Hello, everyone. Normal service on this page will resume very soon. I’m just enjoying time with my new baby and being a family of five. Just know that I’m busy with new music for...
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When is a dance music legend not a dance music legend?
Dance music is one of few places where someone who made one great track years and years ago can be called a legend. This even applies if they’ve been releasing rubbish ever since in...
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Dunmore, E-Clyps and the mis-education of the masses
Here’s one you might have seen last week on Instagram. DJ E-Clyps posted this unflattering photo of Defected head honcho Simon Dunmore. A few people have asked me what on earth this is all...
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Here’s one version of Sterling Void’s history he won’t be telling you about…
Like a moth to a flame – well, more like a fly to shit in this case – I’m back on the subject of Sterling Void. And because I know the man himself reads...
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Sterling Void: like a toddler parading his first shit in the toilet
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote about Sterling Covid. He’s becoming part of this page’s bread and butter – the equivalent of a horseshit sandwich, in this case – alongside Daniel “Mr...
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Erick Morillo and why you should listen to your elders
The fallout from the discovery that Erick Morillo was a sexual predator – and potentially quite a prolific one – continues to rock the world of dance music. I’ve commented on this a few...
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Stop calling Sterling Covid Sterling Covid!
Like most people with some kind of online presence, I get my fair share of correspondence from charlatans, degenerates and dingbats. Most ultimately vanish with a sense of disappointment at a lack of response...
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Traxsource, Defected and a defective relationship?
This isn’t going to win me any friends at Traxsource, but am I the only one truly questioning their independence nowadays? The business was originally set up in 2004 by Marc Pomeroy and Brian...
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Defected, Simon Dunmore and an almighty colonial row
It was inevitable that the Defected Records cash cow was eventually going to start looking at afro house in the way Bernard Matthews used to look at turkeys. They’ve launched a brand new record...
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De-void of things to say, (for once) Sterling Void
I have to say this. I simply cannot believe the complete silence that has come from Sterling Void of late. It really is quite staggering. For weeks now, this page has revealed: How Void...
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How not to stay on my promo list…
There are times in life when you think that something is so blindingly and painfully obvious that it needs not be said. Alas, it appears that it does. When you receive a promo record,...
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Why I a-void giving details away
Back on Monday night, I wrote that “I never reveal names for remixes whose release hasn’t been confirmed, so I won’t be revealing any.”. I’ve had a few queries asking me to explain this...
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Massive Attack and the REAL reason they don’t like Pete Tong…
Like many of you, I too noticed this on the Massive Attack fan page. Apparently, they’re not happy about the fact that Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra have been covering “Unfinished Symphony”. Hmm…...
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