One of the mysteries in the world of dance music is why it seems to be a prerequisite that in all pictures taken of those in the scene, they must look utterly, utterly miserable....
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Can’t they all play nicely together? Derrick May making up facts, Juan Atkins bickering about the past – it’s as if there’s underlying tension somewhere…
Something must be in Detroit’s water at the moment. They’re all arguing like rats in a sack. I’ve been told about a blazing argument about why Hagi, Carl Craig’s wife, has now agreed to...
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Wednesday Whisper #3 – the DJ who helped a friend with cocaine addiction, but has a disturbing attitude towards a relapse…
Which DJ and less prolific producer has adopted the most two-faced approach with his long-time friend? The friend confided that he was living in a crack house and had a massive cocaine addiction. It...
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Going to Defected Croatia? Prepare for a laboratory test 48 hours before leaving the UK and ten days at home afterwards!
It’s been a difficult 15 months or so for the events industry. Things came to a halt very quickly last March as everyone started to finally realise the severity of the situation – even...
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Wales decides to keep Test and Trace until next year to crush post-lockdown outbreaks – so is Boris Johnson going to listen to such a sensible plan?
There is much frothing at the mouth for the Covid deniers and anti-vaxxer dingbats this morning. Whilst Boris Johnson rushes to get England out of lockdown entirely in less than three weeks, Wales is...
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Solomun’s got a new album to promote – but take a guess which of his recent activities the dance music press WON’T be telling their readers about?
You can usually tell when the dance music press are looking for that exclusive interview with someone about their latest project. They start being extremely supine, writing only the nicest things and leaving out...
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Revealed: why the British government STILL can’t say whether the June 21st easing for England is going ahead – and it isn’t to do with the bothersome Indian variant…
I sometimes wonder what it is that our journalists do all day. Communicating information in a clear and concise manner that provides all the facts doesn’t seem to be it. Hence why no journalist...
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Gay Tony would be proud of the interiors – but does new London nightclub Glam REALLY need to rely on the same old DJs as everyone else?
During the pandemic, an idyllic story started to gain traction. The dance music world needed to change, they said. The future was all about smaller nights with lesser known DJs cutting their teeth in...
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And how exactly are you going to force me to sign it, then? The agency of the plague rave DJ who spoke to this blog has been in touch – and they want me to sign a gagging order!
Recently, this blog ran an article by a plague rave DJ who’d got in touch to offer an explanation of why he’d been doing what he’d been doing. This was followed up the next...
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As Boris Johnson has a Bank Holiday wedding to Carrie Symonds, is Sacha Lord keen to see lockdown restrictions gone so he can have a big wedding of his own?
This blog is always happy to bat for the institution of marriage. I’m married for over eight years myself. And as much as I suspect stories in the Bank Holiday newspapers about Boris Johnson...
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Will their PR firm actually read the review before plugging it this time? My review of “We Did It For Years”, the Masters At Work follow-up to the underwhelming “Mattel”
A few weeks ago, Masters At Work released their first new single as a duo for a long, long time. The last one I could find was around 2006, so there was plenty of...
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Have you paid his money yet, Mr Smith? Over a week on, A Guy Called Gerald still hasn’t been paid… but Rham! COULD find his details to send him a legal threat for “harassment”
Late on the evening of Friday May 21st, I published this story after A Guy Called Gerald revealed on his Facebook page that he had never made a single penny from royalties of “Voodoo...
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Mixcloud claims that Amazon owned Twitch doesn’t care about artists – but just how much better is their OWN record?
Back on Friday, Twitch sent out their occasional remiders to DJs that they basically don’t want them on their platform. Something, possibly an American sense of politeness, prevents them from saying it out aloud,...
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Does anyone at Mixmag EVER read over what they publish? Headline about nine ravers looking forward to going out again leaves followers scratching their heads
Oh, how I do enjoy mocking Mixmag, the dance music magazine that covers a 24/7 culture – but only during office hours. Yet I also admit to being baffled how their operation continues to...
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Is he just bored of staying in the house so much? The possible reason why Sacha Lord is so desperate for lockdown to be over
Anyone who follows Sacha Lord on Twitter will no doubt be aware by now of the format the account roughly follows. You could probably train a dog on how to run it, and they’d...
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Couldn’t you have recorded some new mixes during lockdown? Friends joking at Derrick May’s expense about his reliance on old mixes at Mixcloud’s premium Select service
Word reaches me from Detroit that Derrick May’s friends have been making fun of him following his 58th birthday, and that May isn’t enjoying it. Jokes about him soon being entitled for a seniors...
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