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Is this goodbye from Danny Tenaglia to the music business? As DJ Tennis goes to collect an Oberheim DMX after recent auction, rumours grow about what he plans for the future…

ETTH Team 19 December 2023

For better or for worse, this has been a life transforming year for Danny Tenaglia. The Brooklyn based DJ, producer, and musician faced a cancer scare, then subsequently made the decision to auction off...

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Does he just like pizza and cappuccinos? Derrick May did a secret gig in Italy’s Torino at the weekend – squeezed in at 3.30am during an appearance by his friend Seth Troxler…

ETTH Team 18 December 2023

Italy is a country that has much to offer. For example, it gave the world a fine dish called pizza – a food that has provided the fuel for more Ears To The House...

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After Kevin Saunderson sold the KMS catalogue to Beat Music Fund this year, the mystery remains of why Juan Atkins hasn’t sold the Metroplex archive to the highest bidder…

ETTH Team 14 December 2023

Whilst Ears To The House aren’t fans of pointlessly dwelling on the year that’s gone by – we prefer to leave the lists to other websites – it hasn’t gone unnoticed that 2023 was...

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You can’t do a balanced take here, this is the internet! Marshall Jefferson comments on DJs posting their Spotify Wrapped stats – and reckons the numbers DO help get you bookings…

ETTH Team 11 December 2023

It’s now practically an annual tradition in the music world. Towards the end of November or early December, Spotify release their yearly data dumps to their artists, known simply as Spotify Wrapped. In addition...

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Do you get the feeling all is not going well? Discogs’ CEO pops up with a message explaining why the site is changing – but answers few questions in the process…

ETTH Team 11 December 2023

Surviving for many decades in this fickle industry when others have long faded away into the distance is, in many ways, an impressive achievement. This is one of the reasons that Ears To The...

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At least it’s something useful to wear over the winter! Nervous offer a sweetener for anyone buying their merch this Christmas – a free pair of branded gloves…

ETTH Team 10 December 2023

As anyone looking out of their window might have noticed over the past few weeks, the weather has got quite a bit cooler recently – well, unless you live in Australia, anyway. Winter is...

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Will we EVER see the two of them together? As Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” movie opens, there’s no sign of Honey Dijon – and she has nothing to say about Israel hosting the premiere, either…

ETTH Team 10 December 2023

Over the past year or two, Honey Dijon has been trying to navigate an almost impossible position – plugging how many famous friends she has whilst also simultaneously insisting that she somehow remains as...

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This can’t simply be magicked away! Unison’s Midi Wizard 2.0 has AI generated chord progressions – so is this dumbing down music or just the latest advance in technology?

ETTH Team 10 December 2023

When house music first emerged during the 1980s, there were plenty of questions by inquisitive journalists – and one of those was what they were using to make this stuff. After all, no one...

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Beatport’s majority owned IMS Ibiza announces the first topics for discussion – with “rebuilding community” and Defected’s gobbling up by Wez Saunders top of the agenda…

ETTH Team 8 December 2023

Is the International Music Summit in Ibiza a place where business in the dance music world gets done, or nothing more than, to use a term that the event’s British founder Pete Tong might...

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Not another helping of Solomun, please! After Rockstar Games FINALLY release a trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, Robert Owens shares an interesting question – what DJs could end up on the playlist?

ETTH Team 8 December 2023

In the world of music these days, there aren’t as many reliable money spinners as there used to be. Higher echelon DJs, for example, often have the option to effectively become a circuit DJ...

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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?

ETTH 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…

ETTH 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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Why do we get the feeling there’s a sting in the tail? Parklife reduces its entry price by £4.50 to make the event more “accessible” – but it’s still a whopping £125 to get in, for starters…

ETTH Team 7 December 2023

Christmas is fast approaching – with only 18 days now remaining until people open the presents left under the tree by the big-boned bearded man and eat chocolates for breakfast. In the dance music...

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Have Mixmag totally lost the plot? Evian Christ – who has Raoul Moat on his Instagram profile photo – claimed in his interview with them that “he wants to break people”…

ETTH Team 6 December 2023

The dance music press gets a terribly hard time from their detractors, don’t they? So say the journalists who work within it to anyone who’ll listen – although we’ve noticed that these self-appointed gatekeepers...

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Is Defected lining up their next tech-house cash-in record? Label jokes on X about people sampling “Prisencolinensinainciusol” by Adriano Celentano on their own track…

ETTH Team 3 December 2023

When thinking about dance music, the name Adriano Celentano is probably not the first that comes to mind – well, not unless you work for Defected’s social media team, anyway. During the week, they...

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Sleigh it ain’t so! Defected are getting in the mood for Christmas by selling some special festive jumpers – but what persuaded Wez “Santa” Saunders to put them on sale?

ETTH Team 26 November 2023

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...