Nazemi issue bizarre mea culpa after holding late night party at a Butlins holiday park chalet…
Those of you reading Ears To The House from British shores will almost certainly have heard of Butlins – but for those of you based elsewhere, allow us to explain. Butlins are a company...
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Consistency isn’t a strong point here! DJ Pierre criticises those who didn’t learn their craft on a set of Technics SL-1200s – but also points out he doesn’t miss carrying around big boxes full of vinyl…
Every generation seems to be convinced that the way they learned to do things was the best one – and that most methods that followed afterwards were inevitably inferior. Cue the truly wearisome debate...
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Isn’t that one reason why you get paid the big money? David Morales complains of being tired just before starting a 10-houe set at Stereo Montreal at the weekend…
Back in the early days of Ears To The House, we used to run an occasional column called Things That Dance People Think About. Long-winded name aside, these articles were mostly about the complaints...
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