Yesterday, someone sent me some documents relating to the bailouts Arts Council England gave Boiler Room in 2020. And there are quite a few things which you curiously won’t find mentioned by themselves or...
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As breakfast TV asks whether over 40’s should be banned from nightclubs, the REAL question – should we ban stupid questions from clickbait telly?
Those of you in the UK might already know of a breakfast show called Good Morning Britain. It’s shown on ITV from Monday to Friday. Those of you who don’t know it, be thankful...
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One year on from Erick Morillo’s death, will the likes of Sharam, Yousef and Pete Tong finally apologise to the world for their utterly nauseating tributes?
It was one year ago to the day today that we learnt Erick Morillo had taken the easy way out. Facing a rape charge and with a court appearance due, Morillo was found dead...
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Do these people ever take a day off? Now the moonbeams are claiming Michael Gove is the government’s passport to vaccine passports…
Over the Bank Holiday weekend, footage emerged from a nightclub in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. In it, Cabinet minister Michael Gove was seen making some very interesting moves indeed on the dancefloor –...
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As Eric Clapton releases a truly horrendous anti-lockdown record, when are YOU gonna get in the studio and put your thoughts down in a song, Mr Rampling?
Back in April last year, I’d submitted some tracks for release by a label called 3rd Way. I’ve worked with them several times over the years – and normally, the process was easy. I...
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Never thought I’d say this, but I think I’ve found you a new job, Mayday! The Detroit Historical Society is now hiring – but do they have space in their organisation for Derrick May?
We live in difficult times. A lot of jobs have been lost during the pandemic – some directly because of it, and one in particular because of lots of revelations which have come out...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: when the very gifted Wildchild managed the impossible – by making an East 17 track palatable…
This week’s selection involves a producer who is sadly no longer with us. His tunes excited me back in the mid-1990s and I honestly believe he would have become a big star. I’m talking...
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You can tell it’s a Bank Holiday, can’t you? DJ Sneak is hosting a ladies night on his livestream on September 12th – and wait until you see how he’s promoting it…
On a Bank Holiday weekend in the UK (except for you, Scotland) when the festivals and such are all having one last event before summer effectively bows out for another year, there isn’t exactly...
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Things That Dance People Think About, an occasional column: the bizarre thing techno DJ Nina Kraviz wants to do if she has a good night in the club…
DJs rarely talk about when they have a bad night. They barely speak about those occasions when they thought every mix transition was a clanger – and sure enough, that hasn’t happened this time...
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Was Lee “Scratch” Perry a pioneer of house music? This blog certainly thinks so, as the self-proclaimed inventor of dub music dies at the age of 85
When you think of the pioneers of house music, names like Frankie Knuckles, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy and such come to mind pretty quickly. Allow me to suggest another name – Lee “Scratch” Perry,...
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Who knew there was an upside to closing nightclubs? Cabinet minister Michael Gove seen out dancing the night away in Aberdeen…
It’s been a weird weekend, even by the current standards of the world, for the residents of Aberdeen. Firstly, they’re trying to resolve the mystery of who put up a huge portrait of Pat...
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What happens when a couple disagrees on Covid vaccines and face masks? Ask Louie and Anané Vega and you might just find out…
Sometimes in life, I just wonder what it must be like to be a fly on the wall – able to listen in to conversations that those talking might prefer the world didn’t know...
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Even the biggest names get rejected sometimes! The story of how David Morales was paid a five-figure sum to remix Simply Red in 1991 – which mysteriously never got an official release
The word “no” is one you must quickly get accustomed to if you’re in the world of music. The same is true in house music, as I learnt more or less from the start....
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Would you like to know what PD Jake of Chester Police has been doing at Creamfields? No, but I’m going to tell you anyway…
Last Monday, I reported that Chester Police have their own dedicated Twitter account for all matters related to Creamfields. I didn’t believe it when I was first told about it either, but it’s true....
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Whitney Wei wants to “raise the calibre of music journalism” – so how does she explain one of her writers pinching 5 Magazine stories on her watch?
Regular readers will no doubt be aware by now of my views on Whitney Wei, the new editor of Resident Advisor. If you don’t – I think she’s a terrible editor. The only thing...
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So why DO you have to wait so long to get vinyl out of a record pressing plant these days? Staff shortages, lack of plants, Covid – and you can now add Jeff Bezos to the list!
One of the reasons I’ve pretty much stopped making music is because of the depressing realisation that there’s very little support for anything new. For example, back in the days of physical media, record...
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