Back we go on what is a Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK – and also my birthday, to top it off – to the subject of Alan Oldham. Now, regular readers might...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: a Deep Dish track from 1994 which was bettered by a remix ten years later? This one could be controversial…
Because it’s Christmas time, here’s a special Boxing Day edition of the blog’s series looking back at highlights from days gone by. And I’m going to say something which some of you might find...
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Takeaway and a few drinks at home: the limited options facing increasing numbers of people in Europe on New Year’s Eve as nightclubs shut up shop – but won’t this just lead to more house parties?
As bellies around the world struggle on in that thankless task of processing all that food on the dining table yesterday, we enter the bizarre period between Christmas and New Year. And in case...
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Two months after Traxsource gave garage its own category on the site, this blog takes a look at what needs to happen in 2022 – part two of two…
Part one of this series on Christmas Eve covered what has been happening on Traxsource with garage music during 2021. In this concluding part today, I draw on my personal experiences of making music...
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Do they never learn? Fresh from sending emails on Sunday night demanding replies by Monday lunchtime, the NTIA start #LetUsDance campaign to save England’s New Year celebrations – on Christmas Eve!
Cast your mind back to the summer months. You might remember a campaign targeted at Prime Minister Boris Johnson to #LetUsDance. It was a campaign launched by the Night Time Industries Association and utilised...
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NFTs: just the latest method of scamming artists or a new way to let them keep control and have more money in their pockets? This blog is undecided (for once!)…
First of all, welcome back to the blog. I had the day off yesterday – and I hope you didn’t miss Amateur’s House too much. It’s back to somewhat normal business this morning –...
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Amateur’s House returns on Boxing Day, then! A quick message from your favourite blog on this day of goodwill…
Right, the big day is finally here. The bearded plus size man with the red coat has probably been by now and hopefully given you some very nice presents. And chances are you’ll soon...
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Not a bad way to end the year! As Louie Vega heads home for the Christmas holidays, Traxsource leave him “honoured and grateful” by awarding him their Artist of the Year 2021 prize…
I know this blog gives him a bit of stick occasionally, but there’s few people in house music whose staying power impresses me more than Louie Vega. People often forget he’s been around since...
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It’s a Christmas miracle! The judge definitely did NOT budge – and was part of The Chase team which won an incredible £200,000 for charity…
You might remember that yesterday, I told you about Judge Jules and his then forthcoming appearance on popular ITV game show The Chase. That went out tonight at 5.30pm and before you ask, yes,...
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Staying home and complaining about rubbish TV it is, then! Danny Tenaglia cancels his Christmas Day gig at New York’s Hard & Soul – and more will depressingly join in the coming days too…
A number of people contacted me three weeks ago today after this blog published an article about Danny Tenaglia staging a night out at Hard & Soul on Christmas Day. Some of you appeared...
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A mince pie for Santa and a carrot for his reindeer! As Mr Claus starts his journey to bring presents to the world’s children, take a guess which gangster is having an early night too…
So it’s Christmas Eve. If your tree isn’t standing tall by now, it almost certainly isn’t going up this year. By now, you’ve probably got all the stuff you need for a table-groaning dinner...
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Two months after Traxsource gave garage its own category on the site, this blog takes a look (with a little statistical help from Danny J Lewis) at the current state of play – part one of two…
Two months ago, the result of a few years of campaigning produced results. Around five years ago, a new movement started to circulate within dance music – it was called garage house. It was...
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The Saturday Recap (on Friday!) – 24th December 2021
So that’s another week almost over – but if any of you seriously think I’m going to spend Christmas morning preparing this column, you’re wrong! So here’s this week’s Saturday Recap a day early…...
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Glad I’m not the only one who noticed! Whilst Travis Scott took the heat over Astroworld tragedy where 10 people were trampled to death, promoters Live Nation kept their heads down – and now the US Congress wants to know what’s going on…
When news emerged late on the night on November 5th that something had gone seriously wrong at the Astroworld festival in Texas, the world wanted answers. We later discovered a crowd crush had taken...
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Nice to see you remembered to apply for permission first this time! Tomorrowland confirms they’ve been given clearance by authorities to hold an event over three weekends in 2022…
The following might show a degree of naïvety on my part here, so feel free to correct me. I personally would have thought that if you wanted to hold an event involving a large...
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Is it aimed at DJs in clubs or the ones in their kitchens? Beatport recently unveiled a new $9.99 streaming plan – which just leaves me with more questions than answers…
Someone somewhere is benefitting from streaming. But whom? It’s certainly not the artists whose music is on such services. They’re being paid a pittance for the use of their work. And it’s not even...
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