After five months of running Amateur’s House, I like to think that I have some idea of what I’m doing. There have been a couple of hiccups in that time, but I remain of...
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That’s another £361 in the collection bucket! Rare Shoom flyer sale proceeds go to Dance For Stevie – and the GoFundMe page is looking pretty promising too…
Back on Monday of last week, you might remember this blog published an article about a flyer from 1988 from the notorious Shoom nightclub which was on sale at eBay. Proceeds for the item...
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DJ Rebekah feigned shock at allegations against Derrick May last year – so what on earth is she doing working with one of his accomplices?
Nearly one year ago to the day, DJ Rebekah launched a campaign called #ForTheMusic. The idea was simple. It was to fight against sexual harassment and assault in the world of dance music. And...
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As Scotland announces a 17-day delay in enforcing vaccine passports, is this possibly anything to do with an impending NTIA legal challenge to the policy?
So, back we go to the divisive topic of vaccine passports once more. Scotland was due to introduce them on October 1st – tomorrow. But like everything else with this policy, it’s been rushed...
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Amidst a barrage of criticism circulating online towards Playground Festival, the organisers have chosen to say nothing – but is it because they saw this coming?
Yesterday morning, this blog reported on comments made by Optimo (Escapio) about what they perceived to be the shambles of Glasgow’s Playground Festival. And I wasn’t the only one. A number of Scottish media...
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Not sure you’d get away with calling a feature that nowadays! Muzik used to have a column in their magazine for calling people out – dubiously titled “Hang The DJ”…
I frequently deride the dance music press on this blog. I believe they steer clear of certain subjects because it clashes with their commercial interests. I believe they’re terrible at holding people to account...
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Wednesday Whisper #20 – the “gatekeeper” DJ who met his match in an, ahem, ballsy opponent who delivered a real kick
Which up and coming female DJ recently put another, older male DJ in his place recently? The woman in question has slowly but steadily making inroads into house music over the past few years...
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Will we soon see dealers selling Technics turntables out of plastic bags in dark alleys for crazy amounts of money ? Probably not – but the worldwide situation is now causing a shortage of DJ equipment…
Supply and demand is a concept which is probably as old as time itself. It’s quite simple – low supply and high demand equals high prices. Chances are that even the cavemen understood this...
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Is he still behind the sofa looking for more money to buy Arsenal? Daniel Ek hasn’t tweeted about Spotify in two months – and talk of him snapping up the football club has vanished too…
I haven’t written anything about Daniel “Mr Burns” Ek and his cash cow Spotify for a while now, have I? So I thought I’d put that right and have a good look to see...
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“The worst individuals we’ve ever had to deal with” – Optimo (Espacio) castigate the people in charge of Glasgow’s Playground Festival, and claim “they treat local artists like s***”…
The problem with being a petulant arse who thinks they can behave in whatever way they please is that you’ll eventually try it on the wrong person. You can be lucky for many years,...
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As Simon Dunmore tells us how great his relationship with Ministry of Sound is these days, a reminder things weren’t always so amicable in the early days…
Let me start this post by emphasising I do have a certain amount of respect for Defected boss Simon Dunmore. Yes, I might well have some fun at his expense on this blog, but...
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How many engagements is that now, Duane? Chicago native Sterling Void surprises his fans by revealing he’s now living in Kansas – and that he’s getting married!
Sterling Void is getting married. If you’ve read this blog – and its predecessor in the form of my old Facebook page – this sentence might not be much of a surprise. Sterling, whose...
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Mark Knight claims to be proud of the Ministers De La Funk “Believe” remix he did – so why hasn’t he promoted it even once in the past two weeks?
Just over two weeks ago now, this blog published an article about how Toolroom boss Mark Knight agreed to remix “Believe” by Ministers De La Funk and Jocelyn Brown after getting a personal phone...
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As Rebecca Ferguson refers to R Kelly as “one of many” after he’s convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering, who could she possibly be referring to?
I’m a firm believer that when a legal process is underway, you keep your mouth shut. You don’t say anything. No matter how shocking or horrific the evidence coming out in court is, you...
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Sacha will be very pleased indeed! Manchester mayor Andy Burnham jokes about holding rave for Michael Gove when Tories come to town next week – and gives his night time economy adviser’s venue a plug too…
No, I didn’t think I’d end up writing about something that happened at the Labour Party conference on this blog either – but such is the world we live in. Yesterday, Greater London mayor...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: when a younger Danny J Lewis met a piano-laced anthem by Victor Simonelli…
Whenever I discover someone whose making a lot of tunes or remixes that I really like, something happens to me. At some point, I decide to start trawling through their archive – something often...
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