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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Your Love (feat. House Gospel Choir)
Shouse
Hell Beach, a division of Onelove Recordings
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Comment
"This week's ENT comes from an Australian duo out of Melbourne responsible for one of the biggest dance tunes of the past six years. Their track 'Love Tonight' was originally released in 2017, it went viral during Covid across 2020/21 and is well on its way to a billion streams. They weren't one-hit wonders either, their follow-up 'Won't Forget You' is over 100m streams already, and now they are back with a new record with that same distinctive style. We love it, and it's a world exclusive"
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 36.27 here.
Contact
Label: Hell Beach, a division of Onelove Recordings
Management: Ryan Hambsch, Nerve & Ant Celestino, OneLove
Publishing: Onelove Publishing, Sfere Music, Minds on Fire Ltd
Radio & Club: Alvin Collis, Special Requests 
Online: IInês Mendonça, Circulate
Live Agents: Laetitia Descouens, Primary 
11 Jul 2023
Business
  • AlphaTheta Corporation, the company that oversees brands including Pioneer DJ and rekordbox, has acquired Serato Audio Research Limited. (DJMag) 
News and Features
  • AI-created music is now eligible for nomination at the Grammy Awards, according to recent guideline changes. (DJMag) 
  • BBC Radio 1 Dance is attending Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza this summer. (EDMTunes, BBC) 
  • Reactional Music, the music engine and delivery platform that connects the worlds of music and games commercially and creatively, has entered into an agreement with APM Music, the largest aggregator of production music in North America. (RotD) 
  • British music exports surpass £700 million for the first time. (Mixmag) 
  • UK dance music distributor Unearthed Sounds is shutting down at the end of the month. (DJMag) 
Digital
  • Threads: 'Almost every influencer will be hopping on it'. (BBC) 
  • Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, is now live. (TechCrunch) 
  • Apple has released a major Shazam update that detects plays on TikTok, Instagram & YouTube. (TechCrunch) 
  • SoundCloud partners with Squarespace, Adobe, Discord, and Rap Plug to expand member benefits for Next and Next Pro Artists. (SoundCloud) 
  • After months of speculation, TikTok Music has officially launched, becoming available to fans in Brazil and Indonesia as a replacement for ByteDance’s Resso. (MusicAlly) The majors have licensed their catalogues, as has Merlin. 
  • TikTok has been confirmed as the Official Content Partner of the electronic music festival, Tomorrowland. (RotD) 
Live
  • Weirdcore to design stage installation at Houghton Festival next month. (DJMag) 
  • EXIT festival has released the full line-up and stage splits for its 2023 edition. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland announces streaming programme for 2023 festival (DJMag) 
  • Bicep, Amelie Lens and Jayda G are among the first artists to be announced for ADE 2023. (DJMag) 
  • Adaptations - Leeds' largest multi-venue electronic music party - has announced its return this autumn. (Mixmag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Understanding the power of retention in the subscription economy. (Midia - Tim Mulligan) 
  • Threads: Will it be good for music? (DiS - Sean Adams) 
Tech
  • 5 music theory tools to help you make better electronic music (MusicRadar) 
  • Korg has created a virtual reality production studio, which is available on IOS, Mac and Nintendo Switch. (Mixmag) 
Beatport
  • The Future of DJing has Arrived: Words from Robb McDaniels (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: Drunken Kong (Beatportal)
  • Label of the Month: 20 Years of Toolroom Records with Mark Knight (Beatportal)
  • UK Producer WIZE launches his brand new sample pack, exclusive to Loopmasters and Loopcloud (Loopcloud)
  • A simple guide to using Beatport Streaming in the CDJ-3000 (Beatportal)
Deals
  • Afrojack signs with Moe Shalizi & The Shalizi Group for management. (Billboard) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA.892 Lamin Fofana (RA) 
  • Lottie Lee in The Lab LDN (Mixmag) 
  • Oden & Fatzo live from DJ Mag HQ (Defected Takeover) (DJMag) 
  • SPFDJ set at The Lab Awakenings (Mixmag) 
  • Rebekah live from DJ Mag HQ (DJMag) 
  • Carl Cox - Sunset Over Scotland (Mixmag) 
  • David Guetta & MORTEN | Future Rave Live @ Brooklyn Mirage 2023 (FutureRave) 
  • IMS Ibiza 2023 - Keynote interviews with Oribital, Fabio & Grooverider, plus talks on Pacha at 50 and A.I. (IMSIbiza)
Artist and Music Features
  • On Cue: Rrose (DJMag) 
  • Tresor: A Story of Survival (RA) 
  • For Laurent Garnier, savouring life means slowing down (RA) 
  • EX.668 madison moore (RA) 
  • Recognise: Paula Tape (DJMag) 
  • Selections: Adiel (DJMag)
  • How Trojan Records founder Lee Gopthal created a musical legacy of love, hope and unity (Mixmag) 
  • How Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ predicted a new era for British music (RA) 
  • ‘I’m not winning unless all of us are winning’: the Kenyan DJ programme promoting community and inclusivity (Guardian) 
  • John Summit on remixing one of the sacred texts of dance music, ‘I Remember’: ‘It’s a lot of pressure’ (Billboard) 
  • 20 questions with Aluna: ‘I needed to know that I left a pathway for other black women to walk down’ (Billboard) 
  • Explained: The music theory behind songs from Deadmau5, Floating Points and Frankie Knuckles. (MusicRadar) 
Artist News
  • Aluna has released her debut solo album, ‘MYCELiUM’, via Mad Decent. (DJMag) 
  • Above & Beyond earn first RIAA Gold-Certified Record for 'Don't Leave'. (Billboard) 
  • Kerri Chandler has announced that Madhouse Records, the label that he co-founded with Mel Medalie, is to cease trading. (DJMag) 
  • Don Diablo buys Tom Shadyac’s celeb-pedigreed Hollywood Hills residence overlooking Chateau Marmont. (Dirt)  
  • Armada Music has marked 20 years since its founding with the release of a new limited edition vinyl box set. (DJMag) 
  • Richie Hawtin spotlights southeast Asian artists at Prada Extends Bangkok. (Mixmag) 
  • Simon DK Smith, co-founder of the ’90s rave crew DiY Sound System, has died aged 60. (DJMag) 
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