The DJ world is a weird place filled with some even weirder people. And before everyone gets upset with us, we mean some people – even this industry has a couple of vaguely normal...
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Have we had too much to drink this Christmas? Defected are selling earplugs on their site – but one of our colleagues thinks there’s something they’ve missed…
One of the most crucial aspects of the modern business world is presentation. No matter what the product being supplied is, if it’s being showcased to the world in the wrong way, you’re going...
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Is this the worst DJ mix EVER recorded onto CD? Danny Rampling did this 22-track set for Journeys By DJ in 1993 – and the transitions range from bad to utterly comical…
There are few things more well-received within the dance music world than a great mix from a DJ. Exactly what constitutes a great set varies depending entirely on who’s playing – but traditional factors...
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Homer Simpson singing Born Slippy? Sounds absurd – but thanks to AI, the legendary Simpsons character can now “perform” Underworld’s 90s hit track…
As it’s been a bit of a heavy week of content so far at Ears To The House – we can only report what’s happening, you know – we thought we’d have a look...
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Do we really have to be the ones to point this out? Kenny Carpenter posts an old photo with Don Welch from the mid-90s at Sound Factory NYC – and says “we were still playing vinyl”…
Back when house music was starting to become a thing, there was no such thing as a career in it. You did what you did, and you might have some successes – or you...
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House music’s roots within the gay community are hardly a secret – but unearthed footage from the 1950s suggests the link goes back further than first thought…
A lot of parts of dance music’s history are being contested right now – things like literal whitewashing of the past and the Belleville Three being exposed as a marketing myth come to mind...
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Well, Egypt is famous for its mazes, you know! David Morales laughs as he tells the story of how he ended up lost at Aswan hotel – but it wasn’t just his room he was missing…
It’s been a heavy Sunday of content here at Ears To The House – so before we conclude today’s business with our weekly instalment of DJs Playing Badly, we thought we’d cover something a...
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That’s another one returning to the day job! Solomon (the Golden Sachs one, not Mr Human Diazepam) announces retirement from DJing citing “media attraction” as a “distraction” from his work…
As practical minded a bunch that we generally are at Ears To The House, there’s sometimes something to be said for pursuing your dreams. Some of those dreams are small but significant to the...
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That’s a right pain in the arse! Mr C took to Facebook (where else?) to rant about his faulty toilet – and he can’t get it replaced because the company changed hands recently…
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...
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What happens if you need to do a number two, though? Amelie Lens shows what rich and famous DJs do when they get a call of nature whilst working…
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...
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We bring you all the heavy issues! Jazzy M – who helped bring house music to Britain – talked about getting hypnosis to lose weight in recently unearthed interview…
Back on Monday, Ears To The House published an article about how house music ended up being embraced by the British in the 1980s. We dissected the notorious story of how Paul Oakenfold and...
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As Defected FINALLY manage to sell out their “limited edition” Todd Edwards “Jesus Loves UK Garage” T-shirts, has the curse of Curtain Road now been lifted?
It’s been a busy week here at Ears To The House – so for something a little lighter on a Friday, we thought we’d return to a story we first covered all the way...
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New management, same old curse! Defected STILL haven’t managed to shift those “limited edition” Todd Edwards T-shirts…
Defected might well like to talk about itself as the New Era Music Company – a phrase which mysteriously died on its backside the moment Simon Dunmore was evicted from his CEO post. But...
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Does Google know something we don’t? A search for “Love Shy” singer Kristine Blond brings up an image of Defected’s Sam Divine…
There’s not really much else we can say about this one, is there?...
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Didn’t they get the memo? Reggae cover of “Strings Of Life” emerges… in Japan!
Of all the strange stories we’ve covered on Ears To The House, this is probably up there with the best of them. Indeed, without the evidence supplied, we wouldn’t blame any of you for...
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Thank goodness it’s not being held on a Tuesday…
There’s not really much else to say on this one. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nervous Records (@nervousrecords) We’ll be back tomorrow…...
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