It appears that three years of being silent can do strange things to a man – especially when it’s not something that comes naturally to him. But such is the way it’s been for...
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Is this what you got that £750k for? Bastion of underground dance music Resident Advisor published a review for up and coming Aussie artist Kylie Minogue…
Believe it or not, but there was a time when the distinction between underground and mainstream was a thing. Admittedly, it was never as clear-cut as 90s dreamers portayed it – but for example,...
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Lucati surprises us all by declaring “you have to have a very high IQ to understand tech house” – but he might want to refrain from talking about “omnitempo maximalism”…
Dance music becomes a lot easier to understand once you realise one inalienable truth – most of the subgenres within dance were invented by either record shops or bored journalists. Take “tech-house,” for example...
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If you’re going to fail, do it spectacularly! The Guardian tried to do a top 20 of Detroit techno – and they’ve annoyed Juan Atkins, ignored Derrick May, and put a house track at number one…
The mainstream press are a weird lot when it comes to dance music. They’d have you believe that Beyoncé Knowles saved house music from an impending death last year – all by sticking a...
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After former Defected boss Simon Dunmore repeatedly points out his “values” on Lenny Fontana’s True House Stories, one question – just what ARE your values, Mr Saunders?
Just a few short days ago, the now deposed owner and founder of Defected gave a nearly two hour long interview. Speaking to Lenny Fontana’s intriguing True House Stories series, Simon Dunmore spoke about...
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Electric Zoo cancelled their first day because they couldn’t get their stage up in time, and from there, it just got steadily worse – so why couldn’t they perform this year? A lawsuit might provide some clues…
Difficulties in getting and maintaining erections are something that many men have to deal with at some point in life. Whilst the occasional failure to rise to the occasion is normal, those who regularly...
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Just why DID Epic Games buy Bandcamp in the first place? Songtradr acquire the site after 18 months – with the previous owners having cut jobs and, er… not much else…
When Epic Games announced they’d bought Bandcamp last March at an undisclosed price, they were quite proud to tell the world about it. Their own official statement on the subject proclaimed that “Epic and...
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Burning Man? More like Raining Man! Festival ends in farce with 70,000 people forced to use the Nevada desert as a toilet – and tragedy as a 40-year old dies at the event…
The weather here at Ears To The House HQ has been mostly awful for weeks – indeed, only on this first week of September are we now getting to enjoy some much-wanted sunny skies....
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It sounds like it was made in 1983! Innovator Juan Atkins brings Cybotron out of retirement with new track – but Rik Davis isn’t involved, and the whole thing smells of a cash grab…
Juan Atkins is a man who calls himself some very grandiose names – innovator and originator are currently his favourite two. Others within the Detroit techno scene these days reportedly call him slightly less...
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Freedom of speech has consequences, you know! Osunlade speaks out after All Together Now pull him from lineup over his views on “the trans mafia” – but with him being paid anyway, what was the point?
There are many these days who claim we live at the mercy of cancel culture – those who believe in it speak of angry mobs with online pitchforks descending down on them if they...
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Are the bad old days well and truly behind them? Resident Advisor are on the lookout for a general manager in North America – and the potential $120,000 salary isn’t too shabby!
The following might come as something of a surprise to even our own readers, but Ears To The House wishes no harm upon Resident Advisor. Our main gripe with the organisation is that they...
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Stone the flamin’ crows! Beatport is jacking up its prices from Monday due to “increased costs”, with Americans paying 13% more – and Australians REALLY won’t be happy with their 20% hike…
In the highly unlikely event that Australian soap Home And Away feature an episode where legendary character Alf Stewart is stocking up on the latest releases at Beatport, spare a thought for wife Martha...
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Being dead appears to help you get more coverage in the dance music press! How DJ Deeon was ignored by Mixmag during his life, yet they suddenly eulogise him in death…
We sometimes wonder at Ears To The House – exactly what does it take for you to get coverage in the dance music press? The criteria seem to be very arbitary – and whilst...
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Is there anywhere this man won’t go for money? Derrick May’s going to play a propaganda festival in Macedonia this week – and it’s ANOTHER country that hates gays and tortures its prisoners…
The Illinden Uprising began back in August 1903 in what is now the modern-day North Macedonia – it was an organised revolt against the powerful Ottoman Empire. It contributed to the eventual downfall of...
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Honey Dijon joins in with tributes for Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens – but leaves out the bit about his 1991 arrest for indecent exposure, or the 2002 child porn probe…
Ears To The House has never subscribed to the ridiculous notion that we shouldn’t speak ill of the dead. Aside from being one step away from toxic positivity, it also stifles discussion as to...
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Can your readers not make their own minds up, then? Mixmag patronise their readers with clickbait headline on Kanye West’s return to Elon Musk’s X…
Here at Ears To The House, we make no attempt to disguise the fact that we have opinions on things. Contrary to what some people would tell you, we always try to be fair...
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