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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?

Ears To The House Team 8 December 2023

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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Amazing what money can do, isn’t it? As MDL Beast’s Soundstorm festival prepares to get underway next week, at least one DJ on the lineup is playing in the homophobic state – despite being gay himself…

Ears To The House Team 7 December 2023

Saudi Arabia is a country with a long history, dating back to at least the 1700s. With a population of over 32million people and roughly 93% of them being Muslims, the country has lots...

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Will 2023 be the year Jeff Mills finally goes fully business techno?

Ears To The House Team 24 January 2023

Well, it seems we’re back to the business of talking about Jeff Mills, possibly the hardest-working 59-year-old DJ in Detroit – as opposed to another one who Ears To The House sometimes reports on....

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As MDL Beast lineup emerges, why is Jeff Mills not appearing this year?

Ears To The House Team 23 November 2022

So whilst Ears To The House was on something of an enforced hiatus, the controversial MDL Beast Soundstorm festival announced much of their lineup for 2022. Most of the lineup isn’t remotely surprising –...

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Criticising Saudi Arabian tourism? That’s a crime in Saudi now…

Ears To The House Team 30 August 2022

Whenever anyone tries to launch a social media campaign in Britain to promote the country to tourists, the response is typically quite British. The comments sections quickly fill up with observations about how rubbish...

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34 years in prison for using Twitter on MDL Beast territory…

Ears To The House Team 19 August 2022

Could you possibly imagine a scenario where people could be imprisoned for having a Twitter account? The editor of Ears To The House would be doing porridge alongside his colleagues and huge swathes of...

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MDL Beast: What price to turn a blind eye to human rights?

Ears To The House Team 12 August 2022

Last year, Ears To The House was one of very few outlets to pay any real attention to the goings-on at MDL Beast. The festival in Dubai is paid for by the government of...

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So which 5-star Riyadh hotel shall I stay at next time? The question every business techno DJ will be asking as Saudi Arabia confirms it wants to become a global “cultural hub”…

Ears To The House Team 30 December 2021

The Nazï regime was probably the first in the world to truly understand the power of the media. Hitler tasked his propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels with ensuring the media of the time – which...

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Turns out they don’t support freedom of speech either! MDL Beast Soundstorm’s prima-donna DJs are locking down their comments against criticism – proving they really do hold their fans in contempt…

Ears To The House Team 21 December 2021

In life, you’re occasionally going to have to make choices which could be divisive or controversial. Such is the way with the DJs who made their decision to go to the MDL Beast Soundstorm...

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Plenty to write about next year, then! Country wants to increase number of concerts they host by 600% during next year – so how much will it cost to allay all those consciences? (and that’s not to mention their egos…)

Ears To The House Team 20 December 2021

By now, all those DJs who went out to Saudi Arabia’s MDL Beast Soundstorm festival will be either heading home or about to do so. They go back knowing their bank accounts are looking...

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As MDL Beast Soundstorm closes today, how much Saudi money was enough to buy the silence of DJs? An old tweet by deadmau5 (who was on the lineup) reveals a possible clue…

Ears To The House Team 19 December 2021

It was Russian crime boss Ray Bulgarin in Grand Theft Auto IV who once said “There is a price for everything in this city. You just have to find out what it is”. And...

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Charlotte De Witte FINALLY speaks out about the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival controversy – after missing her own set because she kept getting stuck in police road blocks…

Ears To The House Team 18 December 2021

As far as excuses for missing a DJ set go, this is probably one of the most amusing stories I’ve come across in quite a while. Business techno DJ Charlotte De Witte – yes,...

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As the controversial MDL Beast Soundstorm festival launches today, Human Rights Watch suggest DJs should “speak out about human rights abuses” in the country – so take a guess what they WON’T be doing?

Ears To The House Team 16 December 2021

So the disgraceful day is finally here. The DJs and other acts are getting ready to do their sets at the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival in Saudi Arabia. At the time of publishing, many...

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I told you these people can’t take criticism! Now Jeff Mills switches comments off on his Facebook page after swipes at his laughable defence of doing MDL Beast Soundstorm festival rumbles on…

Ears To The House Team 10 December 2021

This blog is beginning to suspect that one person is looking forward to Christmas even more than normal this year. And that person is Jeffery Eugene Mills, 58, from Detroit in Michigan, USA. He...

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Just as the shameless DJs playing the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival thought they could take their heads out of the sand, the French arrest a suspect in the Jamal Khashoggi case…

Ears To The House Team 10 December 2021

The DJs who are playing at MDL Beast Soundstorm’s festival are a curious bunch. Lured there mostly by the gargantuan fees the Saudis offer in exchange for being used as regime propaganda fodder, they...

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What the hell kept you? Resident Advisor FINALLY mention the MDL Beast Soundstorm controversy in an opinion piece – 17 days after a one-man blog started covering it…

Ears To The House Team 8 December 2021

The following post is likely to sound terribly self congratulatory. And to be fair, that’s because it partially is. Just over two weeks ago – 17 days ago, to be precise – this blog...