The following post is likely to sound terribly self congratulatory. And to be fair, that’s because it partially is. Just over two weeks ago – 17 days ago, to be precise – this blog...
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Wednesday Whisper #30 – the minted DJ who spent a mint on mints, when he doesn’t even like mints…
Which DJ has recently to filling his office with mint sweets of any variety? This has come as something of a mystery to his friends – his rider has a specific request in it...
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Over two MILLION streams and just over £93 in the bank: the truth of what’s behind those glossy Spotify Wrapped graphics as NZCA Lines blows the whole thing open…
Why would anyone bother making music in this day and age? Whilst I’m not saying that money should be the sole driver for producers, singers and the rest, getting paid for your work is...
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Is that the line you’re taking? Plague rave agency which tried to gag this blog sends out email to its staff telling them to stop leaving “cookies” in the office – and they don’t mean the chewy biscuit!
The plague rave agency which periodically gets mentioned on this blog – although never by name – haven’t had a good year. Firstly, one of their DJs admitted to me that he’d been doing...
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As France becomes the latest EU country to shut nightclubs (again!) amidst rising Covid cases, a question – where IS the evidence that shows they’re so dangerous?
Around the world, politicians have kept saying throughout the pandemic that they’re following what the scientists tell them closely – whilst also pointing out with a disproportionate amount of glee that they make the...
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Might be showing my age a bit here! Club@Vision was an ITV show in the 1990s all about clubland – but ever wondered what happened to presenter Lisa Nash?
These days, TV channels don’t make much of an effort after around 11pm. With audience numbers dwindling due to the attraction of going to bed around that time, there’s even less on than normal....
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So how many of your MPs will lose theirs, Mr Johnson? The question as British PM proposes drug users should have their driving licences and passports cancelled…
Politicians and drugs make for an unusual duo. There’s a fair number of politicians out there who don’t mind dabbling with drugs – and drugs don’t seem to mind being dabbled with by the...
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Is an overpriced baseball cap REALLY the best you can do, Mike? Nervous release limited edition cap just in time for Christmas – and they’ll send them anywhere!
Christmas is on its way. Nearly every advert on TV makes some sort of reference to it, the shops are full of food ready for the big day itself and kids are getting excited...
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Has Business Teshno gone rogue? The question which must be posed as they say criticising Jeff Mills and Carl Cox for attending MDL Beast Soundstorm is racist…
When the Business Teshno account first appeared on Twitter, I liked what I saw. They had this rebellious streak and weren’t afraid to annoy powerful people – they reminded me a little of myself....
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Is Ash Lauryn the next cash cow for Defected? Suspicions grow as Faith fanzine – whom the label bankrolls, by the way – is plugging her on their social media channels
If there’s one thing that Simon Dunmore is especially good at in life, it’s finding the cow with the maximum amount of milk inside it, and then extracting as much of that milk as...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: back in the days when UK garage tunes carried the obligatory house mix, here’s one of the more decent ones…
Back in the early 2000s, UK garage entered an era where the sound became increasingly divisive. The scene itself was suffering due to a divide where some of the music was getting faster and...
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The next big scam in the music industry? Criminals pretending they own the rights to records and coining it in – as two US men face charges of stealing $20million of royalties…
Criminality has never been a million miles away from the music world, as I outlined in an article recently about “dark forces” in the major labels working overtime to stop themselves having to give...
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Haven’t we all suffered enough already in 2021? Once great label Positiva asks Jamie Jones remixes “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell – and it’s just as awful as you’d expect…
Believe it or not, but there actually was a time in dance music history when new songs came out frequently and were supported. And older records would typically only be remixed when there was...
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So it wasn’t just disease the plague rave DJs brought to Tulum! Murders in the Mexican town rose by 80% between January and September this year – and it’s no mystery who was also in town back then…
The plague rave DJs who went to Tulum to play amidst a huge wave of Covid-19 earlier this year have a few things in common. They all left their consciences at home. They all...
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PRS for Music launch fund to help musicians pay their winter bills – but in a climate where Universal’s Lucian Grainge gets paid £150million, isn’t this just a sticking plaster for a far bigger problem?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, you can’t have possibly failed to notice that your money doesn’t go quite as far as it used to. Food costs are up, fuel costs are...
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Yes, even this blog gets second thoughts sometimes! Thinking again about Danny Tenaglia’s Christmas Day party at New York’s Hard & Soul…
This blog is known for expressing a strong opinion on matters dance music and beyond. I’m not objective in any way and nor do I think I should insult the intelligence of by feigning...
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