Something terribly strange happens to dance music DJs once they leave BBC Radio 1. They’re never quite themselves afterwards. Just look at poor Danny Rampling. He used to be an…
Last Saturday, DJ Empress decided to put someone “on blast”, to use her choice of expression. Having posted a highly selective excerpt of a conversation, she then decided to name…
One ongoing mystery whilst I’ve been investigating Derrick May involves his friend Carl Craig, who has now effectively taken May under his wing. What is the relationship like between the…
Regular readers of this blog will be well aware of a post that I wrote on July 2nd. In it, I detailed how clubbers were being lined up to take…
The discovery that Kerri Chandler is a member of METI International was unexpected, to say the least. Indeed, shortly after publishing my first post on the subject, one somewhat unkind…
On the week that a woman decided to stop and order a takeaway from McDonald’s – whilst in the middle of being chased by the police – I seperate the…
Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is coming up later, but let’s start with a recap of what’s been on this site during the week. There’s something…
The corona deniers and anti-vaxxers are all over this one today. An Ipsos MORI poll for The Economist asked a number of questions about Covid restrictions going into the future.…
I was hoping to blog about this one before now, but Resident Advisor took a while to respond to my query. A number of people contacted me around the time…
Dance music is a genre which has always been willing to cannibalise itself for a few quid, but the problem is endemic at the moment. So much so that Defected…
