A long time ago, launching a record label was a serious endeavour that required serious work. Releasing music used to cost large amounts of money with no guarantees of recouping it – hence why...
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Fresh from victory in legal battle with Apple over USB-C chargers, EU sets its eyes firmly on Spotify, demanding they pay more money to artists – so should Daniel Ek quake in his boots yet?
There’s not many things that cause sleepless nights to those running big corporations – but facing a potentially even bigger adversary might just be one of them. Just ask Tim Cook at Apple –...
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“Everything he touches is STILL turning into s**t!”: After another January of festival announcements nears its end, why hasn’t a single date from the Belleville Three tour been revealed yet?
The year 2023 ended in a very muted manner for Derrick May – performing a DJ set on a skywalk at a Detroit steakhouse alongside Kevin Saunderson, D Wynn, and Insane Who Sane. May...
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Is there any cash cow the house music world WON’T plunder? Sharam reworked 1997’s “House Music” by Eddie Amador – despite already having done two remixes during his Deep Dish years…
When you sit down and think about it, there are some seriously strange things about house music that you just don’t see elsewhere. Such as the propensity to release house records that are about...
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As Sasha and John Digweed get ready to play together at Poland’s Gdańsk in April, the REAL question that everyone’s talking about – when will Sasha go bottle blonde like his DJing pal?
There are certain phrases and names in the dance music world that make some people very excited indeed – and two names who certainly have that effect are Sasha and John Digweed. The two...
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A brand new year comes with, er, the same old discounts? Pete Tong’s DJ Academy – fresh from its Christmas sale – is offering money off AGAIN to welcome in 2024…
There are some things in the dance music world that just wouldn’t make sense anywhere else. For example, parents sending in their children to school know that there are only going to be so...
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You can’t just keep rinsing the 80s and 90s forever! As streaming’s tentacles continue to influence the way people listen to music, where ARE the classics of tomorrow going to come from?
You know things are getting desperate when the establishment media start asking the big questions. And no, we’re not talking about the dance music press – if the questions aren’t about drugs or about...
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It WAS a nice little earner for you, though! Mr C says selling his plush LA house “broke him” in his resolutions for 2024 and vows to “be kinder to myself” – but will the ratty musician extend that to others?
It doesn’t take much to upset Richard West, the man who calls himself Mr C. The man himself has managed to sustain a career in dance music since its early days – an impressive...
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Movement tickets won’t sell themselves, you know! Paxahau fire up Detroit propaganda machine with reference to “originator” Juan Atkins – ready for their flagship event later this year…
If there’s one thing that dance music has continued to cling onto like a bad smell over the years, it’s mythology. Because there’s nothing quite like historical stories that you suspect are mostly untrue...
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Turns out even being an EDM superstar can still get you rejected! David Guetta reveals that Katy Perry turned down the chance to appear on 2011 hit “Titanium”…
It’s safe to say that David Guetta is one of those names that has a Marmite effect on people. They typically either think he’s the best thing to come out of dance music in...
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Not exactly the renaissance of underground dance music, then! Britain’s vinyl sales continued to rise in 2023 – with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran the best sellers…
Back until the late 1990s, people were apparently buying vinyl like it was going out of fashion – until the forces of progress made them turn their backs on their beloved wax, demanding that...
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So where IS Derrick May’s New Year’s Eve gig for 2023? Er, at the Hanah Steakhouse in Detroit alongside Kevin Saunderson – but not Juan Atkins, for some reason…
Historically speaking, one of the most lucrative nights in the DJ calendar was New Year’s Eve. That great clamour amongst many to celebrate the inevitable passage of one year into the next has to...
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Have you finished your Christmas turkeys yet? Peggy Gou, Honey Dijon, and Kaytranada are welcoming in the New Year together – courtesy of Apple Music…
Now that we’re in that slightly surreal period of the year between Christmas and New Year’s Day, two things are for certain – those people who are off work probably can’t remember what day...
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But we don’t want to pay out more money! Spotify throw a temper tantrum by pulling out of two French festivals – and all because France has put a streaming levy on the site…
The very pretty, Instagram friendly graphics from 2023’s edition of Spotify Wrapped might have given the impression that all is well at the streaming site – but anyone taking a quick look under the...
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What’s with the high paying jobs all of a sudden? Resident Advisor’s hiring spree hasn’t stopped over Christmas – and Whitney Wei’s replacement is to be announced soon…
It might be the day after Christmas – known to some as Boxing Day, known to some others as St Stephen’s Day and known otherwise simply as Tuesday – but the dance music world...
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Pay $200 less to be ignored than before, part two! Pete Tong’s DJ Academy, with its “visibility opportunities”, is offering places for $279 a time – but only until Christmas Day…
Just what on earth do you get the budding DJ in your life for Christmas nowadays? Sure, you could stick to more standard offerings at this time of year – things like boxes of...
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