It’s no exaggeration to say that a huge amount of music gets released nowadays. Whilst DJs getting into house music in the late 1980s had a maximum of a few new tracks per week...
If there’s one thing desperately missing from the dance music world – and goodness knows that there are a few – it’s unflinching honesty. This is not to say that everyone in the industry...
One might imagine that a self-called originator and innovator such as Juan Atkins would be very familiar with the internet. It can be safely stated an innovator would be aware of how the online...
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...
A few things make us despair of the state of dance music here at Ears To The House. Contrary to what some people seem to think, it is not cynical to ask questions of...
The mainstream dance music press would have you believe that the DJs and artists they write have something special going on about them. Here at Ears To The House, we’ll certainly agree that there...
Higher echelon DJs have such a tough job these days. They fly around the world to gigs that they didn’t have to negotiate, play mostly the same music at each one, and collect a...
On Saturday, Ears To The House ran an article commenting on how Marshall Jefferson had announced he was quitting DJing – but subsequently returned. It turned out Jefferson had a caveat he hadn’t mentioned...
One of the things that Ears To The House has learnt about journalists is that most of them are incredibly ratty and entitled. They intensely dislike the internet due to the fact it’s opened...
Back in the 1980s, when acid house became a thing, no one thought about the question of what would happen when DJs became old. The jocks spinning on the turntables were often the same...
Johnny Depp might be a favourite of Hollywood at the moment – not that this takes much – but there was a time just a few short years ago when this wasn’t so. Back...
One man whose 2023 is even busier than his 2022 – and that’s saying something – is John Summit. The DJ, who recently became a Florida resident to reduce his tax bill, has an...
Over the weekend, Ears To The House ran an article about TikTok favourite Shakeil Luciano – better known as Schak. He played a set at Hideout Croatia and played “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by...
These are still unusual times in the world for the higher echelon DJs. Many are making up for lost time during the pandemic and have gone into utter overdrive – and many are finding...
There was a time when rising dance music star John Summit was keen to remind everyone of his Chicago roots. After all, he released a track via his own label last year called “In...
On this sunny Thursday morning here at Ears To The House HQ, it’s time we asked yet another of those important questions which the dance music press has ignored for far too long. It’s...