As of this Sunday afternoon, there are just 29 days until a rather fuller-bodied bearded man wearing a red suit comes down everyone’s chimney – and they find out whether they’re on the nice...
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Who says that DJs don’t help the economy? Peggy Gou wants to hire an assistant – but you’ve got to live in Berlin, and speak two languages (oh, and those without experience need not apply!)
What contribution to DJs make to the economy? It’s always been a difficult question to answer – and can be looked at from a few different angles. For example, they’re helping encourage people to...
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Is Wez Saunders a fan of recycling? Defected have been getting into the garage house scene – by getting Crackazat and Sean McCabe remix stuff from the old Sub-Urban catalogue they own…
There are a truly endless number of dance music sub-genres in existence. So many, in fact, that Ears To The House can’t help but wonder if some of them are just made up –...
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Was parroting this rubbish part of the deal? Now Beat Music Fund are doing Kevin Saunderson’s bidding – and recouping their money – by wheeling out Derrick May on social media…
Back in June, Ears To The House started reporting on a curious new phenomenon in dance music – called Beat Music Fund. Set up by Armada Music, it calls itself “dance music’s first investment...
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Peggy Gou may have had to give Warehouse Project a miss for health reasons this weekend – but her PR people’s work at getting gushing reviews for “I Believe In Love Again” goes on…
If there’s one area where Peggy Gou shines above many others in the dance music world, it’s her relentless ability to promote herself and her projects – there are few higher echelon DJs better...
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Ever wondered how much Resident Advisor’s editors get paid? Current job vacancies in London and New York reveal the truth – and it’s roughly a tenth of a £750k bailout…
One of the most bizarre aspects of the dance music world is that no one seems to know how much things cost. Now, by this, we don’t mean stuff like the prices of drinks...
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Erm, does anyone remember what happened the last time he did this? Suess Media keep begging us to cover Danny Tenaglia’s latest Global Underground album – so we asked the editor to review it…
It’s fairly safe to say that Ears To The House has a somewhat strained relationship with PR agencies. Their job is to get the best coverage possible for their clients, whilst our job is...
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The search for someone who’ll admit it goes on! After deadmau5 revealed most DJ sets at festivals are pre-recorded, David Guetta denies that he’s ever engaged in the practice…
There are things about the dance music culture that we love at Ears To The House, but the bros mentality of nearly all the higher echelon DJs in the industry is not one of...
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Who said record labels don’t make money in this day and age? John Digweed’s company Bedrock Records is doing very well for itself – with over £116k equity last year…
Conventional wisdom in the dance music world would have you believe that record labels don’t make any money anymore. And for the most part, this is true – there are a lot of labels...
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Has Pete Tong’s DJ Academy got a rival in music education? SeeDJ claims to “accelerate your path” into the industry – with Nastia’s “Growing As A DJ” lesson costing $49…
It used to be ever so simple. Years ago, DJs could make money by simply being DJs. All they had to do was turn up, play some vinyl, and collect their money. Some can...
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That £750,000 bailout was money well spent, wasn’t it? Peggy Gou and Lenny Kravitz’s “I Believe In Love Again” comes out – and Resident Advisor dutifully provides a (mostly) glowing review…
If there’s one thing that Peggy Gou is shockingly good at, it’s marketing. Be in no doubt – Ears To The House thinks she is an advertising genius. Every time she puts a new...
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Er, have you looked in the mirror lately? Honey Dijon complains that black and queer people are being squeezed out of house music – yet she hasn’t done too badly herself in the industry…
This has proven to be yet another busy year for Honey Dijon – quite possibly her busiest in many years. Her touring schedule is exhausting to even look at, and her diary is filled...
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Dance music’s habit of creating odd bedfellows continues – as Peggy Gou announces her new single “I Believe In Love Again”, featuring none other than Lenny Kraviz…
Historically speaking, most artists haven’t been able to work with one another – and it’s not even their massive egos that are to blame. Often, it was factors like being signed to opposing record...
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Meet Alessandro Tripi, the silent partner behind Pete Tong’s DJ Academy – with a background in the beauty business and almost as many music connections as Tongy himself…
Following the money is something that has served some of dance music’s biggest names very well. Now, Ears To The House doesn’t believe this is necessarily a bad thing – in most walks of...
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So is this why Sondela was shown the door? Defected launches a new afro-house label called Mahaba, just months after waving goodbye to its last one…
Defected is a company that devotes its existence to becoming larger, not smaller. This was one thing that stayed constant throughout the Simon Dunmore years, and Wez Saunders shows no sign of changing that...
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It’s like the McDonald’s budget menu! Defected unveil their offering for shorter four dates in Croatia in 2024 – and the names are as stale as a three-day old Big Mac…
When Wez Saunders made the decision to raise the capital to buy the Defected empire of companies in 2022, questions inevitably arose as to what he wanted to do with it. No one spends...
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