King Street Sounds is a record label which is very happy to plunder its own archive for modern gain. If the new music they released now was as good, it…
July 2nd last year was Blackout Tuesday. It was meant to be a day of reflection for black people and others in the community which would lead to long term…
Some of you might not be aware of this, but I’ve been making music for the past five years. That endeavour is currently on a hiatus whilst I get this…
Many people in the dance music world are well into caricature territory, but they just don’t know it. They still think they’re private figures who nobody knows. This blog thoroughly…
Last week, I wrote about how Sef Kombo had decided to leave his job at Transport for London to run Sondela Recordings full time. Since then, a curious thing has…
When you stream music from the likes of Spotify, you expect that abysmal $0.0038 royalty rate to go to your favourite artist, right? Well, you’d be wrong. In a lot…
An anonymous friend sent this tweet in my direction on Friday, which puts the Sondela post that I did the other day in a rather different context. It turns out…
You might recall a few weeks ago, I wrote about a new single that Mutya Buena was featured on for garage label Upcycle Records. I wasn’t terribly nice, quoting something…
The more I read about the early days of house music, the more utterly depressing it gets. Paris Brightledge was conned out of the rightful credit for “It’s Alright”. Marshall…
I’ve recently become aware of the Girls I Rate movement. They want to bring more women into the music industry – citing that less than 19% of all PRS members…
