One of the better things the internet has led to is the end of journalists being gatekeepers. Time was if you wanted your story to be told, you needed a journalist to do it...
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Who approved THAT headline? Resident Advisor manage to conflate conservatism and the far right – and just end up looking very muddled indeed…
The dance music press is a very monotone world these days. It’s a great irony that in an era when they try to be as diverse as possible in their reporting of the scene,...
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So how much money DID Sacha Lord lose during the pandemic? This blog trawls through the figures to try and find out…
During this year, Sacha Lord was one of the keenest voices in nightlife to get clubs and festivals to reopen. He would frequently cite arguments about such venues being good for the mental health...
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As DJ Sneak celebrates his 52nd birthday today, just how WILL he spend his big day? Clue – it isn’t by going for dinner with his wife…
On this Friday morning, it would be churlish not to acknowledge the man in house music who has probably started far more arguments than anyone else. Yes, DJ Sneak – real name Carlos Sosa...
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Can YOU spot the difference? Defected reveal the lineup for Croatia 2022 – and anyone who went there this year might struggle to tell them apart…
Is there a two for the price of one deal doing the rounds amidst the house music world’s DJs? This blog can’t help but wonder, as I keep seeing the same people appearing on...
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After Kisstory announce Judge Jules is coming back on radio, the question everyone wants the answer to – will the cheesy lines from his heyday be making a return too?
One man who had a pretty big role in dance music’s development in the UK back in the 90s was Judge Jules. When he wasn’t the A&R man at Manifesto or taking advantage of...
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Why Amateur’s House won’t out people in the dance music world who haven’t had the Covid jab – with one possible exception to the rule…
Every now and then, my lovely readers get in touch with ideas for stories, features and columns for the blog. And to be fair, many do make it onto these pages – for instance,...
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The developers want them out! London’s The Cause have been given their marching orders – and will soon announce how they’ll be saying goodbye to their Ashley Road home…
For Stuart Glen, one of the co-founders of Tottenham’s The Cause, this week is going to be one to forget. His nightclub has been told that the end is coming, and my sources in...
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On and on indeed, part two! After Jesse Saunders takes issue with claim Farley Jackmaster Funk was the first to play early house records, now Chosen Few DJs founder Wayne Williams has a few things to say…
Here in Britain, a political row developed last week after MPs voted to allow water companies to send more raw sewage out into rivers and oceans. But by the looks of it, the real...
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They don’t like it up them, do they? Alan Oldham – friend of Derrick May – blocks this blog on Instagram in pathetic attempt to stop me scrutinising him…
People in the dance music world are typically not used to being scrutinised. The dance press has never been particularly good at it, even in their well-resourced print heyday in the 1990s. So when...
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Wednesday Whisper #25 – the normally diligent music editor who’s losing it with staff, and everything else…
Which music publication’s editor has recently come under fire because of a perceived lack of commitment to the job? The person in question has been in their position for a while now and all...
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Mixmag said their magazine would be back in 2021 following April 2020 print suspension, but they STILL have no staff hired to run it – so have we seen the last paper edition already?
Cast your mind back to the first lockdown of last year. Mixmag made the decision to suspend publication of their print edition from April 2020. The claim they made at the time, amongst others,...
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The festival promoter who used a racial slur when questioned about nearly all white lineups – and threatened a libel case if this blog published his words…
This blog has referenced, time and time again, that there are people working in the shadows of dance music. This is how they like it, because they’re not fans of scrutiny – and because...
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As screen on Hard Rock Cafe runs an advert for Space Ibiza, is the nightclub which closed in 2016 on the way back – or is this just a PR stunt?
Clubs come and clubs go. Some are barely missed, others are missed hugely. So when a club has been around for 30 years and then it’s no more, its impact is going to be...
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Is THIS the price of being attached to Derrick May? Juan Atkins was interviewed by DJ Mag editor Carl Loben last week – but there’s no trace of the interview anywhere…
This blog believes people should choose their friends very carefully. Quite simply, if something seems off about a person, that’s because it usually is. And now, we’re starting to see the consequences for people...
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With Covid restrictions not being what they once were, Danny Rampling has found a new thing to get angry about – an upcoming trial of universal basic income in Wales…
It must be exhausting being Danny Rampling these days. I’m not quite sure how the okay-ish DJ, who has now been honing his craft for 700 years, finds the stamina to keep going. The...
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