Unlike the dance music press, this blog tries its best to provide a 7 days a week service. I have never understood why they try to cover a 24/7 culture that comes alive on...
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The Secret DJ needs £20k to see him through the next few months – help out another person who believes in speaking the truth about dance music
Two years ago, I started writing on my Facebook page about the activities of Sterling Void. Unbeknown to many people, he had spent over 30 years lying and cheating his way through the music...
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He must use the same map as Judge Jules does! Carl Cox announces tour of UK with only one Scotland date – and none at all in Wales or Northern Ireland…
Sigh. I do wish that DJs would learn a bit about basic geography. The full name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It has four countries inside...
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Now what do you make of this, Derrick? Artwork being flogged by Attack Magazine of techno originators – including May’s name, naturally – is aiding Refuge, a British charity that helps victims of sexual abuse…
Exactly who was responsible for Detroit techno becoming Detroit techno remains something of a mystery. For years, we were told it was the so-called Belleville Three who brought this music to the world. Then...
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The song’s called Walking In Memphis, Duane! What WAS Sterling Void doing down in Tennessee last week – and did the trip go up in a puff of smoke?
All the way back in 1991, American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn released a song called “Walking In Memphis”. At the time, the success of the song was moderate. For example, the song never got higher...
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No taxi for Patrick Topping? Everyone had a great time at his Belfast gig on Saturday night – until the mad scramble to get home afterwards started…
A couple of people got in touch yesterday to tell me about their experience of seeing Patrick Topping performing at Custom House Square in Belfast. Don’t get me wrong here – word is Topping...
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Sadness, moments of laughter, words of joy and a beautiful acapella rendition of “Promised Land”: Paul Johnson’s funeral yesterday after his death aged just 50
Yesterday, the funeral took place in Chicago of Paul Leighton Johnson – one of the city’s most famous names when it came to house music. A man who, in his own words, “never let...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: a rare remix of “Is It Love” by Chilli Hi Fly from 2000 – but was Redhedz another Stuart Price alias?
Today, Amateur’s House introduces a brand new series. Every Monday evening, I’m going to select one song from somewhere in the history of dance music which you might have forgotten about. A Classics album...
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Whilst theories abound over why Derrick May is playing Shelter’s 30th birthday party, it turns out desperation to get money in the bank might not be one…
Let’s get one thing clear from the outset here. Derrick May is categorically not going to be earning $10,000 from the gig at Club Shelter’s 30th birthday party that they’re pretending he isn’t doing....
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Things that dance people think about, an occasional column: Scott Diaz wishes to let the world know he doesn’t care how much your baby weighs…
Scott Diaz isn’t a man afraid to go after the weighty issues of the day. Even when that weighty issue was, er, himself. He’s previously been involved in a spat with DJ Sneak, who...
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As Whitney Wei sets out on a mission to “raise the calibre of music journalism”, wouldn’t she do better to get her own house in order first?
Whitney Wei is keen to go down in history as someone who’s made things just a little bit better than they were before she came along. It appears that Resident Advisor’s new editor in...
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It’s Maskers At Work! Louie Vega embraces the name given to him and Kenny Dope over recent weeks – now wouldn’t it be nice to see more DJs leading by example?
Ever since clubs started reopening again, questions have been asked about whether clubbers should wear face masks. A question asked less often is whether the DJs themselves should do the same thing. And by...
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Sensational or sacrilegious? As Purple Disco Machine’s remix of Spiller’s 2000 hit “Groovejet” starts to get a push from the Defected machine, I ask whether it’s actually any good…
Discovering the back story to Spiller’s “Groovejet” was quite the revelation earlier this year. I knew that it was first played at Club Groovejet by Boris Dlugosch in 1999 and that’s how it got...
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Simmer slowly for one Sunday article: taking a closer look at the people (and companies) behind the beleaguered Boiler Room…
Last year, several companies in the dance music world ran into trouble. This shouldn’t be a surprise – a pandemic with an uncanny ability to effectively close down huge swathes of this sector will...
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Well, they do say the kids love techno! Is Timmy Regisford wanting to get more bookings in the popular genre the reason Derrick May was booked to play Shelter’s 30th birthday?
During the entire saga of Shelter announcing on their flyer that Derrick May was playing at their 30th birthday party, then their second flyer to say he wasn’t, followed by the discovery he still...
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Is that what three decades in the industry is worth now? Booker T pulls out of Beautiful People Festival citing after discovering he was only playing a 30 MINUTE set
Update – I’ve been asked to point out that promoter Alex Lowes was not responsible for booking Booker for the festival – something he mentions himself in the comments section underneath Booker’s post. It...
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