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Strange what three years of silence does to a man! Derrick May has spoken to friends about starting a podcast – and no one can tell whether he’s being serious or not…

It appears that three years of being silent can do strange things to a man – especially when it’s not something that comes naturally to him. But such is the way it’s been for...
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Is this what you got that £750k for? Bastion of underground dance music Resident Advisor published a review for up and coming Aussie artist Kylie Minogue…

Believe it or not, but there was a time when the distinction between underground and mainstream was a thing. Admittedly, it was never as clear-cut as 90s dreamers portayed it – but for example,...
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Lucati surprises us all by declaring “you have to have a very high IQ to understand tech house” – but he might want to refrain from talking about “omnitempo maximalism”…

Dance music becomes a lot easier to understand once you realise one inalienable truth – most of the subgenres within dance were invented by either record shops or bored journalists. Take “tech-house,” for example...
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If you’re going to fail, do it spectacularly! The Guardian tried to do a top 20 of Detroit techno – and they’ve annoyed Juan Atkins, ignored Derrick May, and put a house track at number one…

The mainstream press are a weird lot when it comes to dance music. They’d have you believe that Beyoncé Knowles saved house music from an impending death last year – all by sticking a...
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After former Defected boss Simon Dunmore repeatedly points out his “values” on Lenny Fontana’s True House Stories, one question – just what ARE your values, Mr Saunders?

Just a few short days ago, the now deposed owner and founder of Defected gave a nearly two hour long interview. Speaking to Lenny Fontana’s intriguing True House Stories series, Simon Dunmore spoke about...
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Electric Zoo cancelled their first day because they couldn’t get their stage up in time, and from there, it just got steadily worse – so why couldn’t they perform this year? A lawsuit might provide some clues…

Difficulties in getting and maintaining erections are something that many men have to deal with at some point in life. Whilst the occasional failure to rise to the occasion is normal, those who regularly...
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Just why DID Epic Games buy Bandcamp in the first place? Songtradr acquire the site after 18 months – with the previous owners having cut jobs and, er… not much else…

When Epic Games announced they’d bought Bandcamp last March at an undisclosed price, they were quite proud to tell the world about it. Their own official statement on the subject proclaimed that “Epic and...
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Not exactly your finest week, was it? Dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross slated after posting now deleted comments on X about “an abuser” who “has a new album out”…

As night follows day, Sunday indeed follows Saturday. For some, it’s the first day of a brand new week – for others, it’s one last day of rest before getting back on the treadmill...
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