These are still unusual times in the world for the higher echelon DJs. Many are making up for lost time during the pandemic and have gone into utter overdrive – and many are finding...
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The Beatport Group are keen to tell us how much they love Pride – but wait until almost the end of the month to declare themselves…
Pride Month is something that gives us a bit of a chuckle at Ears To The House. Not because of the cause – celebrating LGBT rights and culture is absolutely fine by us –...
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So much for the slogan about everyone being equal! Defected follow the money and go to human rights abusing Dubai – but spare a thought for their lowly social media team…
Ever since Defected was acquired last year by Wez Saunders in a management buyout of the company, Ears To The House has been looking to see what he wanted the business to do differently....
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How dare those pesky Germans be so sensible! As Berlin starts to provide free drug testing services, countries like Britain want £3000 for a licence to do the same…
In the dance music world, it’s very fashionable to have a base in Berlin – although this isn’t anything new. Many of the big names in the scene have made the city their home,...
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Dumb as a rock! Britain’s Home Office moves the goalposts on drug testing – saying they must pay £3000 for a licence (oh, and did we say the process takes three months?)
Here at Ears To The House, we don’t take a view on whether drugs are a good thing or a bad thing. We believe that’s for others, such as politicians, to decide – the...
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As Defected hire a “freelance advisory” head of inclusion, is it a sign of their commitment to diversity – or meaningless virtue signalling?
Strange things are going on within Defected at the moment, and you won’t be reading about any of them in Music Week – their chronicle of choice whenever they want something favourable about them...
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“Sexual humiliation” for prisoners, forced sterilisation, and even boiling people to death – welcome to Uzbekistan, the home of Derrick May’s big summer gig!
Say what you like about Mr Jeffery Eugene Mills – and Ears To The House most certainly does – but he must be a pretty persuasive kind of character. Two years ago, Mills played...
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Your bias is showing! Mixmag patronise their readers by telling them Ricardo Villalobos is “the only king we care about” – on the day of Charles III’s coronation…
When it comes to politics, Ears To The House firmly has both feet in the same camp as country music singer Dolly Parton. In 2019, she was asked a question about then president Donald...
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Will no one think of the polar bears? Not so frequent flyer Derrick May gets a plaque from Delta Airlines as he joins the five million mile club…
Let’s face facts here. There are quite a few DJs in dance music’s higher echelons who care about no one or thing but themselves. In a way, we don’t totally blame them – when...
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After Beyoncé accepts lucrative gig in Dubai, why is Honey Dijon and the dance music world staying so quiet?
Around a fortnight ago, Beyoncé Knowles did a private performance in Dubai for an audience of largely very rich men from the world of business. It was meant to be hidden away from the...
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As Ireland seeks to extend nightclub opening hours, there’s just one problem – most of them might not want to…
This is quite possibly one of the most bizarre stories we’ve written up for quite some time at Ears To The House – not as odd as discovering a reggae version of “Strings Of...
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After the scale of Saudi Arabian executions becomes ever more clear, who will be the first DJ to play in North Korea?
Back on Wednesday, Ears To The House posed the question of why DJs continue to play in Saudi Arabia. The conclusion we reached was it had nothing to do with concerns over the country’s...
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As the scale of executions in Saudi Arabia continues to grow, why ARE the likes of Carl Cox and Jeff Mills still playing out there?
The dance music world is in a strange place nowadays. On the one hand, artists frequently try to parade how trendy and woke their views of the world allegedly are – whilst these same...
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Tories are pushing for ban on sale of nitrous oxide in Britain, but is it just a distraction from their own political headaches?
In every country of the world, politicians have certain issues they can always turn to if they’re facing a hostile reaction from the public. It brings supporters back into the fold and at least...
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Would a night czar help save Fuse nightclub? London’s experience with Amy Lamé suggests not – but at least she’s 40% better off…
Over the past few days, Ears To The House has covered the situation at Belgium’s Fuse nightclub with some concern. The result of a hearing from Wednesday doesn’t exactly instill us with a sense...
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Discontent in techno’s ranks over Belleville Three parade?
Ears To The House was beginning to get the impression that the Detroit Thanksgiving Day parade fallout was over and done with – but it appears such thoughts were premature. For it seems the...
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