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Is this just the start of a slippery slope? Spotify confirms that anyone getting less than 1000 streams for a track from next year won’t be getting paid for it…

ETTH Team 8 November 2023

Ever since Spotify was founded back in 2006, it has become the most curious of beasts. Despite becoming the website which, in many ways, saved the majors from a very bleak future as everything...

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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…

ETTH Team 8 November 2023

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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“A lot of Detroit OGs are suspect!”: Ash Lauryn sees the light and admits she’s “given up idolising” her peers after Omar S assault claim – but wasn’t she happy to ride on their coat tails for years?

ETTH Team 8 November 2023

Even by the normally malleable standards of the dance music world, this week is proving to be one of the weirdest in a while – and it’s only Wednesday. Because whilst Detroit’s latest bout...

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Do they STILL have to plug music in this way? There’s a hard techno playlist on Spotify – and we still don’t know how the hell this cover photo got approved…

ETTH Team 7 November 2023

So how do you promote music in this day and age? No one seems to know the right answers to this question anymore – and Ears To The House certainly can’t profess any specific...

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Lots do it, yet no one confesses it shocker! 52% of musicians would refuse to admit they used AI in music making, according to a study – just like with sample packs…

ETTH Team 7 November 2023

Dance music producers are a curious bunch, aren’t they? Many would have you believe that they make their records in the finest of studios using the best equipment money can buy, and that everything...

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Business

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…

ETTH Team 7 November 2023

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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Detroit’s Omar S accused of smashing a glass over singer Supercoolwicked’s head in alleged $10k royalties dispute – but he claims that SHE threw the first punch…

ETTH Team 6 November 2023

Yesterday afternoon, a story started circulating on social media concerning two producers from Detroit – Omar S and Supercoolwicked. Inevitably, Ears To The House found out about it – although it wasn’t from any...

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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…

ETTH Team 6 November 2023

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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“Everything he touches turns to s*** right now!”: no sign of Detroit techno being represented at the city’s Thanksgiving parade – after last year’s debacle with Derrick May put off several sponsors…

ETTH Team 6 November 2023

There was a time, for an all too long time, that Derrick May could apparently do no wrong. He was loved and adored by his fans, respected by the dance music press, and practically...

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After PBS takes down a programme about Detroit techno featuring Derrick May, hardly anyone in the city has a good word to say – and the other two members of the Belleville Three aren’t happy either!

ETTH Team 5 November 2023

It was supposed to be Derrick May’s latest opportunity at redeeming himself. Following the Derrick May European Coming Back Tour earlier in the year, the next plan was to appear on the TV –...

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Can’t he just go outside and tape the weather? David Morales wanted the sound of rain on his next track and recorded it in his studio – whilst proudly holding his massive rain stick…

ETTH Team 5 November 2023

Back on Friday, David Morales retreated to one of his favourite places in the world. A place of solitude where the 61-year-old DJ and producer can express himself freely. We are, of course, talking...

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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…

ETTH Team 3 November 2023

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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Even announcing it at the last minute isn’t working anymore! As Derrick May’s techno documentary for PBS gets pulled, how’s the man himself taking the news? Er, not all that well…

ETTH Team 3 November 2023

If you head over to the PBS profile page on X, formerly Twitter, they make a declaration as proud as it is pomopus. They say that “PBS’s editorial independence is central to our work...

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Pay $200 less to be ignored than before! Pete Tong’s DJ Academy, with its “visibility opportunities”, is offering places for just $247 a time – but the offer expires next Tuesday…

ETTH Team 2 November 2023

Mr Peter Michael Tong MBE is a man who has done very well for himself in life – not least by following the money throughout his career. From record labels, radio shows, DJing, and...