I could swear that some of the stories on this blog practically write themselves. And as the pixels on this post arrive on your preferred browsing device this Monday morning, this is one of...
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Pandemic, what pandemic? Even Covid hasn’t dented Defected’s prospects as net assets grow 29% during 2020 – and even his wife got over £60k out of the company!
Simon Dunmore is pretty unstoppable at the moment. This blog frequently covers the man himself and his Defected empire, and as I wrote recently, the mood in his company has been on the up...
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Can YOU spot the difference? Defected reveal the lineup for Croatia 2022 – and anyone who went there this year might struggle to tell them apart…
Is there a two for the price of one deal doing the rounds amidst the house music world’s DJs? This blog can’t help but wonder, as I keep seeing the same people appearing on...
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Defected’s Simon Dunmore reminds us how cool and underground it still is by, erm… pointing out they’ve got 20% publishing on the latest chart-bothering release by Elton John…
Simon Dunmore, the boss at Defected, gets some stick on this blog. His hypocrisy when condemning others for remixing their archive when his own labels engage in the same practice is but one example...
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I feel you’re holding back there, Simon! Defected’s boss doesn’t take kindly to a troll suggesting his sons benefitted from nepotism…
Music is often something which runs in families. If someone has a taste for music, it’s probably because they got introduced to it by a relative. Which means it’s not always easy to tell...
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As Simon Dunmore tells us how great his relationship with Ministry of Sound is these days, a reminder things weren’t always so amicable in the early days…
Let me start this post by emphasising I do have a certain amount of respect for Defected boss Simon Dunmore. Yes, I might well have some fun at his expense on this blog, but...
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Anyone would be half forgiven for thinking they were cursed! Defected have a popup shop open this week – and they’re STILL trying to flog those “limited edition” Jesus Loves UK Garage T-shirts…
One source of endless amusement for this blog over the past few months – and a source of headaches for the Defected team – has been a whole bunch of Jesus Loves UK Garage...
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With only 12 days to go, promotion for Dance For Stevie goes into overdrive – but what were they thinking when they chose THAT picture of Simon Dunmore?
Tickets are here for anyone who wants to go. If you don’t or can’t, fundraiser’s here… With just under two weeks to go until Dance For Stevie takes place at the Ministry of Sound,...
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Yarr, has there been a mutiny on the good ship Defected? Ye olde captain Simon Dunmore posts cryptic tweet about “not all the crew returning to the office in swashbuckling fashion”…
Ahoy there! I hear o’ curious goings on right now o’er at Defected. Led by the boss (or shall that be captain?) Simon Dunmore, I gather ye return to work in thar fancy offices...
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The price of signing to Defected? Spiller (of “Groovejet” fame) to appear at label’s Drumsheds Festival next month – but will anyone there even know what else he’s done?
Signing your track to Defected seems to mean that, at some stage, you have to appear at one of their events. Given Defected is now an events company with a record label at the...
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Will it be dessert tomorrow? Another day, another meal for Simon Dunmore as he uses Instagram for its intended purpose – to show us his dinner!
To borrow and somewhat tweak a line from classic BBC comedy The Fast Show – this week, Simon Dunmore has been mostly eating. Over the weekend, he seems to have decided to cook an...
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Anyone would think you were hungry, Simon! Defected boss cooks up a meaty feast at his Spanish villa and everyone’s left wondering – was there any part of the cow he didn’t eat?
As you know, this blog likes to bring you a wide variety of news, all the way from serious stories to udder nonsense. And this one is somewhere between the two – although admittedly...
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You definitely ordered too many, Simon! A rare fail for the Defected machine as “limited edition” Todd Edwards T-shirts STILL aren’t sold out nearly three months later…
I haven’t written on the subject of Defected for a good few weeks now. All seems to be pretty quiet on that front as the company has an awful lot to concentrate on at...
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Sensational or sacrilegious? As Purple Disco Machine’s remix of Spiller’s 2000 hit “Groovejet” starts to get a push from the Defected machine, I ask whether it’s actually any good…
Discovering the back story to Spiller’s “Groovejet” was quite the revelation earlier this year. I knew that it was first played at Club Groovejet by Boris Dlugosch in 1999 and that’s how it got...
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You just want to see Defected Croatia cancelled! Just one of the weird complaints I’ve had recently… and it isn’t even true
Over the past couple of days, I’ve received a few complaints about my recent coverage of Defected and their forthcoming festival in Croatia. They seem to harbour the truly weird impression that I would...
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“Simon hasn’t been this cheerful in years!”: things are looking up for Defected – but what on earth is a new era music company?
I’m receiving word this weekend that things are on the up at Defected right now. My source tells me “there’s real optimism in the air for the first time in a while. Croatia looks...
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