One particular bugbear of mine – and admittedly, it’s a very long list – about dance music today is the length of the average DJ set. When the first clubs playing house music in...
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Does someone in Spain not like Amateur’s House? Mystery as high number of people from the country struggle to access your favourite dance music blog…
Ever since Amateur’s House started properly back in April of this year, I’ve discovered all kinds of things. Many have been reported in the blog, and a few haven’t – I don’t have bottomless...
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Rebekah teams up with Sydney Blu for 23×23 campaign to get 23% women signed to labels by end of 2023 – but things are already flagging under criticism (a bit like Rebekah’s other campaign!)
During the pandemic, Rebekah Teasdale seems to have developed something of a taste for campaigning for things to change. Unfortunately, she’s forgotten about the getting things to actually change bit – hence why the...
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As Spotify Wrapped makes its annual appearance to get music makers feeling warm and fuzzy inside, a reminder the only person winning in this system is Daniel Ek…
Earlier this week, this blog published all about Traxsource’s 2021 In Review. I offered up a defence of the platform for carrying out this annual tradition. And one thing I forgot to include in...
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Noticed your fans don’t like your decision, have you? Jeff Mills deletes his SECOND defence on MDL Beast Soundstorm attendance – oh, if only a naughty blogger had taken a screenshot…
For people who work in quite a technology focused genre of music, DJs and such show a considerable amount of ignorance sometimes. Take Jeff Mills, for example. He became known as “The Wizard” due...
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Wednesday Whisper #29 – the DJ who managed to get a foreign object wedged up his rear end… and reportedly not for the first time!
Which DJ had to have a glass bottle surgically removed from his arse? As far as whispers go, this is probably the strangest one which has come in for a while. This one actually...
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Why DOES a winner like Simon Dunmore back a loser like Faith? The mystery of the normally astute Defected boss – whose online growth in the pandemic has been huge – backing a dead tree outlet…
A man who’s been in the industry for a very, very long time once told me “The thing about [Defected boss] Simon Dunmore is he’s very good at two things in life. Making friends...
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Wonder if he’s related to Todd Terry? LGNDS in New York on December 18th has Steve Lawler, Boris – that’s the Russian DJ, not the British PM – and some bloke called Todd Tery…
Nervous Records recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Whilst a label surviving so long is certainly something to celebrate in this climate, what remains something of a mystery is how they’re still here. It’s certainly...
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Rebekah has a late night tantrum as she threatens to delete her social media accounts – so how will you promote your various campaigns without it?
Sometimes, the best piece of advice anyone can ever receive is to sleep on it. This has prevented me from sending many a message in haste, which I would have inevitably repented later on....
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Are the Haçienda trolling Derrick May – and is Derrick Carter also in on the joke? The intriguing question after Carter replaces May on FAC 51 Easter 2022 event in London…
If there’s one thing certain DJs dislike even more than the public, club promoters, managers, their agents or indeed, anyone who make their own careers possible, it’s other DJs. They’d have you believe they...
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As Traxsource release their 2021 In Review graphics to artists to tell them how they did on the site this year, are they relevant in the dance music scene today – or just a pointless vanity badge?
It’s that time of year once more. The dance music scene is mostly winding down now for the winter. Clubs may well remain open – at least where Covid restrictions permit it – but...
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Isn’t it nice to know Comical Ali found a new job after the Iraq war? Music producer who’s clearly never read this blog has come up with a novel way to end the UK garage schism – let’s just stop reporting on it…
Back in 2003 during the Iraq war, a figure whom the public quickly came to know was Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf. He was the Iraqi government’s Information Minister and was known in the press as...
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Criticising Jeff Mills for going to MDL Beast Soundstorm is racist – and other equally dubious feedback from last week’s articles on this blog…
Last week. this blog ran a five-part series of posts all about the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival being held in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh in a few weeks time. As anyone who...
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Why ARE the dance music press so slow at reporting the news? Resident Advisor finally tell readers about Spotify’s Daniel Ek investing €100million in defence company – two weeks after a one-man blog did!
Traditionally, new editors are appointed to publications when the old one decides they’re leaving or the management think new energy or a different direction is needed. And having studied some sociology a very long...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: the best remix of “Big Love” by Pete Heller’s Big Love… and bizarrely, it never received an official release!
Back around 2011, I was completely in love with the music of Richard Dinsdale. He appeared to have abandoned the increasingly stale electro house sound of the time and gone instead to make these...
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Has Jeff Mills completely lost the plot? Now he posts ANOTHER defence of his choice to play high-earning MDL Beast Soundstorm gig – and claims his brand of techno provides “mental escape”!
So far, all of the DJs who are on the bill for the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival in Saudi Arabia next month are remaining quiet as the controversy over their appearances rumbles on. The...
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