Yesterday, I wrote about the Campaigns feature which Spotify are currently allowing a limited number of artists to test out – because they’re kind like that, obviously. This would basically put Spotify into a...
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Scotland has been closed for the past two years? Either Resident Advisor has an exclusive not even the Scottish press could find, or their headline writer’s on a day off…
Resident Advisor have an amazing exclusive on their site today. It appears that Scotland has now reopened after being closed for almost two whole years. And somehow, no one in Scotland or indeed the...
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Kelli Hand worked two jobs as well as being a DJ and producer, whilst the next generation’s elite earn bucketloads with a fraction of the talent – what gives?
The untimely death last week of Detroit producer and DJ Kelli Hand at the age of 56 helped focus the mind. Hand did not come from a background of money. She had to work...
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As Carl Cox gets behind the Covid-19 vaccine programme, where is the leadership from other DJs at the top of their game on this issue?
Leadership is something desperately lacking in the night life world. There are few out there speaking out on behalf of this, aside from the likes of the awful Sacha Lord. This is one reason...
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It’s official: Derrick May IS playing at Club Shelter’s 30th birthday party despite his name being taken off the flyer – and wait until you find out whose idea that was!
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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It’s been a good weekend, hasn’t it? The sight of festivals coming back and live music returning is a welcome one… but caution remains the word of the day!
Allow me to begin with a disclosure that some of you might find unusual. You see, I don’t like festivals. I’ve been to a couple of them over the years – never willingly, always...
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Are the richest DJs in the scene going to be charging MORE per gig after the pandemic? The question as many get back to work and start pondering about their previous schedules…
Many of the big DJs have started working again in the past few weeks as lockdown restrictions ease off both in Britain and elsewhere in the world. That’s disregarding the plague rave DJs who...
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Say what you really think! About the time Paul Johnson called out a record label for re-releasing his tracks when he called in his masters…
Yesterday evening, I had a chat online with one of my sources in Chicago. Not surprisingly, the subject of Paul Johnson’s death at the hands of Covid-19 was soon brought up – and they...
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As the Climate Change Minister in Wales reveals her brother is Aphex Twin, an attempt to dissect his politics – and work out what’s real…
Back in May, the Welsh Government appointed its first ever Climate Change Minister. That person was Julie James. And in an interview with BBC Wales this week, she reveals quite a back story. For...
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Is your memory getting worse in old age, Sneak? As he calls out Mixmasters claiming they’re a scam, the DJ goes unusually quiet after they respond by pointing out he did an interview with them!
DJ Sneak isn’t as young as he used to be, you know. This blog has already detailed, for example, how he likes to ensure his live streams on a Friday are finished by 9pm....
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 7th August 2021
On the week that a man confirmed he’d eaten 32,340 Big Macs since 1972 – there’s been 18,116 days between New Year’s Day 1972 and today, just for context – I go through the...
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The Saturday Recap – 7th August 2021
Welcome to the weekend! It’s beem another long week, and your Six On Saturday column is coming up later. Right now, let’s start with a recap of what’s been on Amateur’s House during the...
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