Many DJs in the higher branches of the dance music tree are so intertwined in what they do that they can no longer see the woods from the trees. They can no longer see...
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As questions gather over why Mixmag ran an “exclusive” story over Francis Bourgeois last week, where’s their thirst for a good story been during the past two years?
Ever since I decided to make a proper go of Amateur’s House back in April this year, I must admit to the journalist within me sometimes coming to the fore. I never fully switch...
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Turns out they don’t support freedom of speech either! MDL Beast Soundstorm’s prima-donna DJs are locking down their comments against criticism – proving they really do hold their fans in contempt…
In life, you’re occasionally going to have to make choices which could be divisive or controversial. Such is the way with the DJs who made their decision to go to the MDL Beast Soundstorm...
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I’m just surprised it’s taken this long before it happened! Berlin’s ban on dancing in clubs is being challenged in court – and Paul Van Dyk is spearheading the case…
When the pandemic started, Germany was seen as something of a role model in Europe as to how to handle it. Whilst Britain was in a strict lockdown and seeing around 1000 deaths per...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: Full Intention’s remixes were always worth checking out… but this original from 2005 isn’t to be scoffed at!
I’ve been a huge fan of Full Intention over the years. This is the hugely successful production and remix duo of Jon Pearn and Michael Gray. And unlike quite a few people in the...
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Now that’s real history! Over 200 mixes from 1981 to 1999 have been uploaded to Mixcloud – and you might be surprised to discover where they came from…
Regular readers of this blog might have noticed by now that one thing I like almost as much as analysing current events is combing through historical ones. And one thing which changes through time...
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Plenty to write about next year, then! Country wants to increase number of concerts they host by 600% during next year – so how much will it cost to allay all those consciences? (and that’s not to mention their egos…)
By now, all those DJs who went out to Saudi Arabia’s MDL Beast Soundstorm festival will be either heading home or about to do so. They go back knowing their bank accounts are looking...
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First his mask and now this? Dance music shaken to its very core this weekend (or quite possibly not) after Louie Vega posts a photo of himself WITHOUT his hat…
There’s a lot of very heavy news stories going around right now – my prediction this blog would be able to relax a bit over the Christmas period is fast going down the toilet....
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Sending emails out at 11pm on a Sunday night demanding a response by noon on the Monday: it’s only the latest farce by the Night Time Industries Association…
I never fail to be annoyed in life at the number of people who seem to think they can send a message to your phone at any hour of the day – or night,...
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“You flat-assed mother******!”: the charming insult Derrick May aimed at Factory Records founder Tony Wilson during a heated argument in 1990 – but his retort wasn’t entirely unprovoked…
Over the past year or so, I’ve learnt there are two sides to Derrick May. There’s the nice side which will do anything to help you and couldn’t be kinder – this is a...
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Now we can see why the category was scrapped in the first place! BRIT Awards reveal nominees for Best Dance Act – and I have to wonder where all the talent has gone…
Cast your mind back to the time when the BRIT Awards made for enjoyable and entertaining television. Some of you reading this blog might even be too young to remember such a period in...
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As MDL Beast Soundstorm closes today, how much Saudi money was enough to buy the silence of DJs? An old tweet by deadmau5 (who was on the lineup) reveals a possible clue…
It was Russian crime boss Ray Bulgarin in Grand Theft Auto IV who once said “There is a price for everything in this city. You just have to find out what it is”. And...
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I wondered what Larry The Loafer was doing these days! BPI boss Geoff Taylor delivers an end of year message – but whose hand was up his back passage as he wrote it?
Everyone seems to think they’re The Queen these days. Such is this sententious and pompous urge felt by many public figures to give the world some kind of end of year message. And for...
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This blog has been asking the same thing for months! Hifi Sean castigates Danny Rampling for attending a protest against Covid restrictions, saying “it’s not really acid house” – so where DID it all go so wrong?
Some of you might have found the dance music world’s silence on Danny Rampling – in particular, the refusal of his self-important old friend Terry Farley of Faith Fanzine – quite baffling. I don’t....
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Charlotte De Witte FINALLY speaks out about the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival controversy – after missing her own set because she kept getting stuck in police road blocks…
As far as excuses for missing a DJ set go, this is probably one of the most amusing stories I’ve come across in quite a while. Business techno DJ Charlotte De Witte – yes,...
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So which anti-vaxxer has custody of the brain cell this week? Fabric remind clubbers of their Covid entry rules after government changes – which they’ve done for months off their own bat already…
Things are going a bit wrong at the moment. Just like last Christmas, there’s a feeling Covid cases are getting out of control and that restrictions on our lives are just days away. Only...
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