This is one for those of you who have more money than sense – and let’s be honest, there’s more of them in dance music than anyone would admit. You can now actually buy...
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Whilst Detroit DJ Terrence Parker begs fans to save his favourite club Djoon, a straightforward question – did Parker ever pay back all the people that HE owed money to?
I see that Terrence Parker has been on social media, helping spread the message that his favourite club needs money to continue operating. The fundraiser for Paris based Djoon is aiming to raise $50,000...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 15th May 2021
On the week that seven police officers turned up when someone saw a fake corpse, I go through the tunes that I bereave are the best of the week. Tunes to die for –...
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Danny Rampling believes Covid restrictions threaten our freedom – so why is he attending an event subject to the very same Covid restrictions he protests against?
Danny Rampling has made much recently of his freedom from Covid credentials. He currently belongs to the group of people who think that having to wash your hands more is the start of a...
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The Saturday Recap – 15th 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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Upcycle has a new garage track out this week – but is there a reason why Sugababes singer Mutya Buena isn’t doing more to promote it?
First thing’s first. I absolutely love Popbitch. Indeed, this very blog is partially styled out of it. I highly recommend subscribing and getting a newsletter sent to your inbox every Thursday. Exactly why I’m...
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There’s too many remixes of old tracks in the charts, says Defected boss – so why have you just released new remixes of 1994 song “God Made Me Phunky”, Simon?
It appears that if your name is Mr Simon Dunmore, hypocrisy is something that only other people are guilty of. A few weeks ago, he was complaining about the charts being full of remixes...
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Is it all going Pete Tong for Pete Tong? Departures at BBC Radio 1 have long serving DJ pondering his own future
British DJ Pete Tong must think by this stage he has a job for life. He’s been a staple of Friday nights on BBC Radio 1 now for some 500 years or so and...
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Ever wondered why the Belleville Three don’t perform out much? The story of how Juan Atkins flipped out over his laptop and Derrick May “earned” his money by pretending to play – again!
The Belleville Three was meant to be an inspiring story about how three men from Detroit defied the odds to become the legends of techno. A traditional rags to riches sort of tale beloved...
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Girls I Rate – a movement aimed at disrupting the norm, yet feeding the norm with judges at the heart of music establishment for their latest contest
I’ve recently become aware of the Girls I Rate movement. They want to bring more women into the music industry – citing that less than 19% of all PRS members are female. I’d like...
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Periods of reflection don’t last as long as they used to! US country singer Morgan Wallen back in the fold just three months after using racial slur
Some of the earlier followers on this blog might remember what I wrote on February 8th about Morgan Wallen, a huge country music singer from the USA. The full post is here, but here’s...
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The REAL story behind Daft Punk and why Eddie Johns was never paid for the “One More Time” sample – not the clickbait version the press would have you believe
Over the past few days, you might have noticed a story going around about Daft Punk’s 2000 release “One More Time”. The song is built heavily around a few chopped up samples of a...
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What do PR companies actually do? Reading what’s written about their clients obviously isn’t one of them for Additive Music, it seems!
A few weeks ago, you might recall that Masters At Work released a new single – their first in a very long time indeed. I listened to all the mixes and wrote up a...
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Half dressed is better than not dressed, I suppose! Nervous Records unrepentant about 1970s advertising across social media
The advertising department at Nervous Records must be an incredibly strange place for those who don’t still live in 1975. Whilst most labels have moved on from sexist adverts, Nervous continue to cling to...
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Sasha spent his lockdown baking bread – so could DJ partner in crime John Digweed provide an even more boring answer? Take a guess…
It turns out that it’s not just Sasha who’s been busy making an album over the past year. His DJing partner in crime John Digweed has been doing it too. I suspect, at this...
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As the already long charge sheet against Bassnectar gets even longer, shock as his solicitors threaten to sue his alleged victoms for defamation
A few people have recently asked me why I’m not talking about Bassnectar on this blog. After all, I’m “gunning for Derrick May”, according to one of them. So what’s the difference? It’s a...
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