It can't be easy being Michael Weiss of Nervous Records this week. A few days ago, the label boss went down to the Mexican municipality of Tulum. It's not entirely clear from the label's social media accounts what the reason for the trip was - but an insider tells me…
Things aren't going very well in the world of Annabel Ross. That big exposé of Derrick May was meant to be her admission ticket into the big leagues - only to get beaten to it by Ellie Flynn. Then the pandemic played havoc with her work life and a rubbish…
The beauty of the internet is you never quite know who might be reading what you write. I learnt this many years ago in a previous blogging life when the subject of an article contacted me to thank me for writing something more accurate than was appearing in the press…
Whatever you choose to call Danny Rampling - the Runny Dumpling, Danny Rambling and other less printable suggestions have been made by others - there's one thing you can't deny. He loves being with other people. And given that human beings are traditionally highly sociable creatures, there's absolutely nothing wrong…
There are some people in the dance music world who start out humble but change over time. They enter a world where they're constantly travelling around and never get told no to any request. Hence why many of the DJs in the upper echelons of dance music are basically spoiled…
Late last Friday, a Twitter spat broke out between Mousse T and Kevin McKay of Glasgow Underground. This blog originally planned to publish the story on Sunday, but held back until Monday to allow everyone the opportunity to respond - so allow me to sum things up briefly. Mousse T…
For people who work in quite a technology focused genre of music, DJs and such show a considerable amount of ignorance sometimes. Take Jeff Mills, for example. He became known as "The Wizard" due to his incredible skills on turntables in 1980s Detroit. Yet when it comes to at least…
It's that time of year once more. The dance music scene is mostly winding down now for the winter. Clubs may well remain open - at least where Covid restrictions permit it - but as Christmas approaches, many producers retreat back into their studios to start making what they hope…
Earlier this year, mysterious things started happening within the Transmat Agency. All the artists on the roster - with the sole exception of Derrick himself - left suddenly. No explanation was ever provided for this mass exodus. And May himself also found himself without a manager, again with no warning.…
People in the dance music world are typically not used to being scrutinised. The dance press has never been particularly good at it, even in their well-resourced print heyday in the 1990s. So when someone like me comes along, they have no idea how to respond. Petulance is usually the…