The beauty of the internet is you never quite know who might be reading what you write. I learnt this many years ago in a previous blogging life when the subject of an article...
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That’s yet ANOTHER one running his own course Carl Craig’s new money spinner masterclass has a module called “Becoming Carl Craig” – so does it have a section about being slavishly loyal to losers like Derrick May, then?
If a day comes when I ever get bored of writing in this blog, I’m going to have to think about setting up my own course. Of course, I have absolutely no idea what...
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And he thought 2021 was bad! The new year brings yet more legal strife for Derrick May as he’s being sued for child support – so just how bad ARE things for the man himself?
This blog, as a rule of thumb, generally doesn’t like the idea of gloating over someone’s misfortune. But in Derrick May’s case, I’m more than happy to make an exception. 2021 wasn’t a good...
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“It’s about the work, it’s about the new tracks, it’s about the new stuff” says Alan Oldham in a podcast for Finish More Music – so could he have a word with fellow Detroit DJs such as Derrick May who continue to trade on decade old glories?
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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“You flat-assed mother******!”: the charming insult Derrick May aimed at Factory Records founder Tony Wilson during a heated argument in 1990 – but his retort wasn’t entirely unprovoked…
Over the past year or so, I’ve learnt there are two sides to Derrick May. There’s the nice side which will do anything to help you and couldn’t be kinder – this is a...
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What’s eating you, Derrick? Mayday does his gig in Portugal’s Baixa Bar – but video from the event shows a man long past his prime…
So Derrick May ended up doing the gig in Portugal’s Baixa Bar on Tuesday night. I’m still not quite sure how they made enough to pay his supposed $10,000 fee, given that admission at...
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Is Ash Lauryn the next cash cow for Defected? Suspicions grow as Faith fanzine – whom the label bankrolls, by the way – is plugging her on their social media channels
If there’s one thing that Simon Dunmore is especially good at in life, it’s finding the cow with the maximum amount of milk inside it, and then extracting as much of that milk as...
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Carl Craig and Stacey Pullen are going to Detroit’s TV Lounge for New Year’s Eve – but could Derrick May secretly join them? (and the two DJs apparently aren’t happy about the money either…)
As the end of another year approaches, many DJs are inevitably turning their attention to what can be one of their better earners of the year – New Year’s Eve. For some bizarre reason,...
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See you next Tuesday? The question facing Portugal’s Baixa Bar as Derrick May is booked to play next week – amidst falling attendance and a gargantuan DJ fee which needs paying…
Things are not going very well in Europe for the club scene at the moment. Rising Covid-19 numbers across much of the continent – including in Germany which was previously seen as a good...
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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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Bit lacking in self-awareness there, Sofia! Derrick May’s “passport” girlfriend posts about eliminating violence against women – whilst failing to mention allegations facing her own 58-year old boyfriend…
Ever since I started Amateur’s House, one thing I’ve noticed is that a seemingly disproportionate number of people in the dance music world have a complete inability to see how they’re perceived. They’ve swallowed...
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Breaking up is so hard to do, isn’t it, Patricia? Nyaera rose from the Transmat ashes earlier this year – but Derrick May’s ex-manager forgot to scrub the YouTube channel’s grubby history…
Earlier this year, mysterious things started happening within the Transmat Agency. All the artists on the roster – with the sole exception of Derrick himself – left suddenly. No explanation was ever provided for...
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As Derrick May gets his latest booking at a Portuguese cocktail bar, was Solomun unhappy with the “secret guest” who gatecrashed his headline gig last weekend?
Derrick May’s bookings aren’t quite as glamorous as they used to be nowadays. Gone are the lucrative trips with hospitality included in the likes of Japan – and in are gigs which he would...
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Kappa FuturFestival confirm three-day Italian party will take place in July 2022 – so with no word of a lineup yet, what are the odds of Derrick May appearing on the bill?
The techno focused Kappa FuturFestival officially makes its return to the touring schedule of many of the circuit DJs next year. Which is good news for their bank balances, if not for all the...
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How the once mighty has fallen: Derrick May appeared at a gig in San Francisco on Friday night – and like something grubby, he was listed as a “secret guest”…
I recently wrote that one problem with booking Derrick May now to play at your club was the fact you couldn’t promote the appearance. Because the moment you decided to do so, all hell...
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As Defected’s promotion of Detroit continues, the REAL reason behind it is revealed – but have you also noticed one particular name has been missing from the moneymaking love-in?
It seems to be one of those weeks where I write about something at the beginning and it develops later. On Tuesday afternoon, I published a piece about Defected suddenly getting behind the city...
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