dance music press

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The dance music press attitude to Covid? Here’s a clue…

ETTH Team 31 May 2022

Was it always like this? This is the question posed about the dance music press – known mostly for being craven sycophants afraid to ask anything remotely difficult or controversial. The richest people in...

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Least they’re not plugging their own contributor! Resident Advisor emphasise just how cool and underground they think they are – by reviewing the latest album from The Weeknd…

ETTH Team 25 January 2022 1 Comment

Resident Advisor, like much of the music world, appears to be completely incapable of introspection. They never consider how something might look to the outsider looking in – indeed, they’re often surprised and unsure...

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Do they want to be on the wrong side of history? The dance music press are slagging off the Metaverse – but it’s going to be part of the future, whether they like it or not…

ETTH Team 24 January 2022

Last week, this blog ran an article about Pioneer getting into the remote DJing game – where people can collaborate with each other on a DJ set and never actually meet. I mentioned it...

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Resident Advisor announce a Zoom call as part of their wellness series – but isn’t this sudden concern for mental health just virtue signalling?

ETTH Team 20 January 2022

Last weekend, this blog ran an article about Resident Advisor’s current series on wellness. I wasn’t exactly nice about it – and for good reason. The contrast between this blog’s hilst series of excoriating...

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After Resident Advisor’s £575k loss for 2020, staff numbers actually went up and payments to directors only declined 30% when company revenue was down by 95% – so what on earth was going on?

ETTH Team 19 January 2022

This blog is a solo project, recently described by Michael James as a “dynamic, tireless, takes-no-prisoners one-man show”. And though I’d like to think this commentary is correct, I’m the first to concede that...

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In the middle of a Covid wave, Resident Advisor begin a series all about wellness and what ravers should eat – is this their idea of dance music culture that British taxpayers forked out £750k to save?

ETTH Team 16 January 2022

This blog is sometimes accused of not being very kind to the dance music press. And by and large, this charge is correct. I think many of them are largely staffed by middle-class types...

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Mixmag said in June 2020 their print edition would be back “next year” and it’s now January 2022 with no magazine in sight – so what on earth is going on?

ETTH Team 13 January 2022

Some people harbour the impression I have a problem with Mixmag. This is because to an extent, I do. I believe there are issues they downplay or refuse to cover at all – and...

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It’s official: Electronic Beats are without a deputy as Caroline Whiteley announces she’s jumping ship – just as this blog said two weeks ago – so will her old friend Whitney Wei have a job lined up?

ETTH Team 11 January 2022

Time now for a follow-up to a story which this blog originally published on December 30th. It was about the impending resignation of Caroline Whiteley from Electronic Beats and her friend Whitney Wei failing...

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And to think someone got paid to write this! Billboard publish a piece about pop singer Billie Eilish’s hair – so what inspiration could the dance music press take from this article?

ETTH Team 11 January 2022

As someone who runs a blog with an average of five posts per weekday – slightly less on weekends – I do understand the pressure that people are under to keep the fresh content...

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Is there something you’ve forgotten to tell us, Whitney? Resident Advisor’s editor-in-chief writes a painfully long piece for her site – but all is not as it seems with one of the contributors…

ETTH Team 30 December 2021

In 1987, British comedy Only Fools and Horses broadcast a scene at Peckham’s market. Del Boy was trying to sell these back massagers and used the machine on lovable Uncle Albert to show what...

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He might block people he doesn’t like these days – but a Muzik Magazine column by Yousef in 2000 showed he once had a much healthier attitude to criticism…

ETTH Team 21 December 2021

There are some people in the dance music world who start out humble but change over time. They enter a world where they’re constantly travelling around and never get told no to any request....

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As questions gather over why Mixmag ran an “exclusive” story over Francis Bourgeois last week, where’s their thirst for a good story been during the past two years?

ETTH Team 21 December 2021

Ever since I decided to make a proper go of Amateur’s House back in April this year, I must admit to the journalist within me sometimes coming to the fore. I never fully switch...

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What the hell kept you? Resident Advisor FINALLY mention the MDL Beast Soundstorm controversy in an opinion piece – 17 days after a one-man blog started covering it…

ETTH Team 8 December 2021

The following post is likely to sound terribly self congratulatory. And to be fair, that’s because it partially is. Just over two weeks ago – 17 days ago, to be precise – this blog...

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Does anyone have a time machine I could borrow? Mixmag post article inviting readers to workshops on building your own club – that happened three weeks ago…

ETTH Team 4 December 2021

People sometimes ask me how they often find dance music stories on this blog before the mainstream press pick up on them. The answer is quite simple. Because the dance music press are hopelessly...

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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…

ETTH Team 1 December 2021

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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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!

ETTH Team 30 November 2021

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...