Which DJ is currently trying to stop news from getting out about a recent sexual encounter? And it’s not just because the prospect of what his girlfriend will do when she finds out absolutely...
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There’s money in old rope! Why this blog’s statement about veteran house producer Michael Gray doing well out of remixing archive tracks during 2021 is correct…
Last week, this blog published an article about the Traxsource Top 200 chart of 2021. I commented on the large number of remixes of old tracks in the chart – and pointed out that...
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I want your love! Roger Sanchez wants to be 2Gether with Kristen Knight as she says yes to his proposal of marriage – so will they have a partee over Christmas to celebrate?
Congratulations is due today to Mr Roger Sanchez and the soon-to-be Mrs Kristen Knight. Just four days before Christmas, they’ve announced to the world that they’re engaged to be married. As someone who tied...
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Hyperbole or the grim reality? The insider returns to comment on the Night Time Industries Association’s claim one third of nightclubs could close forever in just four weeks time…
Back on Monday morning, I started this unexpectedly busy week by covering an email sent out by the Night Time Industries Association on a Sunday night requesting replies to a snap survey by noon...
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He might block people he doesn’t like these days – but a Muzik Magazine column by Yousef in 2000 showed he once had a much healthier attitude to criticism…
There are some people in the dance music world who start out humble but change over time. They enter a world where they’re constantly travelling around and never get told no to any request....
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It’s not hypocrisy when they do it! CamelPhat moan about “tech house variants” of old tracks – but just look at some of the drivel they’ve put out during their careers…
Many DJs in the higher branches of the dance music tree are so intertwined in what they do that they can no longer see the woods from the trees. They can no longer see...
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As questions gather over why Mixmag ran an “exclusive” story over Francis Bourgeois last week, where’s their thirst for a good story been during the past two years?
Ever since I decided to make a proper go of Amateur’s House back in April this year, I must admit to the journalist within me sometimes coming to the fore. I never fully switch...
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Turns out they don’t support freedom of speech either! MDL Beast Soundstorm’s prima-donna DJs are locking down their comments against criticism – proving they really do hold their fans in contempt…
In life, you’re occasionally going to have to make choices which could be divisive or controversial. Such is the way with the DJs who made their decision to go to the MDL Beast Soundstorm...
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I’m just surprised it’s taken this long before it happened! Berlin’s ban on dancing in clubs is being challenged in court – and Paul Van Dyk is spearheading the case…
When the pandemic started, Germany was seen as something of a role model in Europe as to how to handle it. Whilst Britain was in a strict lockdown and seeing around 1000 deaths per...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: Full Intention’s remixes were always worth checking out… but this original from 2005 isn’t to be scoffed at!
I’ve been a huge fan of Full Intention over the years. This is the hugely successful production and remix duo of Jon Pearn and Michael Gray. And unlike quite a few people in the...
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Now that’s real history! Over 200 mixes from 1981 to 1999 have been uploaded to Mixcloud – and you might be surprised to discover where they came from…
Regular readers of this blog might have noticed by now that one thing I like almost as much as analysing current events is combing through historical ones. And one thing which changes through time...
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Plenty to write about next year, then! Country wants to increase number of concerts they host by 600% during next year – so how much will it cost to allay all those consciences? (and that’s not to mention their egos…)
By now, all those DJs who went out to Saudi Arabia’s MDL Beast Soundstorm festival will be either heading home or about to do so. They go back knowing their bank accounts are looking...
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First his mask and now this? Dance music shaken to its very core this weekend (or quite possibly not) after Louie Vega posts a photo of himself WITHOUT his hat…
There’s a lot of very heavy news stories going around right now – my prediction this blog would be able to relax a bit over the Christmas period is fast going down the toilet....
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Sending emails out at 11pm on a Sunday night demanding a response by noon on the Monday: it’s only the latest farce by the Night Time Industries Association…
I never fail to be annoyed in life at the number of people who seem to think they can send a message to your phone at any hour of the day – or night,...
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“You flat-assed mother******!”: the charming insult Derrick May aimed at Factory Records founder Tony Wilson during a heated argument in 1990 – but his retort wasn’t entirely unprovoked…
Over the past year or so, I’ve learnt there are two sides to Derrick May. There’s the nice side which will do anything to help you and couldn’t be kinder – this is a...
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Now we can see why the category was scrapped in the first place! BRIT Awards reveal nominees for Best Dance Act – and I have to wonder where all the talent has gone…
Cast your mind back to the time when the BRIT Awards made for enjoyable and entertaining television. Some of you reading this blog might even be too young to remember such a period in...
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