This week’s selection involves a producer who is sadly no longer with us. His tunes excited me back in the mid-1990s and I honestly believe he would have become a big star. I’m talking...
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You can tell it’s a Bank Holiday, can’t you? DJ Sneak is hosting a ladies night on his livestream on September 12th – and wait until you see how he’s promoting it…
On a Bank Holiday weekend in the UK (except for you, Scotland) when the festivals and such are all having one last event before summer effectively bows out for another year, there isn’t exactly...
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Things That Dance People Think About, an occasional column: the bizarre thing techno DJ Nina Kraviz wants to do if she has a good night in the club…
DJs rarely talk about when they have a bad night. They barely speak about those occasions when they thought every mix transition was a clanger – and sure enough, that hasn’t happened this time...
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Was Lee “Scratch” Perry a pioneer of house music? This blog certainly thinks so, as the self-proclaimed inventor of dub music dies at the age of 85
When you think of the pioneers of house music, names like Frankie Knuckles, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy and such come to mind pretty quickly. Allow me to suggest another name – Lee “Scratch” Perry,...
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Who knew there was an upside to closing nightclubs? Cabinet minister Michael Gove seen out dancing the night away in Aberdeen…
It’s been a weird weekend, even by the current standards of the world, for the residents of Aberdeen. Firstly, they’re trying to resolve the mystery of who put up a huge portrait of Pat...
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