Last Friday, Ears To The House went public with a story that has been circulating on social media for some months – yet has received no attention from the ever fainéant dance music press....
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How much would YOU have paid for a tent equipped with two beds and a fridge at Coachella? The price for this VIP access will shock you…
Ears To The House has previously spoken about how the festival circuit appears to have decided to go big or go home in 2023. We saw this strategy evidently at work at Movement Detroit...
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Accused of taking £4k from a single mum promoter AND being pursued by Superfunk over new mixes of “Lucky Star” – it’s not Ron Carroll’s finest hour…
Ears To The House is sometimes asked whether we would run stories that other press outlets would not. Those people pose a daft question, mostly because that is precisely the point of why Ears...
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How did we miss this one? Detroit techno’s self-appointed bigwigs went for dinner at a $98 steak restaurant – and the budget only allowed Juan Atkins to eat…
Times are tough for many right now. Our Editor, for example, is leading by example by having one less coffee per day. Yes, his lower caffeine intake has resulted in him being even more...
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Nine years after the death of Frankie Knuckles, an old video resurfaces – but isn’t the Godfather of House just being a tad hypocritical?
Here at Ears To The House, we pride ourselves on a few different things. Such as not being afraid to ask the questions others shy away from – and whether it’s over issues such...
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Another article repeats the Belleville Three myth – but guess who the New Yorker DIDN’T talk to for their botched piece on techno’s roots?
“Journalism is dead” was the recent proclamation by Derrick May, in response to an increasing number of questions as to how much the so-called Belleville Three actually contributed to the genre they claim they...
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As Derrick May turns 60, Ears To The House celebrates his achievements – which should make for a pretty short article…
Today in the fine city of Detroit in the state of Michigan, a man will be raising a glass in celebration. You see, April 6th is the birthday of Mr Derrick May of Farmington...
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Solardo and Idris Elba release collab called “Big Talk” – and it’s as awful and cringey as we expected it to be…
Where on earth can you go these days to get an honest critique of dance music? The nineties had dance music magazines with reviews of the latest vinyl in each issue – some of...
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Coming out of retirement already, Simon? Former Defected boss said he was leaving the DJing world – but he’s back for a Garage City special…
It was at the beginning of January 2022 that Simon Dunmore made an interesting post on Instagram – which turned out to be even more significant than Ears To The House believed at the...
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Is Mixmag EVER bringing back its print edition? Publication was “paused” in April 2020 and still hasn’t resumed 1069 days later…
At what point does a pause becoming something more than that? We only pose the question because in April 2020, Mixmag announced they were temporarily pausing the publication of their print magazine. This was...
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So how’s Danny Rampling keeping up with the cool kids? Er, by doing a festival stuffed full of names from the 90s…
The dance music press would have you believe there was a time when Danny Rampling was cool. They’d have you believe he was a legend and a pioneer – when little of this is...
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It’s International Women’s Day – but you wouldn’t know it from the silence of much of the scene…
The dance music scene is a terribly disjointed place, isn’t it? On the one hand, you have a media which goes out of its way to follow every left-wing trend imaginable – the idea...
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What the hell has gone wrong with techno? Marco Carola is now playing “I Feel For You” by Bob Sinclar in his sets – and other abominations…
Because some of us at Ears To The House have been around for a while, allow us to share an insight with you. Techno was originally meant to be a way of sticking two...
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Resident Advisor continues their hiring spree of “city managers” – but what on earth do they do all day?
Say what you like about Resident Advisor – and goodness knows we like to – but they certainly know how to survive. Yes, they might well have required cash from British taxpayers and German...
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Elliot Eastwick expects YOU to pay for his “World Famous Hot Shots” dream – but he wasn’t always so keen on fundraisers…
Elliot Eastwick is, if nothing else, a man who can continually reinvent himself with the times. Back in the day, he sometimes filled in as a DJ at Manchester’s legendary Haçienda nightclub if someone...
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As Danny Tenaglia turns 62 today, Ears To The House celebrates the man – and let’s not forget his massive trunk!
Contrary to what some people might think, we’re mostly fans of Danny Tenaglia at Ears To The House. Yes, he might well have a reputation as being something of a diva – though he’s...
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