As far as farces go, this one is quite the whopper. Last September, Departure announced they were holding an event in Mexico’s Playa Del Carmen in January – and a big event it would...
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A basic income pilot is due to start in Ireland later this year, and is likely to be set at €325 for cash-strapped artists – just don’t tell Danny Rampling about it…
It’s lucky that Danny Rampling was born in London rather than Dublin. Had he been, he would probably have burst a blood vessel after he’d read what I’m about to write. Allow me to...
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Watch and learn, Rebekah! Shanghai venue Scandal launch a label and release an album full of female artists – so why can’t the 23×23 campaign do the same thing?
Launching a record label in this day and age isn’t exactly a great ordeal. Time was you needed money to sign artists, design your logo, create artwork and sleeves for physical media, record music,...
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Notice how much happier you become when you stop caring what others think? Scott Diaz has – and explains more in his latest blog post…
Many years ago, something important dawned on me. It was the fact that the overwhelming majority of people’s opinions on personal matters are ultimately irrelevant. Aside from a small number of close friends and...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 8th January 2022
On the week that the world discovered burritos were actually invented by Kim Jong-Il in 2011, I restart this column for the new year by going through the records whom you’ll be basing your...
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The Saturday Recap – 8th January 2022
So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is coming up later, but let’s quickly recap some of what’s been on Amateur’s House during the...
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That’s another one into the Danny Rampling bus! DJ Sneak outs himself as an anti-vaxxer – but is he just jumping on a bandwagon that some of his colleagues joined two years ago?
What would happen if you stuck all the anti-vaxxers in dance music on Danny Rampling’s Love Groove Dance Party bus? Aside from the rest of us hoping Rampling drives it straight into the Bermuda...
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So how bad DID things get for Resident Advisor in 2020? Companies House statements reveal a £575,000 loss for the year – yet the number of employees on the payroll actually went up…
This blog is not typically known for being gentle on Resident Advisor, dance music’s self appointed answer to a question no one asked. Indeed, I’ve questioned the £750,000 bailout they got in October 2020,...
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But I thought you said we shouldn’t comply? Danny Rampling’s hypocrisy is clear once more as he’s due to perform in Brighton nightclub where Covid passes will be enforced…
From time to time, Danny Rampling’s stance on the pandemic bumps into this thing called reality. Such as the moment his ramblings on the current health situation clash with his real life obligations –...
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That’s yet ANOTHER one running his own course Carl Craig’s new money spinner masterclass has a module called “Becoming Carl Craig” – so does it have a section about being slavishly loyal to losers like Derrick May, then?
If a day comes when I ever get bored of writing in this blog, I’m going to have to think about setting up my own course. Of course, I have absolutely no idea what...
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Tragedy as Harvey Parker is found in the Thames after disappearing on a night out on December 17th – but amidst darkness, a glimmer of hope in a fundraiser to honour his memory…
The family and friends of 20-year old University of York student Harvey Parker have been through a living hell over the past few weeks. This was a young man whose life had barely started...
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Larry The Loafer is back! BPI put out report saying 2000 artists get over ten MILLION streams per year in Britain – so can boss Geoff Taylor explain some other things?
It’s something of a mystery to me exactly who the representatives of the record labels, the British Phonographic Industry, actually represent these days. In recent times, their voice has been entirely absent from debates...
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After Marc Kinchen becomes the latest convert to the NFT phenomenon (after a phone call with Steve Aoki, of all people!) – isn’t the truth that you can sell any old rubbish on the platform?
MK is a man with an interesting history. He started out at Kevin Saunderson’s KMS Records back in 1989 and spent a few years learning his trade. A remix job for an obscure Scottish...
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And he thought 2021 was bad! The new year brings yet more legal strife for Derrick May as he’s being sued for child support – so just how bad ARE things for the man himself?
This blog, as a rule of thumb, generally doesn’t like the idea of gloating over someone’s misfortune. But in Derrick May’s case, I’m more than happy to make an exception. 2021 wasn’t a good...
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Looks like Booker T and Ten City WILL have to wait a little longer after all! The Grammy Awards announce the January 31st ceremony has been postponed – and there isn’t even a new date in the diary this time…
Praise must surely go to Billboard after they ran a story a few days ago correctly predicting that the Grammy Awards would end up being postponed again this year. Given the Omicron variant of...
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I suppose all those sinks won’t fix themselves! One year on from his vow to remove his music from the digital stores, exactly how is DJ Sneak getting on with the task?
In the dying days of 2020, DJ Sneak posted a few musings on his social media pages. The pandemic had given him time to think, and he’d decided he would be doing things differently...
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