There seems to be some kind of bizarre affliction going around in the world of house music at the moment – and it all centres around the Grammy Awards. The rest of the world...
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Is someone at Pinnacle Bank a massive dance music fan? The company that helped Wez Saunders take over Defected is also involved with the Beat Music Fund…
Regular readers of Ears To The House may have noticed that we’ve spent a fair amount of time covering the management changes in Defected last year. From being the first dance music site to...
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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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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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Are you sending out a subliminal message, Mr Dunmore? Former Defected boss celebrates end of DJ career – by sitting on a floor strewn with confetti and rubbish…
The old adage says that a picture says a thousand words. Here at Ears To The House, we believe this is somewhat clichéd, but more often than not, it’s also true. Hence why, for...
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Have Defected decided to sex up their advertising? Mystery as two new sales strategies suddenly appear…
It may only be the first days of February with winter not even out of the way, but Ears To The House is already getting a sense of the way 2023 is going to...
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As Defected pat themselves on the back over Grammy success, still no word on Beyoncé’s shameless hypocrisy over Dubai gig…
Defected’s team are very happy with themselves right now. Anyone browsing their social media feeds yesterday would have been left in no doubt at the feeling of euphoria, due to several of their own...
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Time to pose a question – did Ears To The House get it wrong on Sondela?
Those of you who read this site will be well aware that we’re not afraid to call things exactly as we see them. Ears To The House doesn’t shy away from asking the questions...
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Shameless plugs get you signed to Defected – just ask Hannah Wants!
How do you get signed to a label like Defected? Everyone seems to be convinced there’s some kind of secret formula to achieving this goal – infact, Defected’s own A&R guy Seamus Haji was...
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Defected announcement of South Africa tour gives us déjà vu…
Do you ever wonder which famous names read your favourite dance music website? It’s fine if it doesn’t – rest assured we don’t spend much time thinking about it either. But when things like...
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How did a bank from Nebraska get involved with Defected?
The recent Wez Saunders takeover of the Defected empire came across as a surprise to pretty much the whole of the music press. Indeed, we at Ears To The House seemed to be the...
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As Defected ponder longer events season, how long can they go?
Back on Monday, Ears To The House posed the question of what was going to change now that Defected is under new leadership. So far, the Saunders era looks awfully similar to the previous...
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The Saunders era looks a lot like the Dunmore era at Defected…
Over the weekend, we got pondering at Ears To The House HQ about what’s going to happen with Defected, now they’re under new leadership. Will the label be going in a more commercial direction...
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Why was Saunders Defected takeover news so rushed?
Looking back on this Friday afternoon at the shakeup in Defected’s management this week – Dunmore is out and Saunders is in – Ears To The House notices something quite unusual in the way...
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Was Wez Saunders eyeing up Defected top job for two years?
Many people seem to have been surprised by the news this week that the Defected empire has a new boss in charge. And whilst it hasn’t come as a complete surprise to Ears To...
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What’s next for Wez Saunders and Defected’s new era?
With the changing of the guards at Defected now apparently complete – at least until the next set of changes are brought in – everyone is getting used to the same faces still being...
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