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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
1985
Paul McCartney (Timo Maas & James Teej Remix)
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This has been a bit of a secret weapon for me for the last six weeks. It's a brand new interpretation of a track which first came out in 1974 by Paul McCartney and his post-Beatles band, Wings. The track is called 1985 and it's been remixed by none other than Timo Maas and James Teej. The two producers have just put together a new collaborative EP called Things which is coming out on Damian Lazarus's Rebellion label.
This week’s Essential New Tune is featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen Again and forward to 30:20 mins here. 
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Label & Management: Virgin Records
Publishing: Apple
Radio & TV: Nikolay Seizov, Forward Thinking Music
Online: Nikolay Seizov, Forward Thinking Music
Press: Nikolay Seizov, Forward Thinking Music
Live: Steve Hogan, WME Entertainment
11 Sep 2015
Business
  • SFX’s share price dropped by another 7.96% to $0.46 per share at the end of trading on Friday (September 4). (MBW) That equated to an SFX market cap of $44.94m – less than half the valuation it attracted a month prior.
News and Features
  • A death from Backwoods Music Festival last weekend is now being investigated as a possible homicide by Oklahoma police. (Your EDM)
  • Dubai is planning to host its own EDM conference in February 2016. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • New FBI documents obtained by MuckRock have revealed that the US government agency has been tracking activities at Burning Man Festival for the past five years. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Los Angeles county is to create an 'electronic music task force' to explore ways to make festivals safer, but will also consider banning EDM festivals altogether. (Rolling Stone)
  • Major Lazer’s Lean On is officially the most streamed song of the summer. (Your EDM)
  • 2 Many DJs will launch a new label, Deewee, later this month. (Thump)
  • New laws put in place by the European Union mean Discogs sellers will now have to pay VAT at their local rates on all sales made through the site. (Fact)
  • FKA Twigs and Flying Lotus were amongst the winners at the UK's AIM Awards. (Mixmag)
  • Legendary British DJ Colin Faver has passed away at the age of 63. (Dancing Astronaut)
Digital
  • New dating app Mix’d chooses your matches through your shared favourite DJs. (Deep House Amsterdam)
  • New programming language Alda lets you compose music in a text editor. (Fact)
  • Some new images have emerged of the inside of the new Technics turntable. (Fact)
  • Vine has officially launched Music On Vine, which incorporates functions for music and artists within the video sharing app. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • YouTube is apparently preparing to launch two separate subscription-based services before the end of 2015. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Amsterdam record store Vinylify will print personalised vinyl records for you. (Deep House Amsterdam)
  • The BBC has announced plans for its own streaming service. (Fact)
  • A global snapshot of Android's top music apps, and a glimpse into digital listening's future. (Billboard)
  • Evermix has created an app which allows DJs to record sets to their smartphone, edit and post to their own Evermix DJ page. (RotD)
  • Google Play Music has unveiled the results of its Ultimate Festival playlist, with dance music dominating the Most Played Artists and Most Played Tracks charts. (Mixmag)
Live
  • Barcelona’s MIRA Festival has announced its musical and visual lineup for 2015. (XLR8R)
  • Electric Daisy Carnival has officially unveiled dates for 2016. (Dancing Astronaut) 
  • Bloc confirmed dates for its 2016 incarnation at Butlins, Minehead, UK in March. (Mixmag)
Artist and Music Features
  • Obituary: Colin Faver - early DJ and UK club culture figure. (Mixmag, Dummy)
  • We asked people at Electric Zoo about the Zac Efron EDM Flop, We Are Your Friends. (Spin)
  • Top 10 October 2015 Festivals. (Resident Advisor)
  • Breaking through: Elysia Crampton. (Resident Advisor)
  • Harangue the DJ: The Black Madonna. (Saturday Guardian)
  • The best albums of 2015 – so far - featuring Jamie xx, Four Tet and The Orb. (Guardian)
  • The month's best electronic releases, including records from Kuedo, Spatial and Beatrice Dillon, plus a look back over a night at London's Tropical Waste party. (Quietus)
  • Recent Forbes figures on top-earning DJs display how dance music has reached an impressive new level of mainstream success. (NY Times)
  • A Q&A with Nils Frahm as he prepares for the latest instalment of the Late Night Tales mix-CD series. (XLR8R)
  • 28 years after the closing of New York’s legendary Paradise Garage, some if its regulars reunited to share their memories. (Thump)
  • Becoming Lane 8: A discussion with Daniel Goldstein on his back story, Rise, and his experience collaborating with Matthew Dear. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Goldie and Rudimental discuss integrity, legacy and EDM in a clip for Channel 4 in the UK. (Resident Advisor)
  • Hudson Mohawke: Growing up and going out in Glasgow. (Thump)
  • A housing estate on the outskirts of Lisbon is establishing itself as the cradle of a uniquely African take on techno. (Mixmag)
  • He’s taken dance music down a gear and fans go wild for his blissed-out sound — now Norwegian DJ Kygo is ready to take London by storm, he tells David Smyth. (Standard - David Smyth)
  • DJ Stonebridge’s 1992 remix turned Show Me Love, a forgettable 12” soul record by Robin S, into a genuine 90s club anthem. And now, in 2015, there’s no escaping the damn thing, (Guardian2 - Alexis Petridis)
  • Thump’s favourite DJs and writers select their top tracks of the summer. (Thump)
  • Andrew Ryce speaks to the Shogun Audio duo SpectraSoul about moving beyond the dance floor. (Resident Advisor)
  • Rizzla: bringing politics and passion back to dance music. (Guardian)
Artist News
  • Reggy Van Oers has announced plans for his new Telemorph imprint, with the first release a collaborative EP between Claudio PRC & Reggy Van Oers himself with FIELD. (XLR8R)
  • Annie Mac will release a two-disc compilation titled Annie Mac Presents 2015 on October 2 via Virgin EMI. (Thump)
  • Birmingham techno veteran Anthony Child, aka Surgeon, has detailed his latest LP which is centred around field recordings taken in Hawaii earlier this year. (XLR8R)
  • Benny III – better known as one half of production duo Horsepower Productions – is back with his first new material in five years. (Fact)
  • Steve Angello and CBS TV Studios are reportedly working on a new EDM drama. (Your EDM)
  • Stamp The Wax has compiled a 150-track playlist of highlights from this year’s Dimensions festival. (Resident Advisor)
  • Jimmy Edgar is back with latest EP, Shine, which is out now and available exclusively on Beatport. (XLR8R)
  • Kangding Ray will release his new album, Cory Arcane, via Raster-Noton on October 30. (XLR8R)
  • Chromatics have unveiled new single, Shadow, as well as details of upcoming album, Dear Tommy. (Fact)
  • Sam Smith and Disclosure have teamed up to create the theme song for latest James Bond film Spectre, titled Writing’s On The Wall. (Dancing Astronaut)
  • Joy Orbison, Groove Armada, Kerri Chandler and more have been added to the lineup for 2016’s Bugged Out Weekender. (Fact)
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