This blog likes people who stand up for what they believe in. And within the music world, they’re even more lacking than in general society. I like to think I do this every day...
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EXCLUSIVE: DJs are being worked far too hard, and at least one tried to commit suicide recently – the latest shocking words from my industry insider…
Cast your mind back to the days of the very first lockdowns last March and April. Nightclubs came to a complete halt for a time – same with festivals and most other dance music...
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Dear fate, can you please get lost? After two month battle at hospital with Covid-19, The Secret DJ has been involved in an accident – and needs YOUR help!
I apologise for the delay in getting to this subject. I meant to write about it earlier in the week, but l can only physically publish so much in any one day. Despite the...
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No security guard was drugged at Astroworld at the human crush that killed eight people – so why did it take Texas’s Houston Police THREE days to dismiss this bizarre theory?
Ever since details started coming out last Friday night local time of a disaster unfolding at the Astroworld festival in the USA, a rumour started to spread on social media that a security guard...
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So did ANNA succeed where Sasha failed? As the Brazilian techno DJ releases two new remixes of Orbital’s 1991 hit “Belfast”, the band send her a tweet of (very modest) endorsement…
Most people who get involved in the remix game have a story of someone who didn’t like the new version of their work. For example, New Order blocked the release of Danny Tenaglia’s remixes...
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Want to make money out of music? Become an executive! Universal Music Group boss Lucian Grainge is set to rake in £150million this year – and he’s never written a single song…
Time was if you wanted to make money out of music, you’d need to have at least some musical knowledge and ability to help you get there. Such rules no longer apply – these...
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May God help us! After Cardi B signs global co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell, their US head of A&R says (with a straight face) she’s “a defining artist of our culture”…
Even for the po-faced bunch who run Music Business Worldwide, keeping a straight face when writing this article must have been a tough ask. Apparently, that great artist Cardi B – real name Belcalis...
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The multi-millionaire Carl Craig wants YOU to remix his 1989 track “From Beyond” for free – and why couldn’t the cheapskate just ask his friends for a favour? (here’s looking at you, Mr May…)
DJs appear to have spent their pandemic doing a number of different things – and none are remotely interesting. Sasha spent it baking bread. John Digweed’s was so dull that he didn’t even bother...
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After Traxsource give garage its own category on the site, their rivals at Beatport are keen to remind us they have one too – and are plugging it heavily online…
A few weeks ago, the garage house crew were happy. Traxsource had finally given garage its own category on their site after a campaign which has been on and off for the past three...
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Wednesday Whisper #26 – the promoter putting his best foot forward with a toe-tally ridiculous plan to book more female DJs…
Which club promoter has come up with a downright weird way of getting more female DJs into his nights? Having read recently about how women are still getting a raw deal in dance music...
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Amapiano: the house sound built up over a decade across Africa – but could they fall victim to the historical infighting seen in other genres too?
There are people out there who frequently push out the line that Africa, as a continent, is a basket case. They’d have you believe it’s a place founded on corruption and failure, and that...
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Playing on for 37 minutes after disaster struck, claims of understaffed security, and lawsuits abound from renowned lawyer Ben Crump and others – things couldn’t be much worse for Travis Scott and Astroworld…
The more stories which emerge from Friday night at the Astroworld festival in Texas, the more of a shambles everything appears to be. One of the security guards present that night has declared the...
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You’re a more patient man than me, Mr Zuckerberg! Danny Rampling reveals he “could lose access” to his Instagram page soon, so the question – just how many strikes DOES he have against his account?
As far as surprises go, this one is about as low down the list as you can get. Many people appear to think they have the divine right to post whatever they like on...
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Danielle J Lewis, Marcella Cotterell and Davina Morales: just some of the results when image software turns this blog’s favourite men in house music into women!
For some reason this week, there’s been a noticeable upturn in traffic on some of my older posts – in particular, these two about why DJs look so utterly miserable in press shots. The...
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Has Nervous Records got ambitions to become the American Defected? Label boss Mike Weiss rumoured to be considering turning label into events company – and Simon Dunmore is the inspiration…
Something I’ve never understood about Nervous Records – other than the 1970s advertising they inexplicably cling to – is why they don’t make more of their events. It appears to be quite a sporadic,...
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Scala FINALLY respond to allegations from one half of Wargasm duo had head “slammed against a toilet seat” by venue security – but why did it take a phone call from the BBC for them to speak up?
Yesterday morning, I told you about a situation alleged to have taken place at the Scala in London’s Kings Cross. According to Wargasm, one half of the duo was treated viciously by the security’s...
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