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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
mum is calling
Two Shell
Mainframe Audio
30 Mar 2023
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"This week's ENT is taken from their lil spirit EP, initially released on Bandcamp and now available on streaming services. They have made a really creative video that I love and will be doing four shows in London on 22 April. The mysterious duo from Hounslow continue to impress and when I think of them, I think of that Apple advert from the late '90s, Think Different. They are definitely doing that. This is mum is calling from Two Shell."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 35.21 here.
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11 Apr 2023
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  • Insomniac Events has filed an application to secure a federal trademark registration on the ubiquitous rave phase, “PLUR". (Billboard
  • Dance label Armada Music revealed the first episode of its documentary series Armada Music 20 Years Classics, covering the history of dance music and its most seminal artists and hits. (RotD
  • Global music on-demand audio streams are growing at a faster pace than ever, with a study showing they crossed the one trillion mark on 31 March, setting a new record for the earliest that number had ever been reached in a single year. (Variety
  • The Haçienda DJ, M People founder and Factory Records legend Mike Pickering to be honoured at IMS Ibiza. (DJMag
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  • Tidal is rolling out a new feature, called Live, that lets you act as a DJ and allow your friends to listen to your choices. (TechCrunch
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