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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Ever wondered what festivals would be like if feminism had never happened? Me neither – but the Isle of Wight Festival are trying to find out with a lineup consisting of almost no women…
Well, this is a telling story, isn’t it? Last year, festivals and clubland went into an enforced hiatus – and since there were no nights out to talk about, discussion eventually turned to the...
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Danny Rampling did “a secret free party” in the woods last weekend – so was he making some kind of statement or confirming speculation that the phone line for bookings has stopped ringing?
Time for a little bit of Danny Rampling on a Monday. What’s he been up to lately? Well, it appears that last weekend, he did a rave in the middle of nowhere – or...
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As a book on techno’s history in Poland becomes a play, how long until a drama exploring the REAL story behind the Belleville Three – and who on earth could play the part of Derrick May?
Techno music’s history in Poland isn’t something I’ve ever thought about. Maybe it’s something I should think about more – I know someone at Resident Advisor has. Apparently, a book all about the subject...
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I told you this would happen, didn’t I? Scotland’s government is being taken to court over vaccine passports by the Night Time Industries Association…
I don’t really like people who say “I told you so”, but I’m honestly struggling to think of another way to start this post on this Monday morning. You see, a few weeks ago,...
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Nervous Records and their awful sexist advertising makes an unwelcome return – but the eagle-eyed of you might notice there’s a few places where a veneer of respectability goes up…
I remember pretty much every episode from Channel 4’s legendary comedy series Father Ted. But one episode that I remember more than most is “Rock A Hula Ted”. In it, the main protagonist Father...
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At least show us you care! After a 20 year old dies at the Warehouse Project in the early hours of Saturday, still no word on when Sacha Lord or his club are going to make any comment…
Tragedy struck in Manchester over this weekend. A 20-year old man, whose name hasn’t yet been released, went for a night out on Friday at the Warehouse Project in the city. Fate had a...
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