It’s not much fun being Derrick May at the moment. His entire musical legacy is in the gutter, he can’t move for allegations of sexual assault and rape and now? His new manager refuses...
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Yousef is finally asked why he booked plague rave favourite Sven Väth for the Liverpool test event – but who’s guilty of trying to rewrite history?
So it’s finally happened. Mixmag have not only made a reference to plague raves, but they’ve even asked a DJ a question about it. Praise be? Not exactly. Paddy Edrich got to interview Yousef...
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Hard to work with, convinced that Defected owe him millions in royalties – and other curious questions about Peven Everett, creator of garage anthem “Gabriel”
There’s been some interesting responses to my post yesterday about Roy Davis Jr supposedly taking credit for “Gabriel” when he didn’t make any of it. This is according to Peven Everett, anyway. One of...
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As British musicians are told they can tour in the German principality of Liechtenstein, just HOW are they supposed to get their stuff there? And are the locals pining for British music anyway?
Before Brexit came along, going to Liechtenstein would have been little different in logistical terms to going anywhere else in the European Union. You could just load up all your stuff in a lorry,...
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Why do DJs always look so miserable in press shots, part two? The wonders of technology help more of dance music’s favourites turn their frowns upside down!
There was quite some interest in a post last Thursday about DJs looking miserable in press shots, if my blog statistics were anything to go by. Incidentally, don’t forget to subscribe to this blog...
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