As Ears To The House said only yesterday, we increasingly feel like a gun staring down at a barrel full of fish. It’s just so ridiculously easy at the moment to find someone in...
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EXCLUSIVE: Juan Atkins walked out of Cybotron appearance at Movement Detroit half an hour early – but this detail didn’t appear in Annabel Ross’s gushing report for Mixmag…
Occasionally, Ears To The House is asked whether we would publish stories that dance music press outlets have declined or refused to cover. This is normally asked by newcomers, apparently unaware that this is...
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Was that the best you could come up with, Mike? Sonus Festival make dubious claim Derrick May is “continuing to shape the genre of techno” – despite doing almost no gigs in three years…
Sometimes, Ears To The House feels like we’re a gun staring down at a barrel full of fish. Because no matter how many good people are in the industry that we cover, there are...
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So we’re going to forget the 2020 trial now? Derrick May “sees himself as the new Johnny Depp”, say friends – but here’s why he might want to think again…
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...
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Is this their idea of raising the calibre of music journalism? Resident Advisor point out the blindingly obvious – that French riots mean events having to be cancelled!
In life, we’ve all experienced times when something happens that’s so big and unexpected that all previous plans go out of the window. The biggest example we can think of is the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Are you still using Windows XP over there? Detroit’s Juan Atkins was doing a show last night – promoted with an advert which looks like it was made in 2001…
We’ve got to concede that it does sometimes look like Ears To The House is simply trying to mock some of the people we write about. Naturally, it’s a charge we refute – most...
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Man who complained about noise from Manchester’s Night & Day café has moved out – but the case is STILL going through the courts…
Long-time readers might recall a story we originally published in November 2021 about Manchester’s Night & Day café. A resident moved into the area during a Covid lockdown and then made a complaint to...
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At least he’s found a country that doesn’t boil people to death! Derrick May’s “European Coming Back Tour” continues with Croatia’s Sonus Festival in August…
When the 60-year-old occasional DJ Derrick May faced multiple allegations three years ago of sexual abuse, he had three options available in response. He could have admitted to the allegations, denied them and come...
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Does she think we’re stupid? Atlanta’s Ash Lauryn derided Detroit’s K-Hand as “one little black groupie friend” when she was alive – but is happy to praise her in death for a $30 vinyl release…
Ears To The House is sometimes accused of obsessing over Detroit techno’s past – does it really matter if Juan Atkins was or wasn’t the inventor of techno? To which we say yes, the...
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They’re not even trying anymore, are they? Resident Advisor ponder what’s behind the recent rise in DJ fees – but no mention that some are just being greedy…
Sometimes here at Ears To The House, we almost feel a pang of sympathy for Resident Advisor. The site tries to portray itself as the voice of dance music culture – lest we forget...
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Still haven’t eaten the humble pie, then? Derrick May FINALLY does an interview after three years of silence – and he’s more arrogant and brash than ever…
It’s now been over three years since the occasional 60-year-old DJ Derrick May did any kind of meaningful interview. The man who was previously a journalist’s dream to talk to – May was never...
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Dumb as a rock! Britain’s Home Office moves the goalposts on drug testing – saying they must pay £3000 for a licence (oh, and did we say the process takes three months?)
Here at Ears To The House, we don’t take a view on whether drugs are a good thing or a bad thing. We believe that’s for others, such as politicians, to decide – the...
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Juan Atkins did a show with his friend Derrick May recently – but why doesn’t he want to be photographed with Detroit’s most occasional techno DJ?
In the same way a fly finds itself drawn towards a turd, Ears To The House finds itself once again writing about Juan Atkins – who doesn’t like it when you dare ask questions...
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Can the phony Kerri Chandler be recognised by his incredibly foul mouth? Even Kent Brockman would be interested in this story of Instagram fakery…
There was an episode of The Simpsons, first broadcast in 1998, featuring a memorable scene where the rambunctious newscaster Kent Brockman says “Authorities say that the phony Pope can be recognised by his high-top...
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Too many festivals, or has the Guinness curse struck again? Fabric cancel their summer Exodus Festival – but at least there’s a free drink for those who missed out!
If there’s one thing the dance music world does not need in 2023, it’s yet another festival. Indeed, there are now so many festivals that the season is fast becoming a thing of the...
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As Derrick May gets ready to perform at Future Scope tonight, the instruction from organisers to “leave your clothes at the wardrobe” isn’t even the worst of it…
This evening, the European Coming Back Tour for Derrick May, an occasional 60-year-old DJ from Detroit, takes another very small step forward. The man himself is currently in Europe – Ears To The House...
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