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Mark Broom sampling Paul Johnson sampling George Benson…

Ears To The House Team 4 September 2022

House music was built on a sampling culture. This isn’t an especially controversial statement – even in house music’s early days, sample packs were a thing, albeit on far more dodgy legal ground than...

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Sadness, moments of laughter, words of joy and a beautiful acapella rendition of “Promised Land”: Paul Johnson’s funeral yesterday after his death aged just 50

Ears To The House Team 17 August 2021

Yesterday, the funeral took place in Chicago of Paul Leighton Johnson – one of the city’s most famous names when it came to house music. A man who, in his own words, “never let...

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Say what you really think! About the time Paul Johnson called out a record label for re-releasing his tracks when he called in his masters…

Ears To The House Team 8 August 2021

Yesterday evening, I had a chat online with one of my sources in Chicago. Not surprisingly, the subject of Paul Johnson’s death at the hands of Covid-19 was soon brought up – and they...

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Whilst the dance music world mourned for Paul Johnson, someone set up a fake memorial fund in his name – but who could do something so utterly sickening?

Ears To The House Team 6 August 2021

There’s always one, isn’t there? Whilst the dance music world mourned the loss of Paul Johnson yesterday, someone posted a message on his Facebook fan page for a supposed fundraiser for a memorial fund....

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“I’ve never let anything hold me back, I’ve never let any type of experience let me down or put me down”: Paul Johnson in his own words as he dies in hospital from Covid-19 aged just 50

Ears To The House Team 4 August 2021

It’s with a deep sense of sadness I bring you the news tonight that the Chicago based house DJ Paul Johnson has died. He was aged just 50 years old. Johnson had been in...

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Whilst Paul Johnson’s time in hospital being treated for Covid-19 goes on, false rumours about his death continue to circulate – and how the hell did 5 Magazine get their coverage so badly wrong?

Ears To The House Team 22 July 2021 3 Comments

I have no further news about Paul Johnson at the time of publishing this post. But I do think it’s important to mention a few things that have been happening online which really worry...

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Paul Johnson posts distressing video from his hospital bed after he’s admitted to hospital with a serious case of Covid-19

Ears To The House Team 19 July 2021

I’m sorry to have to report the news that Paul Johnson – he of “She Got Me On”, “Get Get Down, “I’m Alone Until You Show Me” and heaps of others fame – has...

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