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Now that’s real history! Over 200 mixes from 1981 to 1999 have been uploaded to Mixcloud – and you might be surprised to discover where they came from…

Ears To The House Team 20 December 2021

Regular readers of this blog might have noticed by now that one thing I like almost as much as analysing current events is combing through historical ones. And one thing which changes through time...

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How you get to the top of Mixcloud’s charts revealed: have millions of dedicated fans with nothing else to do!

Ears To The House Team 5 September 2021

Exactly four months ago today, I wrote an article on this blog asking exactly how does Mixcloud compile its own charts. The original feature referenced an interview that Mixcloud CEO Nico Perez (pictured above)...

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Mixcloud think the future for streaming is bright – is it a case of “they would say that, wouldn’t they” or a lot closer to the truth than anyone realises?

Ears To The House Team 3 August 2021

During the pandemic, live streaming increased massively in popularity. As that first destructive wave of Covid-19 went around the world last March and April, clubs found themselves closed, and DJs started remembering what it...

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All he posts is old mixes! Derrick May is losing Mixcloud subscribers because he won’t put up any new mixes – and even friends are mocking his nostalgic streak

Ears To The House Team 1 July 2021

If you’re looking for more Derrick May stories on this blog, fear not. Rest assured there are plenty more on the way. I’m simply giving a few people a right of reply opportunity at...

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Critiquing Carl Cox gets you burnt – but Theta Burn’s response to the whole saga is pretty humbling…

Ears To The House Team 28 June 2021

As a blogger, I consider myself mischievous. That’s one of the reasons why I do it. But I also consider myself fair. I try to get back to stories wherever possible – so remember...

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Would YOU tell Carl Cox how to do his job? Theta Burn critiqued his drum and bass set on Mixcloud Select – but the only one who got burned was Theta!

Ears To The House Team 18 June 2021 1 Comment

Carl Cox has been DJing for longer than I’ve been alive. He started as a mobile DJ playing disco music back in 1977 – and during the late 1980s, he was as well known...

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Mixcloud claims that Amazon owned Twitch doesn’t care about artists – but just how much better is their OWN record?

Ears To The House Team 30 May 2021

Back on Friday, Twitch sent out their occasional remiders to DJs that they basically don’t want them on their platform. Something, possibly an American sense of politeness, prevents them from saying it out aloud,...

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Couldn’t you have recorded some new mixes during lockdown? Friends joking at Derrick May’s expense about his reliance on old mixes at Mixcloud’s premium Select service

Ears To The House Team 30 May 2021

Word reaches me from Detroit that Derrick May’s friends have been making fun of him following his 58th birthday, and that May isn’t enjoying it. Jokes about him soon being entitled for a seniors...

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Four lessons that Mixcloud have learnt – and one big Derrick May shaped lesson that they haven’t

Ears To The House Team 7 May 2021

Mixcloud are in self-congratulatory mode at the moment, it seems. Not content with posting a thread of tweets explaining how brilliant they think they are, they’ve followed it up with an incredibly monotonous blog...

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So, how DOES Mixcloud work out who goes where in its charts? You’re wiser than me if you know the answer!

Ears To The House Team 2 May 2021

It appears that Mixcloud aren’t keen to talk to me about Derrick May. They said that “the appropriate staff” would look into this and take action. At the time of publishing, May’s page on...

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Does Derrick May represent culture in the eyes of Mixcloud? A question for their founders

Ears To The House Team 25 April 2021 1 Comment

I feel the urge to be polite here – well, to an extent. Mixcloud is one of the better websites for DJ mixes, mostly because they’re one of very few platforms that actually pay...

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Just £4 a month will help feed a Derrick May! Now “techno legend” reduced to begging for money on Mixcloud Select

Ears To The House Team 18 April 2021 2 Comments

Times are not exactly good for Derrick May. Gigs are in short supply, partly thanks to the pandemic and partly thanks to promoters not being comfortable with booking a man accused of sexually assaulting...