When speaking about Defected, all the sources who have provided this blog with information and insights on the label are united in one - they all say Simon Dunmore is probably the most hard-working man in house music today. Which is why as much as I sometimes question the label…
The journalists who are meant to be covering British politics have been shown up over the past month as being almost as useless as those in the dance music press. They were hesitant to cover the Downing Street parties at first and only forced to do so due to a…
When I was around 15 years old, I was sat in English class one day - and the task that day was to compare and contrast arguments for making women's boxing legal. One of those arguments that by keeping it illegal, it would only push the activity into the world…
Contrary to what some people think, I'm not a journalist. Yes, I might well have the permanently suspicious mindset of your traditional journalist - and some of what I do is no doubt journalism - but I have no formal training or qualifications in the field. However, I do know…
Sacha Lord is a man who can be accused of many things. Hypocrisy, for example. This is a man who speaks out against plague raves yet books Solardo - who have done mote than a few - to appear at his own Warehouse Project in Manchester. Or of ignoring his…
Sacha Lord is not a happy bunny, and he doesn't seem to mind who knows it. This blog has criticised Lord on more than one occasion - whether it be his club issuing a statement about a drug death totally devoid of any warmth or humanity, or his bizarre stance…
During this year, Sacha Lord was one of the keenest voices in nightlife to get clubs and festivals to reopen. He would frequently cite arguments about such venues being good for the mental health of people and also the significant number of workers employed by the industry. One thing which…
The world of Sacha Lord is a curious one. It's a world where he thinks people should stay hydrated on a night out, yet he charges them £2.50 a time for water. It's a world where doctors should be ordered to apologise for their predictions over Covid. And it's a…
Two weeks ago, a 20-year old man died at the Warehouse Project after taking drugs. The club made no comment on their social media pages, something which irked me on the Sunday after it happened - and irked me even more the following week. Nearly two weeks later, Warehouse Project…
Why is Warehouse Project refusing to say anything at all about the death of a 20-year old who was at their venue last weekend? This is the question I asked last Sunday and today, I pose it again. The ongoing silence from the Warehouse and owner Sacha Lord is mystifying,…