Things are not good for Resident Advisor these days. Last year, they had to be bailed out by the British taxpayer to the tune of £750,000. Then they sheepishly admitted they’d been making money...
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Only 15 cases of Covid out of 58,000 in government test events? Sounds good – but where are the reports so we can see the data and make up our own minds?
Unless I’m very much mistaken, it was The Times newspaper which first reported the revelation that out of events attended by a total of 58,000 people, only 15 of them subsequently caught Covid-19. This...
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How DO you work out if a pandemic is over? Turns out you don’t ask a virologist – you ask millionaire DJ Deborah De Luca!
There was a time when if you wanted to find the answer to a question, you’d ask someone with expertise in their field. For example, if you wanted to install electricity into your house,...
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What did Derrick May do during lockdown? He got his house refurbished – and the cheapskate even got his friends to paint his decking for him (and all unpaid, naturally!)
I’ve recently been taking a look at what DJs have been doing during the pandemic to keep themselves busy. So far, the answers have been positively dull. Sasha spent it baking bread, John Digweed...
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Wednesday Whisper #2 – the love rat DJ who’s struggling to keep up with his mounting maintenance bills
Which DJ has been stressed out lately about his living costs? During his career, he hasn’t just been active playing records and making records, he’s been active in another department too. Indeed, over the...
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Don’t want to pay £28 for a Todd Edwards shirt courtesy of Defected? Here’s how you can get one that’s better… and cheaper!
Occasionally, I do more analytical pieces on this blog. Some things can’t be explained in a few sentences, after all. I wrote a few weeks ago about some things going on at Defected Records...
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Carl Bean is in a hospice and fundraising his money worries away – so what’s stopping you from helping him, Lady Gaga?
Traditional wisdom says that musicians years ago all made lots of money, and those in the Spotify generation are being ripped off. And like most things in the music world, there’s as many examples...
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If cartoon breasts were the answer, what the hell was the question? Eyebrows raised at the latest plugin from WX Audio…
Things really should have advanced further in the plugin world than the likes of Perky Percussion Percolator by now. Released in 2005, this was a VST that showed a picture of cartoon breasts –...
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He thinks he’s packing something that’s 12 inches in size – but would DJ Sneak underwear put you in the mood for love?
Recently, I published a post about how DJ Sneak – probably the man who’s argued with the most people in house music in history – was resorting to smutty puns to get people watching...
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Is there anyone in the dance music who ISN’T a crook, part two? How Jesse Saunders never got sales money from UK sales of “Love Can’t Turn Around” – and Pete Tong remains silent to this day…
The depressing litany of producers who were conned out of money continues to grow. Last week, I detailed how A Guy Called Gerald was deprived of money from “Voodoo Ray” and an EP he...
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You never know who might be reading online! Mutya Buena has been in touch about a recent article – and as you can guess, she isn’t too lost in me…
You might recall a few weeks ago, I wrote about a new single that Mutya Buena was featured on for garage label Upcycle Records. I wasn’t terribly nice, quoting something from that week’s edition...
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Do these people ever take the day off? Now Lange is the latest has-been to say his freedom to spout rubbish is under threat
This blog has had much fun recently at the expense of Danny Rampling – his descent from half decent DJ who could barely mix to a fully paid-up member of Planet Batshit has been...
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Could Derrick May be arrested if he lands in Europe? Sensational claims that yeah, he could be…
I mentioned last Friday that Derrick May was mulling over a move to Europe. I noted that his current girlfriend lives in Greece and that friends had joked about him marrying her and getting...
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Would you bereave it? Dead centre on his social media, Sterling Void’s dodgy fundraiser after his mum died – for the SECOND time!
I was going through my blog archive recently and I discovered that one story from the Sterling Void archive was missing. Fraudulent signatures, forthcoming book releases that never happen, scamming producers for the curious...
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EXCLUSIVE: You read his account of doing plague raves in his own words – now read the anonymous DJ’s answers to my questions
Yesterday, I published a piece from an anonymous DJ who had the guts to come forward and admit that he had been doing plague raves during the pandemic. He wrote in detail about his...
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So, did Derrick May turn up last night at Carl Craig’s TV Lounge birthday party? He did a DJ set AND bumped into his lawyer – wonder what they talked about?
So, a quick update on this Sunday evening on a post from last night. Carl Craig was 52 years old yesterday and his birthday party was at the TV Lounge. And sure enough, a...
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