Ever since I saw Derrick May’s name on that Club Shelter flyer for their 30th birthday party, I knew it was suspect. Everything with Derrick May’s name on it is suspect. And it’s even...
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I haven’t seen you around before! A quick tour around Amateur’s House for my new readers – just don’t expect your favourite artist to be taken too seriously…
I thought it was time to explain one or two things about this blog to the many new arrivals recently. You’re all very welcome indeed, but I just need to make a few things...
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It’s not like you to have nothing to say, Derrick! Why two of the so-called Belleville Three had no comment to make last week on the death of Kelli Hand at the age of 56 – and one person who should have just kept their mouth shut
I pondered whether to write about this one at all. Then I remembered the purpose of this blog – writing the stuff about dance music that others won’t – and I quickly changed my...
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What’s next, paying a fee for an algorithm to consider plugging your music? Spotify unveils its new Campaigns feature to a limited few – and what a surprise, artists absolutely hate it!
By all rights, Spotify should have been declared bankrupt and closed down years ago. If it operated in any other sector of the economy, it would have done. The company doesn’t like to talk...
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Is that how you justify doing those plague raves in Tulum? Dubfire posts mysterious story on Instagram – and this blog isn’t impressed by this poor attempt to explain himself…
Plague rave DJs typically don’t talk about the plague rave. They ignore it and pretend it never happened. Only one had the courage to explain themselves – and even then, they only agreed to...
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