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Tomorrowland are launching a DJ school for eight year olds…

ETTH Team 29 May 2022

As Ears To The House has pointed out a few times lately, a number of festivals are in rather choppy waters right now. Two years of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions have prevented several annual...

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As Movement begins in Detroit today, the one question nobody will ask…

ETTH Team 28 May 2022

The Movement Electronic Music Festival, as it’s officially known these days, begins in Detroit later today. This year’s lineup includes Carl Craig, rising star Ash Lauryn, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins and er, an awful...

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The pay what you can festival – Outlook genius or just plain stupidity?

ETTH Team 27 May 2022

Anyone going out shopping recently might have noticed that some prices have gone up – and that’s before you factor in DJ schools whose prices have gone up by over 4000% in 26 years....

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Why it’s sometimes best for DJs just not to speak…

ETTH Team 27 May 2022

One of the harsh truths about dance music is that it occasionally attracts some utter oddballs. Now, allow us to explain ourselves here – we’re not talking here about people who see themselves as...

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DJ Sneak’s digital tracks detox – an update…

ETTH Team 27 May 2022

If you use Google to find out the meaning of the word “forlorn”, one of the definitions comes back as “(of an aim or endeavour) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled”. Which is how...

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Carl Craig: Stay out of Detroit business… unless you’re paying!

ETTH Team 27 May 2022

Within each of the many strands of dance music, there are people who believe in spreading the word and making the scene – or should that be their part of it? – as big...

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Festival inequality and one take you won’t hear on the BBC…

ETTH Team 26 May 2022

Here at Ears To The House, we don’t know everything. So whenever we do come across a gap in our knowledge, we contact our industry insider. He’s a man with decades of experience in...

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Is the war in Palestine over? The changing attitudes of Peggy Gou…

ETTH Team 26 May 2022

Those of you reading this site in November and December last year might remember we published several articles about MDL Beast Soundstorm – a festival paid for by the government of Saudi Arabia to...

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Could an all-year round Ibiza season soon be on the cards?

ETTH Team 26 May 2022

Over the past few weeks, you weren’t alone if you kept spotting stories in the dance music press about nightclubs announcing their “longest seasons ever” in Ibiza this year. It’s become something of a...

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Derrick May’s latest excuse for having no gigs? The internet…

ETTH Team 26 May 2022

Believe it or not, but there was a time when Detroit based DJ and producer Derrick May was a truly unstoppable force of nature. His diary was filled with hundreds of gigs every single...

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So what’s Danny Rampling doing these days, then?

ETTH Team 25 May 2022

One person who probably breathed a sigh of relief when this site announced we were going for a break a few months ago was Danny Rampling, 60, from London. The occasional okay-ish DJ and...

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Buy now, get paid six weeks later – Bandcamp’s legal battle heats up…

ETTH Team 25 May 2022

Back in March, Epic Games confirmed they had acquired Bandcamp. Cue much scratching of heads amidst the heavy publicity for the news. Epic’s official statement said “Epic and Bandcamp share a mission of building...

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When Kylie met Peggy – and we’re already wishing they hadn’t…

ETTH Team 25 May 2022

For every great and good remix in the annals of history, there are equally bad ones. Such as Armand Van Helden’s attempt in 1995 to create a remix of “Cotton Eyed Joe” by Rednex...

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Kevin Saunderson’s latest move is all about the next generation…

ETTH Team 24 May 2022

There are typically two groups of DJs out there. The first is the category who only associate with the same people whom they’ve been involved with since day one. The second are the ones...

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Didn’t Rockstar used to make games? Now they’re selling vinyl!

ETTH Team 24 May 2022

If you’ve played Grand Theft Auto 5, made by Rockstar Games, you’ll no doubt be aware of the ability to switch between the three protagonists in the game. Whenever you make the switch, various...

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Did sexually charged ravers REALLY bring monkeypox to Europe?

ETTH Team 24 May 2022

Here’s one that you’re unlikely to see covered in the dance music press – at least until they’ve worked out how to apply the best possible spin to the story. As you might have...