The more I read about the early days of house music, the more utterly depressing it gets. Paris Brightledge was conned out of the rightful credit for “It’s Alright”. Marshall Jefferson’s “Move Your Body”...
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Is England’s June 21st relaxation still happening? Your clickbait free (and also free of delusion) update is below…
Much is being made at the moment by the dance music world of a headline from The Times newspaper, of all places. “Big events without masks are no riskier than shopping, Covid trials show”...
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Where did it all go wrong for you, Derrick? May had ambitions to be an “ambassador for change” just 20 years ago – how hollow those words sound now!
Much has been written about Derrick May over the years, and a surprising amount of it remains online, surviving various upgrades since the early years of the internet. Take this article from 2001, written...
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NFTs? My phone’s auto translate changes that into “nuts” – and it turns out for good reason…
I’m going to do something unusual here. I’m going to send you all somewhere else to read something. Unusual, perhaps. But I’ve come to the conclusion over the years that it’s sometimes best to...
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Can you open a nightclub without taking the financial risk? BIT in the Netherlands think you can…
Time was that if someone wanted to start their own nightclub, they’d have to take a fair number of risks to do so. They’d have to find a suitable building. They’d have to design...
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So, was Derrick May just playing gibberish at his orchestral shows? No, he was doing sound design with the pitch wheel, says Dzijan Emin – whilst presumably trying not to laugh…
Well, I wasn’t planning on doing another post about Derrick May today. But there have been a few developments, so I thought it best to write about them now. A few weeks ago, I...
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Crack & Rock Solicitors haven’t been in touch yet, Duane! Why Sterling Void doesn’t like this blog – and is not the only one…
All the way back in October last year, Duane Pelt – better known to most as Sterling Void – sent me what constituted in his mind as a legal threat. Since June 2019, I’d...
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How are they still even in business? Mixmag’s owners own accounts show a loss of almost £5million – and that was BEFORE the pandemic hit
Here’s another story that you won’t read on Mixmag, or on any of their competitors. For some reason, there’s some kind of code in place which means they don’t say anything negative about each...
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Is the next one going to be naked, Mr Weiss? Nervous Records latest advert shows even fewer clothes as sexist 1970s advertising continues unabated
I’m beginning to think that Michael Weiss, the man in charge at Nervous Records, is trolling me. I’ve been repeatedly pointing out over the past few months that the models being used by his...
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Derrick May is complaining to his friends that someone is leaking information about him – and guess what? Even THAT conversation got leaked to this very blog!
Back in 2004, a film was released called Der Untergang. This German movie was about the final days of Adolf Hitler’s maniacal Nazi regime. It’s particularly well known for a scene where Hitler is...
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Wednesday Whisper #1 – the anonymous DJ accused of putting on the pounds during lockdown and a cruel jibe from a “friend” involving a crane
Which American DJ has recently been getting increasingly irked at the suggestion from a group of concerned friends that he needed to lose weight? According to insiders who know him, he’s always been a...
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The latest trend in music? Finding old stuff that was overlooked the first time round and making it popular – if only I knew an artist worthy of such treatment…
I never knew this, but one of the latest trends in music is trying to find old stuff that wasn’t very popular when it was new. I read about this over on MBW, with...
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What would a Masters At Work remix of “Get Get Down” sound like? If history had gone differently, we might now know…
Paul Johnson has always been proud of “Get Get Down”. Ever since it came out in 1999 and was licensed to numerous labels, including Defected in the UK, he regularly references it. His forthcoming...
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Are they not in a plaice to tell us? Muff Wiggler refuses to say why they changed their name to Mod Wiggler – and people think something fishy is going on
Some curious reporting going on today about this story. The very high minded dance music press either can’t be bothered doing the work or think it’s somehow beneath them. But I don’t! Muff Wiggler...
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Did Derrick May resign from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit, or was he pushed? Office politics and rumours of a scandal that went unreported… until now
It’s been a difficult year or so for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit. Back in July last year, they sacked executive director Elysia Bowery-Reeder after allegations emerged about the workplace being “toxic”....
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Is that a nice fence you’re sitting on, Sacha? Andy Burnham’s adviser wants Covid restrictions removed as soon as possible – yet won’t urge his followers to help by having the jab
First of all, a comment on an incident at the weekend that I’ve only just learnt about. I understand that Sacha Lord was attacked whilst out with his partner on Saturday night. This is...
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