Carl Cox has been DJing for longer than I’ve been alive. He started as a mobile DJ playing disco music back in 1977 – and during the late 1980s, he was as well known...
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Weird time to open a new club? The Lofts disagree as they plan to open on August Bank Holiday weekend in Newcastle – and guess who they’ve lined up for the grand opening?
If you believe the mainstream dance music press, you’d be half forgiven for thinking we were in the midst of a clubbers apocalypse right now. Amidst headlines about the June 21st delay being the...
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Daniel Ek pleads poverty when saying he can’t increase artist royalties – yet opens a big chequebook to get exclusive podcasts (with the latest getting a whopping $60million!)
Here’s yet another reason I’ve pretty much stopped making music to concentrate on this blog. Making me music was costing me money. I couldn’t even break even or make a small profit. And when...
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Remember the DJ agency that harassed this blog for covering plague rave DJs? Well, guess who’s now facing legal action for an alleged super spreader event they put on in Tulum…
A few weeks ago, you might remember that I ran an article from a DJ who admitted he’d been doing plague raves. To cut a long story short, his agency found out, contacted me...
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Everyone’s blaming Boris Johnson for lockdown carrying on in England – and they’re right – but aren’t the industry just a little bit to blame for this predicament?
Before anyone comes at me claiming I’m a Tory stooge, let’s get this out of the way. I hold no truck for Boris Johnson. I think he’s the worst Prime Minister in living memory....
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Wednesday Whisper #5 – the remixer who complains about remixing old stuff… unless he gets a big enough cheque
Which long time DJ, producer, engineer and remixer is getting dismayed with the remix game that he has so far willingly played his part in milking dry? He’s taken to complaining on a WhatsApp...
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Djoon fundraiser that Terrence Parker pushed is barely halfway towards its target with 5 days to go – but still no word on how much money the man himself donated
The fundraiser to save French nightclub Djoon is not going all that well, unfortunately. With only 5 days to go, they’re at 51% of their €50,000 target. Even a push from club favourite Terrence...
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Is it not hypocrisy when your mates do it? Sacha Lord accused of double standards booking plague rave favourites Solardo – whilst also condemning plague raves on his Twitter account!
The activities of plague rave favourites Solardo were documented back on Monday. I also noted at the time that they’d been booked by Sacha Lord for the Parklife Festival, due to take place in...
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As Sondela starts getting a push from Defected following criticism, why does the African influenced label not make more of the association with its bigger brother?
Last week, I wrote about how Sef Kombo had decided to leave his job at Transport for London to run Sondela Recordings full time. Since then, a curious thing has happened. Defected appears to...
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As Derrick May’s plan for a quickie Greek wedding runs into a most fur-midable problem, the tale of how he planned to retire in Tokyo – and why the plan went awry
With Derrick May currently having second thoughts about his plan to go to Greece to marry his “passport” girlfriend Sofia Tsagaraki – not least because of the risk complaints about his conduct could have...
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Is the course not selling that well for you, Gary? Take That crooner and tax dodger Barlow has cut price for his songwriting course by 25%…
Is this dance music related? Well, Mark Picchiotti once remixed one of his songs back in 1999… so no, it isn’t. But this blog exists partly for my own personal enjoyment, so I’m writing...
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As Laurent Garnier quote from 1995 edition of Mixmag about Aphex Twin gets dug up, is there a lesson for the boring DJs who rule the roost today?
DJs these days are a much more boring breed than they’re given credit for. To be fair, however, it’s not their fault. The relentless amount of work that DJs have to do these days...
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Mind the wet paint! Amateur’s House has a new name, new look – but the same sense of purpose that followers will love and detractors will dread
You might notice that I’ve got the painters in. They’ll be around for a few more days in the background, but some of the bigger changes took place last night. Not least the sign...
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It wouldn’t be the first plague rave they’ve done, would it? Solardo now want to flout the law with illegal event on London’s streets next Monday as government delays lockdown changes
Yesterday, the Night Time Industries Association were working overtime to parrot their message, and many frustrated musicians shared it willingly. One of those who did so was Solardo, the Mancunian DJ duo of Mark...
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Could Kerri Chandler REALLY be responsible for the end of humanity? No, he probably couldn’t – but a leading physicist says METI might want to think again about talking to aliens…
Yesterday, you might recall that I published a story about Kerri Chandler being on the Advisory Council of Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or METI for short. Judging by the reaction that I’ve seen, this came...
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Has he been on the sauce or something? As Boris Johnson finally confirms England isn’t coming out of lockdown next week, he stumbles over basic details in a pre-prepared speech
He hasn’t had exactly long to learn his lines. The newspapers found out last Tuesday that the government was planning on delaying England’s so-called Freedom Day until July 19th. It’s been in the news...
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