This coming Bank Holiday weekend, the Creamfields festival looks set to return after having an unexpected year off. It’ll be in Daresbury in the north west of England. It all begins on Thursday 26th...
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Anyone would think you were hungry, Simon! Defected boss cooks up a meaty feast at his Spanish villa and everyone’s left wondering – was there any part of the cow he didn’t eat?
As you know, this blog likes to bring you a wide variety of news, all the way from serious stories to udder nonsense. And this one is somewhere between the two – although admittedly...
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Is it just the Detroit techno lot who spend their entire time squabbling? No, the garage house lot in London do as well – as an insider tells of “festering wounds” and dirty tactics “being used to undermine others”…
Back around 1996 or so, something called The Sunday Scene started in London. The idea was to essentially squeeze in one more party before Monday made its dreaded call once more. As the name...
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Is Derrick May broke? The question as he’s pictured outside at event with Juan Atkins and friend Ash Lauryn performing – with a big crack across one of the lenses on his glasses
Time was that Derrick May not only was centre stage, but saw himself in the same way. Many DJs from the early days of dance music were somewhat camera shy. In a culture which...
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Bobby Laviniere reveals his brother took a turn for the worse on August 7th, hours before he was due at 51st State Festival – so what did he do? Read on and find out…
Back on July 21st, I wrote about Dance For Stevie – an event forthcoming at Ministry of Sound on October 3rd. It’s all to raise money to pay for very expensive adaptations to the...
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Was it something I said? Ash Lauryn blocks this blog’s Twitter account – but not before temper tantrum about me “spreading lies” without pointing out a single one…
It’s always a nice feeling to know when you’re getting under someone’s skin. When someone is being criticised and responds with hyperbole, aggression or insults, you know you’re onto something they’d rather you didn’t...
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“We will protect the children” from the Covid vaccine, says Danny Rampling – so why can’t be even persuade his 17-year old son Claudio not to get jabbed?
It’s been a few weeks since the blog checked in on whatever madness Danny Rampling is up to. So I thought that, on this Sunday, I’d have another look. And even I was surprised...
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Does no one talk to one another these days? Booker T is adamant he isn’t appearing at the Beautiful People Festival next month – but their own website still lists him on the lineup…
It’s the great irony of the age we live in. As human beings, we now have more methods and means of communication than we’ve ever had in our history. Yet it still appears that...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 21st August 2021
On the week that an Australian pub thought it would be a good idea to serve a Guinness pie inside a Guinness pint glass, I review the records that turned out to be more...
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The Saturday Recap – 21st August 2021
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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“We will always remember his talent and celebrate his passion for music” – Spinnin’ Records lead tributes to US house DJ and prolific producer Ian Carey, who has died aged just 45
I’m saddened to start today by reporting the news that Ian Carey, the American house music DJ and producer, has died. He was aged 45. His cause of death is not currently known, but...
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That outrage didn’t last long! After excoriating plague rave DJs in Zanzibar article, 5 Magazine put Solomon on the front page… who was DJing in Tulum during Covid wave in January!
And there was me thinking that 5 Magazine were one of the better ones. Admittedly, this isn’t difficult in a dance music press which exists mostly to kiss the backsides of those they report...
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So what do the majors think when their artists slag them off online? One of Parlophone’s A&R people gives us a rare insight – and says “half of artists don’t have a clue what’s going on”…
Finding out what’s going on inside record labels is notoriously difficult. This has always been the way, especially inside the majors. So when Raye recently went on a Twitter rampage against her former record...
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You definitely ordered too many, Simon! A rare fail for the Defected machine as “limited edition” Todd Edwards T-shirts STILL aren’t sold out nearly three months later…
I haven’t written on the subject of Defected for a good few weeks now. All seems to be pretty quiet on that front as the company has an awful lot to concentrate on at...
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Poor metadata’s STILL a problem, is it? I was warned about this very issue by one of my earliest supporters – and he died nearly four years ago…
Back when I was making music rather than writing about it, one of my earliest supporters was a DJ called Eddie Eaze Coleman. He was also a producer, a songwriter and a man who...
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Mike Vale is officially choosing (for now) to stay silent after Danny Tenaglia called him out – but a friend gets in touch and reveals some behind the scenes stuff
Danny Tenaglia appears to have been getting lessons on social media usage from DJ Sneak. Recently, the self-proclaimed house gangster claimed Mixmasters was “a scam”. After they called him out and pointed out he...
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