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Electronic Beats 80s acid house video drops – but who’s missing?
Here at Ears To The House, we’re big fans of the Blind Test series run by Electronic Beats. Watching DJs wracking their brains trying to remember the names of sometimes obscure tracks which they...
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Simon Dunmore no longer a listed director at Defected
Last summer, Ears To The House received an email with a truly staggering claim. It said that Simon Dunmore, boss of the entire Defected empire, would be announcing his retirement during 2022. As this...
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Should Ireland legalise cannabis? It’s being discussed today
Despite what the dance music press might have you believe, drugs are much more divisive and controversial than they make out. Given Ears To The House understands a few of the main writers in...
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Free DJ mix with your cannabis? It’s a thing in California
The USA is one of very few countries in the world where individual states can decide on their own drug policies. For example, anyone caught using marijuana in the state of Texas is breaking...
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Derrick May can’t play – and nor can Juan Atkins!
Last year, Ears To The House posed a simple question – can Derrick May play? Whilst his skills as an occasional DJ were not in doubt, no one knew whether the man himself could...
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Did Beatport order press to delete Party Mode articles?
Last week brought about a curious incident in the dance music press. A number of outlets published stories about Beatport Party Mode – a soon to be introduced feature on their DJing app. We...
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Ireland’s HSE to test drugs at Electric Picnic next month
Let’s get one thing clear here. Ears To The House has no specific opinion on the legalisation of drugs – we believe it should be done on a case by case basis on the...
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Has the scene forgotten already about Derrick May?
Is there anyone amongst the mostly spineless men in dance music’s higher echelons who are capable of taking a stance on anything other than making lots of money? Ears To The House has noticed...
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34 years in prison for using Twitter on MDL Beast territory…
Could you possibly imagine a scenario where people could be imprisoned for having a Twitter account? The editor of Ears To The House would be doing porridge alongside his colleagues and huge swathes of...
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Peggy Gou can’t stay out of politics, even if she wants to…
Many of the DJs in the higher echelons of this industry are walking, talking contradictions. On the one hand, they retain many of the ideals that clubbers during the second summer of love in...
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Two-track Villalobos set to mark Fabric’s 23rd birthday!
Fabric London have survived quite a bit to get to where they are today. They’ve had to navigate a pandemic. They’ve had to deal with losing their licence after two drug-related deaths on the...
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Masters At Work are milking the Nuyorican Soul cow again…
There are few people in the dance music world who have been around longer than Louie Vega and Kenny Gonzalez. The two are primarily known as Masters At Work when they DJ together on...
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Acapellas4u return – but why did they vanish to begin with?
DJs looking for acapellas is nothing new – they’ve been around for some four decades now, if not longer. For years, record labels tightly controlled who would be able to obtain these prestigious vocals...
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United Dance Company’s Brian Bout arrested over rape claim
Ears To The House can reveal that Brian Bout, the owner and director of United Dance Company, the organisation which runs annual Netherlands festival Dance Valley, was recently arrested on suspicion of rape. Bout,...
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Back In The House beatify Erick Morillo and shame his victims
Even now as we approach the second anniversary of Erick Morillo’s death following an overdose of ketamine – a drug traditionally used in horse tranquilliser – there are people out there who venerate him....
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