Yousef – now there’s a name that has this blog divided. On the one hand, he comes across as a pretty reasonable guy. I first came across him in the early 2000s and thought...
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As Swedish House Mafia posters start sprouting up all over major cities around the world – this isn’t the first time they’ve resorted to this trick…
If you’ve been on social media at all this week and follow dance music, it’s entirely possible that you’ve seen pictures like this on your feed. This particular one comes from New York and...
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Wednesday Whisper #9 – the DJ blacklisted by promoters because he pocketed money for a gig that never happened…
Which DJ is unlikely to be welcomed back by promoters for some time? This person was due to do a gig, on the provision they received their entire payment in advance. It was due...
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Did Save Our Scene remember the UK bit in their title? A reference to Scotland’s midnight curfew appears on their social media in a desperate attempt to still look relevant
A few weeks ago, Save Our Scene UK held an event in London. It wasn’t exactly a protest, nor was it intended to specifically raise awareness of anything. It was more of a giant...
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As Toto sampling “Another Chance” by Roger Sanchez turns 20 years old, just one request from this blog – let’s not have any new remixes, please!
Cast your mind back to the summer of 2001. Tunes being played heavily in clubs that year included “Happy People” by Static Revenger, “Babarabatiri” by Todd Terry under his Gypsymen alias, Danny Tenaglia’s remix...
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Underground dance music is growing once again, says Spotify – so will Daniel Ek use that as his latest excuse not to pay out more money?
Believe it or not, but Spotify publishes some extremely interesting articles occasionally. You might already know that a few weeks ago, International Music Summit published a report saying that dance music shrank by over...
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And how’s mentoring Derrick May going for you? Artist mentor and plank lover Mike Weston resorts to following this blog on Twitter – intimidating, it is not…
You might recall a post from April 12th where I talked about one of the odious creatures that has been helping out Derrick May for a very long time – indeed, someone once asked...
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Get the entire Traxsource Top 100 for $20 and all you can listen to for $25 – but silence on this question: how is House Music Record Pool legal?
The tagline of Amateur’s House clearly states that I write about the stuff in dance music that others won’t. And here’s another one of those subjects that affects music producers all over the place,...
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Now who’d have thought Boris Johnson would tell a lie? Lockdown IS reversible for England, according to documents issued by his own government
First he told us that herd immunity was the plan – then he told us it wasn’t. Then he told us the virus could be brought under control in 12 weeks – and it...
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Keep on playing, Father Billy O’Dwyer! Father Ted favourite won’t be affected by South Korea’s latest peculiar Covid restriction…
In a classic 1996 episode of Father Ted, Ted discovers a leak in the parochial house roof. He comes up with the idea of holding a raffle, and obtains a car as a prize....
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Nightclubs ARE being lined up to take the blame for future English Covid spikes – what else explains Johnson’s refusal to demand they do checks at the front door?
If there’s one person you can always trust to bring even more confusion to a confused situation, Boris Johnson is your man. Rest assured that if a situation exists which has you scratching your...
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“I was promised hard articles”, claims a newcomer to the blog – so allow me to explain how things work around here…
I’ve recently been running an advert campaign on Facebook to try and increase the number of readers on this site. The readership has more than doubled since it began, and I’m pleased to say...
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As government confirms nearly all English Covid restrictions will be scrapped next week, the question everyone’s asking – what WILL Danny Rampling do to occupy his time now?
Spare a thought on this Monday evening for poor Danny Rampling. For many years, he was revered and indeed enjoyed his status as an okay-ish DJ. He had his own show on the radio,...
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Is geography not your strength, Whitney? Resident Advisor’s (based in London, by the way) new editor seems unaware who Italy were playing against last night…
I was wondering when we’d start seeing an improvement in the output at Resident Advisor now that they’ve got a new editor in charge – and if rumours emanating from the RA camp are...
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Priorities change when you get old, I suppose! DJ Sneak’s Friday night live streams end at the decidedly early hour of 9pm…
Time was that DJ Sneak prided himself on the amount of work he did. For example, he said in an interview with 15 Questions that “Most DJs on my level and schedule, travelling 200...
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Bet he’s wishing he’d just backed the Italians instead! The American DJ complaining about British colonialism – yet who also supported England’s Euro 2020 bid to get more bookings…
Okay, I admit it. This one would be the perfect Wednesday Whisper – but the column’s full up for the next six weeks. So it was either post this in September, or today. So...
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