House and garage don Scott Diaz has panned record labels for failing to do their jobs properly. Taking to Twitter, he pointed out that only two record labels have sent him statements in the...
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OPINION: Is dance music drowning in a sea of mediocrity? And what’s the answer?
Every week on this page, I feature a column called the Six On Saturday. It’s where I go through Traxsource and occasionally the other odd place and compile and review my favourite releases of...
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The forgotten art of the dub – Part 3
All this week, I’m going to be delving into the world of house music dubs. An essential inclusion in the sets of house DJs in the 1980s and 90s, dubs have fallen out of...
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The forgotten art of the dub – Part 2
All this week, I’m going to be delving into the world of house music dubs. An essential inclusion in the sets of house DJs in the 1980s and 90s, dubs have fallen out of...
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The forgotten art of the dub – Part 1
Today, we start off a brand new series on this page, exploring some of the best house dubs to come out over the years. These aren’t necessarily chosen for impact on the scene, more...
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The forgotten art of the dub – starts tomorrow!
The house dub used to be something that was everywhere years ago. Many a producer and remixer was known as much for their skill to showcase a vocal as they were for the ability...
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The forgotten art of the dub – coming next week
Years ago, house music dubs were everywhere. DJs played them, clubbers danced to them, record labels kept commissioning them. They’re not as prevalent anymore for a myriad of reasons. This series looks back at...
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What a load of clap!
I’m really thinking that I should make this into some kind of series. More and more frequently these days, I come across adverts for increasingly ridiculous plugins. I had a quick look recently at...
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Talking rubbish is back in style!
It appears that sitting around for hours, talking rubbish, is in vogue now. The mysterious allure of Clubhouse hasn’t gone unnoticed by Spotify, who are always looking for the next opportunity that isn’t in...
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Songwriters, pop stars and zero sympathy
So, it appears that a group of songwriters want pop artists to stop taking the credit for things that they didn’t do. It seems they’re fed up of the practice in the music industry...
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Vaccine passports – yay or nay?
There’s lots of hot air going around at the moment about so-called vaccine passports. Some people claim they’re a great idea and that they’ll allow people to mix together with the least amount of...
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Can we drop the Miami albums, please?
It’s that time of the year again. It’s when the Miami compilations inevitably appear on the digital stores. It appears that the Covid-19 pandemic has not done away with this tradition. I seriously think...
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What makes Masters At Work, er, masters at work?
Last Friday, I published a post here declaring that the Masters At Work label, effectively dead for many years, has been gloriously resurrected. Most of the label’s output has been digitised and is now...
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Burn down my studio? Nah…
There are many people who have wanted to say nice things about me in the past. There are also those who, well, haven’t. Quite the opposite sometimes, actually. For example, I accepted a remix...
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Where DO I find my singers from?
I’m currently working on several vocal productions. There’s no point me complaining about the relentless torrent of remixes of decade old tunes in the charts and not offering an alternative, is there? I’ve got...
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EXCLUSIVE: Daft Punk in rumoured collab with Amateur At Play?
The above, of course, is complete bollocks. I just made it up. Right now. But it’ll get me lots of readers wondering who the hell I am, why they’d be collaborating with a relative...
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