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Defected Chief’s Vocal Plea

Published April 11, 2012 | By skrufff

UK house guru Simon Dunmore praised new producers including Solomun, Deetron and At Jazz for ‘bringing the soul into clubs these days’ though issued a pointed warning to instrumental obsessed veterans. There’s still massive need 4 vocals &soul within House music,” the Defected Records founder and globe-trotting DJ wrote on Twitter. [...] Continue reading →

US Rave Organisation ‘Vs the World’

Published April 9, 2012 | By skrufff

Britain’s Daily Mail published a shock-horror expose of US uber-successful college party organization Barstool U’s Blackout parties this week, reporting that ‘critics’ consider the ‘massive drink-fueled raves’ to be ‘irresponsible magnets for dangerous binge drinking and sexual assault.’ (Daily Mail: http://bit.ly/HdzkkN ) Continue reading →

LA Rave Fugitive Hides in ‘Jungle’

Published April 7, 2012 | By skrufff

Missing corruption suspect Tony Estrada taunted authorities to ‘come over here and get me’ in a phone call to the LA Times this week, in which he said he was ‘floating around . . . in the jungles of Brazil’. Continue reading →

DJ Sneak Slams ‘Fake’ Swedish House Mafia

Published April 6, 2012 | By skrufff

Chicago house pioneer DJ Sneak launched a unilateral assault on pop dance trio the Swedish House Mafia, in a no holds barred interview in DJ magazine. “It’s a sad thing when the Swedish House Mafia is being paid big money to come to the US to play house music,” said Sneak, “For the [...] Continue reading →

Mulletover Move After London Blackberry Stabbing (Thursday April 5)

Published April 5, 2012 | By skrufff

London tech-house party promoters Mulletover announced a last minute change of venue to their 8th birthday celebrations tonight (Thursday May 5) after a man was brutally attacked at a Blackberry VIP party at the Pulse nightclub several days earlier. Continue reading →

UK Government Criminalises ‘Mexxy’

Published April 2, 2012 | By skrufff

British authorities are to introduce a ‘Temporary Class Drug Order (TCDO)’ on methoxetamine, introducing draconian penalties for anyone caught using or supplying Britain’s latest legal high. Continue reading →

Dubai Launches Less Than Zero Tolerance Drug Campaign

Published March 31, 2012 | By skrufff

Authorities in United Arab Emirates (UAE) warned this week that people ‘accompanying someone smoking hashish’ face four years in jail if cops’ ultra-sensitive drug testing machines detect even microscopic traces of illicit drugs on their belongings or in their blood stream. Continue reading →

David Bowie’s Blue Plaque Honour

Published March 30, 2012 | By skrufff

English heritage have erected a blue (actually black!) plaque paying homage to David Bowie on the London street where he posed for the album cover of his seminal 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Continue reading →

Deadmau5 Damages ‘Molly’ Madonna

Published March 29, 2012 | By skrufff

Canadian tech star Deadmau5 left Madonna’s larger than life persona in tatters this week, after ridiculing her for making an apparent reference to ecstasy use in front of thousands of ravers from the Main stage of Miami’s Ultra Music festival. “I’ve finally made it to Ultra music festival. I’ve been here in [...] Continue reading →

Nina Kraviz’ Sexist Success

Published March 24, 2012 | By skrufff

Russian tech-house star Nina Kraviz chatted to Mixmag this week about the jealousy and envy her success has provoked and revealed that she’s been deluged with ‘really mean comments from all over Europe’. “People asking who I slept with to get where I am, or saying that a man must be doing all [...] Continue reading →

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