With May’s recent failure to complete a challenge where he had to prove that two instruments playing in a different key on the same song wouldn’t result in a horrific mess, the question has...
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“The small minority are a danger to us all”, DJ Danny Rampling used to say about Covid rule breakers. So, what’s changed, Danny?
These days, he seems to spend a lot of his time ranting and raving about how the government is going to arrest anyone who tries their hug their granny. Or something equally ridiculous. Yes,...
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Sneak’s a freak! House gangster DJ Sneak uses rude puns on his website stream – but what’s he packing that’s 12 inches in size?
A friend of mine mentioned yesterday that I haven’t written about DJ Sneak recently. Well, I’ll be giving an update on when Traxsource Freedom Day is for Sneak sometime next week. In the meantime,...
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Now, about the homophobia: what you won’t be reading in the press as the veneration of Saint DMX goes on
New York State has decided it will be renaming December 18th “Earl Simmons Day” in honour of DMX, a rapper who died three weeks ago. We know this because Mixmag told us – the...
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That’s gratitude for you! Resident Advisor – bailed out by British taxpayers last year – now complaining about PM Boris Johnson having no plan for EU touring
Resident Advisor – they who claimed to be a “cultural institution” in order to get a £750k bailout from Arts Council England – are complaining that Boris Johnson has no plan for British artists...
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Derrick May can’t play, and conductor Dzijan Emin knows it – so why are they STILL doing an orchestral show in Poland next month?
I wasn’t planning on writing about Derrick May again quite so soon, but my hand has been forced by the latest developments in this depressing saga. I do have other things to do, you...
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What disease – and it’s not coronavirus! – threatens to bring the dance music world crashing down? Why the idolising needs to go
I remember the first time that I read a dance music magazine. It was all the way back in October 2001. I was at college at the time studying for my A Levels and...
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Should the festivals advertise all their acts equally? And why it might be important than you first thought
So, the festivals are on their way back. The world is taking some steps forward following Covid-19 – not that this is over, mind you – and people are trying to look forward to...
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Carl Craig is having a birthday party in Detroit, but the million dollar question is – will he invite his friend Derrick May along?
Since I started digging into Derrick May, I’ve learnt a lot of things about the man that I’d rather I didn’t. But there’s one area in which my knowledge is still quite lacking –...
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Glowing words towards the “brother that he never had”, yet he doesn’t follow him on social media: more rumours that all is not well with Masters At Work
A few weeks ago, I ran an article that asked whether all was well with Masters At Work. Despite the release of their first single as a duo for over 20 years, there seemed...
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Can Yousef defend the indefensible? Silence from Circus on why they’ve booked plague rave DJ Sven Väth for Liverpool Covid test event
This Friday night, an important event is taking place in Liverpool. It’s happening at Circus, who are hosting the First Dance Event. No social distancing will be required, but a negative Covid result no...
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Boar off! Nervous Records troll the internet with most ridiculous merch advert yet – but have they made a pig’s ear of it?
This blog’s opinion of the advertising team at Nervous Records is well known. To say I consider them to be stuck in the 1970s is an understatement. Their latest advert, however, takes the absolute...
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Here’s something you won’t see often on this blog – a defence of Spotify raising their prices!
I note that Spotify has finally decided to do something that nearly every other company on the planet does – and that is actually raise its prices by a little bit. Shocker! Last year,...
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The fall and fall of Danny Rampling: his journey from okay-ish DJ to full-on Covid denying conspiracist
Those of you of a certain age will probably know Danny Rampling as that DJ who used to have a show on Radio 1 called “The Love Groove Dance Party” – a name that...
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You’ve seen the ads for his MIDI packs. But is Niko Kotoulas a musical genius or just a marketing man selling music down the river?
Take a look at this photograph. If you’re on Facebook and you produce music, there’s a good chance you’ll have seen that face sometime in the past few months. If you haven’t, his name...
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Paying two sets of distribution deals – one mystery DJ and some VERY shady business practices indeed that are heading for the courts
I have been sent the details of a very interesting story. Having done some checks, I’ve verified that it’s true and I’m going to tell you about it now. The names in it have...
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