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Sinfonia
Carl Bee
Diynamic
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"After contributing to Diynamic's Four to the Floor series last year, the Maltese DJ and producer Carl Bee now returns with his first EP on the label, titled Sinfonia, and the opening title track of that EP is a rather special one. I've been playing this everywhere as has Diynamic's supermo Solomun. This track definitely gives a large nod back to the vintage era of techno and tunes like 'Nights of the Jaguar'. I hope you love it as much as we do."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32.25 here. 
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Label: Tobias Schmid, Diynamic
20 Aug 2024
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    A viral UFO stunt featured Will Smith announced the club. (Prowly) 
Digital
  • Roblox has struck a new partnership with DistroKid, enabling DK’s artists to make their music available to Roblox’s 80 million daily active users. However, artists signing up for the beta program “are granting rights for Roblox developers to use [their] music on a gratis basis”. (MBW) 
  • SoundCloud has launched a merch marketplace called SoundCloud Store. The store will sell SoundCloud-themed items, but will also act as a service for artists to put out their own designs. (TechCrunch) 
Live
  • 20-year-old man dies following “medical incident” at Boomtown 2024. (DJMag) 
  • Cornwall Council has launched a public protection investigation after a crowd crush at Newquay festival Boardmasters left multiple attendees injured. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland Brasil announces full line-up and set times for 2024. (DJMag) 
  • Boundary Brighton has launched a "pay-what-you-can-afford" ticket initiative ahead of next month's festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Creamfields has announced its new environmentally-focused initiative, Cleanfields, ahead of next week's festival. (Mixmag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Tencent Music’s ‘Super VIP’ tier costs 5 times as much as a regular subscription. Spotify could learn a lot from it. (MBW) 
  • Music publishing forecasts: strong growth and more to come. (Midia) 
Tech
  • “We’re honouring the legacy of Bob Moog; making instruments that give you his iconic sound” Moog talks Muse. (MusicTech) 
Beatport
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  • Playlist of the Week: Dennis Cruz (Beatportal)
  • Artist of the Month: SOFI TUKKER (Beatportal)
  • djay x Beatport streaming sessions with Javier Anxiety (Beatport)
Clubs
  • Ibiza:
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    Amnesia Ibiza announces two-day closing party for 2024. (Mixmag)
    Ibiza's oldest music venue Las Dalias celebrates turning 70 years old. (IbizaSpotlight) 
  • Eric Prydz and Fatboy Slim lead Framework & Wynn Nightlife’s Art Of the Wild party series. (Billboard) 
  • Seminal UK party FWD>> has announced its debut event at London's FOLD on Friday 11 October. (DJMag)   
  • 'A blow for the entire city': Berlin club Renate to close permanently next year. (RA) 
Streams & Podcasts
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  • RA.950 Ayanna Heaven (RA) 
  • The Mix 026: Bklava (Mixmag) 
  • Bakey Live From DJ Mag HQ (DJMag) 
  • Peach set in The Lab LDN (Mixmag) 
  • Yaeji | Boiler Room: New York (Boiler Room) 
Artist and Music Features
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  • Monty Luke on Nightdubbing (5Mag) 
  • Live Report: Houghton Festival 2024 (Clash) 
  • Is Houghton the UK’s best underground dance festival? (MusicTech) 
  • At Home With: Finn in Manchester. (DJMag) 
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  • DJ Paulette on the music community standing up to racism. (ITV) 
Artist News
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  • The pioneering duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will step into Daft Punk's robotic shoes to craft the next chapter of Tron's iconic soundtrack. (EDM) 
  • Peggy Gou releases 'Find The Way'. (EDM) 
  • Kygo to launch live music venue, Palm Tree Club, in Orlando. (EDM) 
  • Chase & Status have achieved their first UK number one, more than 20 years after they first released music with their track 'Backbone' featuring Stormzy. (BBC) 
  • Simon Dunmore, the founder of Defected Records, posted on Threads that electronic music "festival line-ups have been stagnating" and "new talent needs 2 break through 2 challenge the monopoly of the established hierarchy?". (EDM) 
  • Kavinsky’s track ‘Nightcall’ has set a new record for the most Shazamed song in a single day after it was played at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony. (DJMag) 
  • A charity auction of Avicii's personal items, instruments and more from has been announced for this autumn. (RA) 
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