Recently, this blog ran an article by a plague rave DJ who’d got in touch to offer an explanation of why he’d been doing what he’d been doing. This was followed up the next...
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As Boris Johnson has a Bank Holiday wedding to Carrie Symonds, is Sacha Lord keen to see lockdown restrictions gone so he can have a big wedding of his own?
This blog is always happy to bat for the institution of marriage. I’m married for over eight years myself. And as much as I suspect stories in the Bank Holiday newspapers about Boris Johnson...
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Will their PR firm actually read the review before plugging it this time? My review of “We Did It For Years”, the Masters At Work follow-up to the underwhelming “Mattel”
A few weeks ago, Masters At Work released their first new single as a duo for a long, long time. The last one I could find was around 2006, so there was plenty of...
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Have you paid his money yet, Mr Smith? Over a week on, A Guy Called Gerald still hasn’t been paid… but Rham! COULD find his details to send him a legal threat for “harassment”
Late on the evening of Friday May 21st, I published this story after A Guy Called Gerald revealed on his Facebook page that he had never made a single penny from royalties of “Voodoo...
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Mixcloud claims that Amazon owned Twitch doesn’t care about artists – but just how much better is their OWN record?
Back on Friday, Twitch sent out their occasional remiders to DJs that they basically don’t want them on their platform. Something, possibly an American sense of politeness, prevents them from saying it out aloud,...
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Does anyone at Mixmag EVER read over what they publish? Headline about nine ravers looking forward to going out again leaves followers scratching their heads
Oh, how I do enjoy mocking Mixmag, the dance music magazine that covers a 24/7 culture – but only during office hours. Yet I also admit to being baffled how their operation continues to...
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Is he just bored of staying in the house so much? The possible reason why Sacha Lord is so desperate for lockdown to be over
Anyone who follows Sacha Lord on Twitter will no doubt be aware by now of the format the account roughly follows. You could probably train a dog on how to run it, and they’d...
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Couldn’t you have recorded some new mixes during lockdown? Friends joking at Derrick May’s expense about his reliance on old mixes at Mixcloud’s premium Select service
Word reaches me from Detroit that Derrick May’s friends have been making fun of him following his 58th birthday, and that May isn’t enjoying it. Jokes about him soon being entitled for a seniors...
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Over 600 musicians sign letter refusing to perform in Israel over Palestinian conflict – but why has notorious human rights loving DJ Danny Rampling not signed it?
The Israeli Palestine conflict is one that flares up sporadically, and inevitably brings up questions when it does. And some of those questions involve the human rights of the people who are caught up...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 29th May 2021
On the week a man refused to take his mask off for, ahem, relations with his wife – even though they’re both fully vaccinated against the coronavirus – I seperate the tunes that’ll have...
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The Saturday Recap – 29th May 2021
Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is coming up later, but let’s start with a recap of what’s been on this site during the week. There’s something to read every single...
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As Paxahau put on a Micro Movement event over the Memorial Day Weekend with only Detroit artists on the bill, take a guess which one is missing?
Normally around this time of year, the Movement festival would be taking place in Detroit. The festival has roots going all the way back to 2001 and obviously could not go ahead last year....
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Selling your music won’t make you money, but you buy more stuff to make music – inside the weird world of music producers!
I read an extremely interesting article on the 5 Magazine site earlier this week. They’re one of very few dance music outlets that I have any time for. The article goes into detail about...
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Did they stop compiling the list in 1999? Questions for house music’s future as Traxsource’s Best Of 2021 So Far is weighed down with decades old records – and how’d they make this list anyway?
UPDATE: Since the publication of this article, Traxsource have since responded to my request for comment, saying that the lists are based entirely on sales. It was Carl Cox who said many years ago...
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He might want to get the plumber in now! DJ Sneak’s Traxsource Freedom Day sneaks further away as he presumably tries to fix his sink…
This blog certainly likes to make fun of DJ Sneak – just like I did earlier this week – but believe it or not, I do hold a certain amount of respect for the...
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You read it here first! Bandcamp Fridays extended for the rest of 2021 – but no comment on rumours it’ll be a permanent fixture post-pandemic
If you want to find out news that you won’t read anywhere else, Amateur At Play’s House isn’t a bad place to look for it. So it turns out, even slightly to my surprise....
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