There was a time when Ricardo Villalobos was something of an idealist. Apparently. Speaking to the Guardian back in 2017, he said “The music manages to meld the classes together, as long as the...
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A love story akin to Romeo and Juliet, it certainly isn’t: the story of the ups and downs of a VERY long relationship between Pete Tong and Pacha
These days, Pete Tong is very much at the top of the Pacha tree. Just before Christmas last year, it was revealed that he’d just joined the board of directors at the club –...
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As video is unearthed of Derrick May referencing a sex act whilst speaking to a journalist about the Movement Festival, just one question – what WOULD his deeply religious mother have to say?
This evening, I thought I’d have a look at Derrick May’s background. Now, you might be expecting to find that he came from a really poor family and that he had to lie and...
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Ever wondered why the British government couldn’t care less about nightclubs? And no, it isn’t (just) about the lack of names donating to the Tory Party’s coffers…
The tedious obsession with June 21st shows no signs whatsoever of abating. Clubbers are hearing marginally less about the plan for England because it’s the weekend, but it’s still ever present. The government is...
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Up and away! Kerri Chandler is a member of a not-for-profit organisation that sends messages into space – so does the producer and DJ believe in aliens?
Let’s be blunt here. Kerri Chandler is the sort of person who creates records that have kicks and basslines so heavy that they could be heard in space. Astronauts in space could hear the...
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As Sony Music wipes the debts of its legacy artists, is there any chance the likes of Trax Records and other early house labels could do the same?
When you stream music from the likes of Spotify, you expect that abysmal $0.0038 royalty rate to go to your favourite artist, right? Well, you’d be wrong. In a lot of cases, that money...
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Was it something I said? Terrence Parker blocks this blog’s Twitter page – instead of responding to persistent allegations he owes money for gigs he didn’t do
A lesson that a journalist friend of mine gave me lately was that silence does count as a response. On the face of it, this sounds bizarre. How is saying nothing a reply? It’s...
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A cat-astrophe on the cards? Derrick May’s plan for a clean break in Greece and marrying “passport to freedom” Sofia has met a fur-midable problem – one of her cats thinks he’s claw-ful!
Derrick May is a man who thinks he can get practically anyone on his side. And worryingly over the past few months, I’ve discovered that his disturbed belief is not entirely without foundation. For...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 12th June 2021
On the week that a book was returned to the library 52 years late, I go through the tunes you’ll want to hang onto, no matter what date they tell you to hand them...
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The Saturday Recap – 12th June 2021
Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is coming up later, but let’s start with a recap of what’s been on this site during the week. There’s something to read every single...
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Is mass law breaking REALLY likely to happen if England’s June 21st relaxation of Covid rules is delayed – or is it just a case of letting off steam?
There’s something weird in English water at the moment. I say specifically English, because – although there are signs of it in the UK’s Celtic nations too – people are starting to go a...
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Hail Mary Jane: Washington state offering free cannabis joints to anyone having the Covid jab – but would it bring a smile to those ever so miserable anti-vaxxers?
Different areas of the world are resorting to varying tactics to persuade people to have the Covid-19 vaccine. None more so than in the USA, where in Ohio, anyone who’s had the vaccine is...
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Is he just another musical fraud, then? Damning testimony from Michael James – who was there when it happened – explains why Juan Atkins suddenly doesn’t want to talk about the past anymore
I have to start this post by making a confession. I’ve gone somewhat easy on Juan Atkins over the past few months, mostly because I understand he is in very poor health. You see,...
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Receiving free music from record labels? Lesson of the day – putting “dope” in the comments box does NOT count as a review, even if Todd Terry says so…
I might possibly be writing this post with a touch of self-interest that I should probably declare in advance. I have a review column on this blog which features my critiques of the best...
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DJ and producer Mark Wilkinson decided to become a life coach – but who did he choose to provide the foreword for his book? Take a guess…
We are now hopefully on the way out of a pandemic that has killed over three million people. It’s also done a huge amount of economic damage and caused a lot of people to...
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Exposed as a fake musician, accused of sexual assault by at least 18 women – and what’s Derrick May’s latest problem? He doesn’t like his manager!
It’s not much fun being Derrick May at the moment. His entire musical legacy is in the gutter, he can’t move for allegations of sexual assault and rape and now? His new manager refuses...
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