When it comes to the debate over occasional Detroit DJ Derrick May, his friend Carl Craig has made his position very, very clear. He’s firmly on the side of his friend – a position...
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Danny Tenaglia leads Heroes lineup – but there’s no heroes on it…
Some of the posts here on Ears To The House are so beyond parody that they practically write themselves. This is very much one of them. On Sunday 17th July, long-time DJ Danny Tenaglia...
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Nastia doesn’t hold back on ‘Off The Record’ documentary
Here at Ears To The House, we make no secret of the fact we quite like Nastia. The Ukrainian DJ – real name Anastasia Topolskaia – is one of few in the world of...
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The VERY curious past of Danny Rampling’s new friends…
Earlier this week, Ears To The House published an article all about okay-ish DJ Danny Rampling’s latest gig – quite easy to do, seeing there aren’t many these days. Straight out of some alternative...
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Kanye West, The House Music Anthem and a $150k lawsuit
The legal troubles of Kanye West keep mounting up. Fresh from Bishop David Paul Moten suing West over allegedly unauthorised use of a speech on the song “Come To Life”, Ultra International Music Publishing...
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Promoting Derrick May: an idiot’s guide
It’s been a busy week or two for the 59-year old Detroit man and occasional DJ Derrick May. Despite ongoing attempts by Mr and Mrs Craig – Carl is his friend, Hagi is Carl’s...
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Why isn’t the dance press reporting Guy Gerber rape claims?
Last Tuesday, Ears To The House reported on the news that Mavi De Mars had written posts on social media accusing the Israeli-American DJ Guy Gerber of rape in 2013. We reported a little...
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The Insider explains: why do dance music press pander to egotistical DJs?
With allegations that Carl Craig personally intervened to ban journalist Annabel Ross from reviewing Movement Festival for Mixmag still not being denied by anyone involved, Ears To The House poses a question. Is it...
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Derrick May banned “passport” girlfriend from Rome event
Things all seem to be kicking off in the world of Derrick May this week – and not in a good way. A number of sources in Detroit have got in touch to report...
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Larry Levan tribute nights? No, we’re not fans, either…
Back on Monday, Ears To The House published an article about a Frankie Knuckles tribute event in Italy last weekend which met with scorn by David Morales – one man who knew Knuckles more...
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Nervous Records – where it’s 1975 all day, every day…
We get the sense that this is one of those weeks where a number of people in dance music descend even further into parody than normal – and it’s only Wednesday. Yesterday, Ears To...
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Joe Smooth’s “rough idea” on Beyoncé’s track beats real thing…
There’s sometimes something to be said for getting a professional in to do a job. For example, if your electricity supply went down, it would be perfectly reasonable to get a qualified electrician to...
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As Defected get ready to release “Calabria”, one question from us – why?
Defected is one of those labels which Ears To The House looks at with a certain degree of respect combined with occasional bafflement. And this occasional sense of bafflement comes around roughly once a...
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Two years after Covid hiatus, will Mixmag EVER return to print?
Some people may currently be forgiven for thinking we wanted nothing more than to see the back of Mixmag after their recent disgraceful treatment of Annabel Ross – whose coverage over Derrick May and...
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Danny Rampling’s appearing at the Freedom Music Festival – yes, really…
Some stories that we write about here at Ears To The House are so ridiculous that you’d be half forgiven for thinking we’d made them up. The story we’re about to report on can...
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Adele falls out of album chart top 75 – please don’t jump on the house bandwagon…
One of the almost completely unreported stories Ears To The House came across over the weekend was one about Adele’s most recent album falling out of the album chart top 75 recently – after...
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