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 blowing on the island and branched out into The Garden Resort…
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 of DJs turning up at work in intoxicated states - and…
Thursday is one of those curious days of the week, isn't it? The weekend is finally in sight, but you still know you've got two days to get through first. For our part at Ears To The House HQ, it's the day we start thinking…
DJ Paulette spoke to Sky News for a report they published this morning - and what she says in it makes grim reading. She reveals she no longer wears dresses or skirts to gigs because of perverts engaging in upskirting. Such is the problem that…
Apologies for the delay in getting round to writing about this one - we hoped to have something up on Sunday on the subject, but a nightmare of a weekend took us briefly off the air. Anyway, Danny Rampling did something highly unusual a few…
We're not particularly fans of Solomun here at Ears To The House, and we don't really mind who knows it. Our opinion is that like many of those in the higher echelons of dance music today, he plays boring music and makes boring music -…
In a few weeks time, the Caribbean Carnival of Manchester will take place over the weekend of August 13th and 14th. Happening in the city's Alexandra Park, this year's event is the first full one since 2019 and is a big one - the event…
We cannot surely be the only ones at Ears To The House to have noticed the pattern at an awful lot of festivals and events this year. This might require a little explaining on our part, so please bear with us - because it's to…
The millennials are refusing to go out to nightclubs! Generation Z types aren't interested in getting off their heads on drugs! Oh, the scandal - or at least, that's what the very narrow minded dance music press would have you believe. Yes, they're once again…
As much as the likes of Defected would like to tell you that everyone is equal in the world of house music, some people are more equal than others. The idyllic early days of dance music - where the likes of Paradise Garage charged a…
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House published an article pointing out how the Tomorrowland lineup for this year "worships at the altar of business techno". It's a criticism we stand by - just like much of the festival world, they've chosen the same…
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 with an official press pass. Given it now seems possible for…
