There are times in life when all you want to hear is an unrelentingly happy record. You just want to let yourself go for a few minutes and forget about everything – you just...
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Avicii’s father calls for artists to receive more mental health support – but in an industry where funds are set up to help them pay their winter bills, will the heartless majors take any notice?
I can still remember the moment back in 2018 when I discovered that Tim Bergling, who produced music under the name Avicii, had died. He rose to fame in the mid-2000s and was mentored...
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Are they cursed? The intriguing theory by an Amateur’s House reader on why Defected STILL can’t get rid of their limited edition Todd Edwards “Jesus Loves UK Garage” shirts…
One thing this blog has had a lot of fun with this year is continuously pointing out the endless misfortune that the usually spot-on Defected are having with one of their products. The label...
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Does it take one to know one? Brian Eno dismisses artists who use NFTs as “little capitalist arseholes” whilst flogging a fancy LED turntable – and if you have to ask for the price, you probably can’t afford it!
Whenever you make a decision to criticise someone for something, you’re effectively pointing the finger at them. Maybe even more than one finger – and when you do this, you must accept there’s a...
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“It’s about the work, it’s about the new tracks, it’s about the new stuff” says Alan Oldham in a podcast for Finish More Music – so could he have a word with fellow Detroit DJs such as Derrick May who continue to trade on decade old glories?
Back we go on what is a Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK – and also my birthday, to top it off – to the subject of Alan Oldham. Now, regular readers might...
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