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| Goldie and Moving Shadow owner Rob Playford have parted company whilst working on Goldie’s forthcoming ‘Saturnz Return’ album which as a consequence will not be released until January 1998. So what was the nature of Goldie’s gripe? “I’m not having someone mock my singing”. Touchy... |
| Nigel Benn former boxer and shit-mixer extraordinaire in November’s edition of Muzik attacked “all the little snipers who’ve been having a dig at me ever since I left boxing for DJing”. A small surprise then in December as Muzik’s guest singles reviewer Benn offered a small barrack of ammunition to all his snipers. Pearls of wisdom included, “I’ve never heard of Way Out West. Nick Warren? Nah never”. On Roni Size, “He won a prize? The what prize?”. Finally the boxer redeemed himself by showing his open mind, “Not my cup of tea so I’m not going to listen to it”. Punch drunk? We hope so... |
| Schooly D, legendary hip hop veteran and co-conspirator with amongst others the Chemical Brothers and Mekon has remixed his classic ‘Do It. Do It’ tune... |
| Its official, clubbing has reached coffee table culture. Over the past few weeks the Telegraph featured articles on Cream (including DJ Peter Tong!) and Goldie was the cover star of their Saturday supplement. Not to be outdone the Times 10-15 magazine, surprisingly targeted at 10-15 year olds, did a double page expose on the French dance scene with Daft Punk on the cover. Top prize must however go to the Independent for their front-page headline article on ecstasy. The basic gist of the article was that E’s do affect your brain but not necessarily for the worse!... |
| Danny Rampling collapsed from exhaustion. As a consequence he is cutting his workload over the next six-months and Carl Cox has been doing a fine job of filling his Radio 1 slot... |
| Following changes in the Blue Note organisation the venue has had a complete rethink. Nights such as Athletico, Magic Bus and DJ Harvey's New Hard Left night continue. To join them are a new batch of Blue Noters. Acid Jazz Records put on Swarj every Monday (in place of Anokha) and top breakbeat label Freskanova every Tuesday featuring DJing by Cut N’ Paste and live performances from the groundbreaking Freestylers. Membership for a limited period is a mere tenner. Contact Natalie on (0171) 729 8440 for details... |
| The aforementioned Freestylers have come to clashes with Oasis over their ‘B-Boy Stance EP’. The fantastic track features MC Tenor Fly quoting selected sections of ‘Wonderwall’... |
| Shame on Basement Jaxx for their diabolical DJing following Daft Punk’s performance at Que Club, Birmingham. Fortunately their Essential Mix the following week was a bit of a corker... |
| Unofficial Xmas No.1? Surely it must be a clash between the Chemical Brother’s ‘The Private Psychedelic Reel’ and the Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey ‘History Repeating Itself’. Let the battle commence... |