An admission first of all. I do receive emails from PR companies and other representatives of clubs, festivals and such from time to time. Most of them are ignored due to the fact I...
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Could clubs who allow unvaxxed DJs to play end up losing their licences? Yet another unanswered question amidst government dithering over whether to introduce vaccine passports across English nightclubs
Following this blog’s post yesterday where my ever so helpful insider gave me all the latest from inside clubland on the issue of vaccine passports, a few people got in touch to ask a...
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Do they have a toddler bashing buttons on a keyboard at random, or do you have to be friends with the boss? The mystery of how you get onto Traxsource’s highly coveted Weekend Weapons list explored
During my time as a music producer, I felt there were a number of topics which I couldn’t discuss – mostly because I’d be stepping on too many toes, some of them quite unfairly....
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Want us to release your music? Then it’ll cost you $75 – and that’s not the only thing about Beige Music which has this blog’s spidey sense going…
One thing I immensely enjoy about blogging is that no one is constraining what I say. If I feel like writing about something, I don’t have to go through a team of editors first...
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Is there a huge vault of unreleased Frankie Knuckles tracks? Er, nope – but one called “I Want The Love Of My Own” has been recently unearthed and it’s coming out soon…
Whenever a singer dies these days. one of the questions which soon raises its ugly head is what’s going to happen to all the music they made which was never released. And what happens...
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Do those clubs who demand the Covid status of their punters apply the same standards to the DJs they book? An industry insider reveals what the venues themselves won’t
Back on July 29th, I wrote about how 51st State Festival had changed their minds over their own entrance policy. They initially demanded either a negative Covid test no more than 48 hours old...
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Digital drum kits are two a penny these days with new and old available freely online – but back in 2000, a surprising name in telecoms was offering its own drum machine…
The software vs hardware debate has raged for years in dance music, and will probably go on forever. For every person who swears that the only way to make music is to get a...
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Derrick May isn’t appearing at Shelter’s 30th birthday party, says their promoter – so why does he refuse to speak to this blog, then?
Back on August 9th, the mystery of whether Derrick May was playing at New York City’ Club Shelter’s 30th birthday party was solved. Despite his name being removed, he was secretly still on the...
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Who was to blame for the charity event at The Cause which never was? The DJs who said they’d appear are firmly on the firing line…
This is a question which has been on my mind for a few days now – was I too hasty to criticise London club The Cause for a charity event that never happened? I’m...
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Dance to save the polar bears! The innovative new way Glasgow club SWG3 will use clubbers body heat to cut their own energy bills – now will Louie Vega and Derrick Carter want to boogie for the environment?
When I started Amateur’s House a few months ago, I wasn’t expecting to end up writing about the environment. Still, it shows you what I like about running this blog – no two days...
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Wednesday Whisper #15 – the DJ who struggled to get into a photoshoot for new snaps, and how he annoyed everyone else who lived nearby in the process
Which DJ has recently been driving his own neighbours absolutely mad? During lockdown, he observed that his photos for the press, social media and so on were getting a little dated. He had changed...
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As the government’s silence on vaccine passports for nightclubs continues, have they been quietly shelved – and does the Events Research Programme have a clue in it?
Just before the British House of Commons went for its summer break in July, Boris Johnson announced plans to require those going to nightclubs in England to be double vaccinated from September. His reason...
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Ever wanted to see Justin Fletcher (known to millions of kids as Mr Tumble!) and Judge Jules on the same lineup? No, me neither – but that’s precisely what’s happening this weekend!
These are strange times we’re living in. For example, Paris Brightledge’s prophetic lyrics about “dictation being enforced in Afghanistan” appear to be once again coming true. The world is trying to come out of...
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Which is the more shocking story here: Priti Patel justifying extra powers for police using dodgy data – or Mixmag doing good journalism for once?
It would be churlish of me not to start this Wednesday by saying I’m mightily impressed with Mixmag’s latest scoop. It’s a good one, gathered using freedom of information requests – politicians and the...
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Is it the Paul Johnson effect? Chosen Few DJs are putting on an event strictly for the double jabbed this weekend – and other venues in Chicago could introduce the same policy…
The house music scene in Chicago has been in a reflective mood recently – and much of it has come from the recent death of Paul Johnson. He died aged just 50 on August...
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Will it be dessert tomorrow? Another day, another meal for Simon Dunmore as he uses Instagram for its intended purpose – to show us his dinner!
To borrow and somewhat tweak a line from classic BBC comedy The Fast Show – this week, Simon Dunmore has been mostly eating. Over the weekend, he seems to have decided to cook an...
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