Believe it or not, but the title of this post isn’t quite as sensationalist as it first sounds. A few weeks ago, Yousef staged an event at Circus in Liverpool as part of the...
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Is Bandcamp Friday going to become a permanent feature on the site? Whispers that music retailer is “seriously considering” keeping it past the pandemic
Bandcamp Friday began last year back in March. It was the website’s response to the coronavirus pandemic decimating several income streams for artists, producers, singers and others in the industry – who saw live...
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Is he Out Of Sight? Todd Terry’s Facebook page lies dormant after hacking incident… and no, I didn’t Dream It
You might recall that a few weeks ago – on March 31st, to be precise – I wrote a post about Todd Terry’s official Facebook page being hacked. Aside from pointing out that “Todd”...
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And what the hell was he smoking, then? DJ Smokin’ Jo reveals details of a date – and you’ll never guess the reason it didn’t work out…
Hello, it’s Smokin’ Jo pictured here. You might remember her from such tracks as “Want Me” and “Yan U” or the fact that she’s the only woman to date to ever win the DJ...
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Berlin is declaring its clubs to be “cultural institutions” – sensible or just a sign of the dry German sense of humour?
Much is made by the dance music press here in Britain who think that nightclubs and such are treated badly by the authorities. It’s something you’ll find them going on about whenever a journalist...
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Couldn’t you just make a TV documentary and be done with it, Danny? Turns out Danny Rampling owns a TV production company…
Time was that Danny Rampling took the threat of coronavirus extremely seriously. Back on March 23rd last year, after the British Prime Minister imposed some of the tightest restrictions on life since World War...
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Mixmag – representing the best of dance music culture, but only during office hours on Monday to Friday!
You can tell it’s a Saturday. Not just because there’s football on later, not even just because there’s even more rubbish on TV tonight than normal. No, it’s because Mixmag are serving up the...
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The Saturday Recap – 8th May 2021
Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is having a week off, but let’s start with a recap of what’s been on this site during the week. There’s something to read every...
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What DOES Derrick May actually do during his orchestral shows? He didn’t play, that’s for sure!
Last Friday, I exclusively revealed on this blog what the setup was at one of Derrick May’s orchestral scams, sorry I mean shows. I revealed that May was plugged into a small mixing desk...
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Four lessons that Mixcloud have learnt – and one big Derrick May shaped lesson that they haven’t
Mixcloud are in self-congratulatory mode at the moment, it seems. Not content with posting a thread of tweets explaining how brilliant they think they are, they’ve followed it up with an incredibly monotonous blog...
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Outrageous! Judge Jules isn’t the money spinner he once was, laid bare…
Time was that being Judge Jules meant comfortably getting a five figure appearance fee at whatever venue wanted him – and they happily paid that money, because there was no denying his talent as...
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Carl Cox wrote a book, Judge Jules did happy birthday videos for money – but what did Yousef do to make extra dough during the pandemic?
We all know that a pandemic hit the world last year. We also know there are DJs, artists, producers and such who lost a huge amount of work because of it. How they’ve responded...
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Where’s that wave of mass cancellations, then? Mixmag’s talk of festivals being decimated turns into a lot of hot air
Back on April 15th, Mixmag – yes, that tomb of accuracy and balanced reporting – claimed that unless the Government introduced Covid insurance for festivals, they would start to cancel en masse “within days....
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As Derrick May’s appearance at Detroit Historical Society is cancelled, the question everyone’s asking – did he jump or was he pushed?
Back on Wednesday morning, I wrote a post about how Derrick May had been invited to speak at an event held by the prestigious Detroit Historical Society. Cue much horror at the revelation that...
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BREAKING NEWS: Derrick May’s appearance at the Detroit Historical Society is cancelled!
It’s official. Says the Detroit Historical Society… To avoid distracting from the celebration of the music, people and history of Detroit’s electronic music festivals happening on 5/30 at the Detroit Historical Museum, Derrick May...
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Praise be to God! A dance music publication actually publishes an article about plague raves – and manages to be pretty scathing about them too
For the past few months, one of the things I’ve been frequently writing about is plague raves. One particular bugbear of mine is that the dance music press just don’t seem to want to...
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