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Castlemorton, Mixmag and dewy-eyed nonsense

ETTH Team 8 July 2022

For reasons which Ears To The House will never fully understand, there are some people out there who are absolutely fixated with the massive rave which took place in Castlemorton in 1992. Yes, it...

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Berlin, Rave The Planet and an advertising fail

ETTH Team 8 July 2022

The festival circuit this year is probably one of the most competitive that it’s been in decades. There are more festivals and more events than you can shake a stick at, hence why some...

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Boris Johnson quits as PM – any lessons for the dance world?

ETTH Team 7 July 2022

So the inevitable has finally happened. Those of you familiar with British politics will know that Boris Johnson and corruption are two very cosy bedfellows. The consensus at Ears To The House is this...

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A New York DJ is complaining he has fewer gigs these days…

ETTH Team 7 July 2022

DJs complaining about things is nothing new. Whether it’s whining about missing their flights at airports, moaning they haven’t slept in three days or just bleating on about the lack of satisfactory drugs on...

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New mixes of classic Basement Jaxx not up to scratch…

ETTH Team 7 July 2022

Do you remember an era when Basement Jaxx used to pleasantly surprise us each time they turned up with a new release? Ears To The House most certainly does – most of us can...

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How festivals try to control media coverage

ETTH Team 7 July 2022

Anyone reading coverage in the dance music press of festivals usually finds the same thing. The review is normally very positive – the music was great, the atmosphere was friendly and so on. You...

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$199 for one day ticket – why was Day N Vegas shelved?

ETTH Team 6 July 2022

Things don’t seem to be going too well in the festival world this year, are they? Only yesterday, Ears To The House posted about some of the general feedback we were getting about them...

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Will Ash Lauryn stick to Belleville Three script?

ETTH Team 6 July 2022

Believe it or not, but there was once a time when documentaries were produced and narrated by people who had some distance from their subject. To be commissioned to make a documentary for a...

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Has Maurice Joshua been forgotten in the Beyoncé debate?

ETTH Team 5 July 2022

Much has been said by now on the debate over the latest Beyoncé track “Break My Soul” – not least on Ears To The House. But one particular person has a role in this...

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The Insider asks: why is dance music so boring these days?

ETTH Team 5 July 2022

Ever since Ears To The House made our overdue return a few weeks ago, one person who’s been a regular in the inbox is our notorious insider. His identity is, and will remain, a...

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Untold Festival reveals lineup… is the same as everyone else’s!

ETTH Team 5 July 2022

Why is the festival world so mind-numbingly boring and averse to risk these days? It’s a question Ears To The House has posed before – because this naturally conservative natured beast is being especially...

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Terry Hunter’s official remix of Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”…

ETTH Team 4 July 2022

Ears To The House has a few corrections to make to this article. UBQ Project was established in 1990, not 1991, and Ron Trent was only involved with their first release – Smith and...

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Why is the CPS allowing drill music videos as evidence?

ETTH Team 4 July 2022

We have an explicit rule here at Ears To The House – it applies to both our writers and to those who frequently contribute ideas for stories to the site. This rule is pretty...

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So who got Derrick May cancelled at Futur?

ETTH Team 4 July 2022

A few weeks ago, Ears To The House wrote all about the various goings-on between Carl Craig and Annabel Ross. We broke the initial story about the disgusting meme that Craig and his friend...

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Time for a new rise to streaming rates, surely?

ETTH Team 3 July 2022

Lots of people seemed to be terribly pleased with themselves over the weekend, following Friday’s announcement by the USA’s Copyright Royalty Board that it was standing by its decision to increase headline rates to...