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A Gira
Unfazed
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"It comes courtesy of another Brazilian producer and DJ. Now this is featured on many of the Keinemusik videos from their Sao Paolo and Rio shows. Unfazed seems like he is following in the footsteps of the likes of Vintage Culture, Mochakk, Maz, Beltran and Alok, of course. Brazil is on fire, rocking dance floors all over the world. This week ENT is 'A Gira' from Unfazed." 
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32.08 here.
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07 Jan 2025
Business
  • Senior Spotify executives and board members have sold $1.25bn worth of the company’s stock in 2024. (FT) Daniel Ek has sold nearly $350m worth, co-founder Martin Lorentzon over $550m.
    Just before Christmas, Daniel Ek sold a further $27.7m worth of stock. (Spotify)
News and Features
  • Boudica Music Conference returns to London's FOLD for fourth edition. (RA) 
  • The BPI has said the new government consultation on AI and copyright “risks taking away value” from British artists and the rights holders that support them in a way that could “severely undermine the UK music industry”. (Times) 
  • Universal Music Group and Amazon Music announced an expanded global relationship that will "enable further innovation, exclusive content with UMG artists, and advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection". (RotD) 
  • DJ Mag and BBC Radio 1 Dance Presents announce artists to watch 2025 residency. (DJMag) 
Digital
  • So long, Kingship — Bored Ape ‘supergroup’ deletes social handles, YouTube channel, and website as NFT fallout continues. (DMN) 
  • Streams of drum & bass have increased 94% in the past three years, according to Spotify. (DJMag) 
  • Spotify shuts down ‘Unwrapped’ artist royalty calculator with legal threats. (DMN) 
  • Is Amazon Music joining Spotify in implementing a 1,000-stream royalties minimum? (DMN) 
  • Why Tidal is focusing on building new DJ tools and content in 2025. (MusicTech) 
Live
  • Around 6,000 ticketholders were denied entry to Malaga's Sophie Festival on New Year's Day after police alleged the event was "unlicensed". (Mixmag) 
  • Time Warp has announced the lineup for its 2025 Mannheim event, which will take place on 5 April 2025. (DJMag) 
  • Tomorrowland has released a new film to commemorate what was the festival brand's 20th anniversary year in 2024. (DJMag) 
  • Glastonbury festival pre-tax profits rose from £2.9m to almost £6m for the year to March 2024, with revenues rising to £68m from £57m. (BBC) A report to measure the festival's economic impact found that it generated about £168m of income for UK businesses. New land has been acquired, suggesting the event may expand.
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • AI is stealing from Britain's creative industries – and Labour seems to believe that crime should be legal. (Standard) 
Tech
  • These are the best new plugins of 2024 (MusicTech) 
  • The best music tech of 2024 (Mixmag) 
Clubs
  • Ibiza:
    [UNVRS] has revealed details of its first residency with Elrow. (DJMag) 
  • Sydney’s Chinese Laundry announces Garden Party series with Helena Hauff, SHERELLE. (RA) 
  • Toronto to introduce new bylaws for nightlife industry in 2025. (RA) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • Barbara Tucker 'Beautiful People' | The Making Of A House Anthem (DJMag) 
  • Katy B ‘Katy On A Mission’ | The Making Of A UK Club Hit (DJMag) 
  • RA.969 Lukas Wigflex (RA) 
  • RA.970 upsammy (RA) 
  • Taylah Elaine Live From DJ Mag HQ (Boiler Room) 
  • Honey Dijon DJ set Barcelona | Burn Energy Tour x Mixmag (Mixmag) 
  • Rrose | Boiler Room: Mumbai (Boiler Room) 
  • Sub Focus in The Lab LDN | POSITIVA Takeover (Mixmag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Spotlight: Five artists to check out in December 2024 (Mixmag) 
  • Selections: Azzecca (DJMag) 
  • Fresh Kicks 218: Maude Vôs (DJMag)
  • Anyma’s Historic Sphere Residency: 5 Best Moments (Billboard) 
  • AI’s impact on music in 2025: Licensing, creativity and industry survival. (Forbes) 
  • My family call it Old Lady Clubbing, but my giddy ‘nights out’ have lit up a dismal 2024. (Guardian) 
  • 25 years of Fabric: how the iconic nightclub continues to defy expectations (Standard) 
  • Clubbing has changed dramatically in the past 25 years: is the party over, or just getting started? (Guardian) 
  • The precipitous decline of UK nightclubs. (Guardian) 
  • How Gen Z, Tinder and Spotify are disrupting clubbing capital Berlin’s rhythm. (myNews) 
  • "It’s meticulously organised, down to every last detail." The long-running London party series Half Baked lifts the veil on promoting events, grappling with inflation and sustaining a growing community. (RA) 
  • Henrik Burman, the director of the upcoming documentary "Avicii - I'm Tim," opened up about the intimate Netflix film. (EDM) 
  • Director Henrik Burman discusses his new Avicii documentary, I'm Tim, which is narrated by the late producer and is on Netflix. (Billboard) 
  • Artists To Watch in 2025 (Magnetic) 
  • Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2025 (DA) 
  • The top 25 artists to watch in 2025 (Mixmag)  
  • Top Ten Festivals 2025: January (RA) 
  • Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Artist of the Year: ISOxo and Knock2 (DA) 
  • Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Album of the Year: Tinlicker – ‘Cold Enough For Snow’ (DA) 
  • Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Label of the Year: Drumcode Records (DA) 
  • Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Track of the Year + Top 100 Tracks of 2024 (DA) 
  • The best electronic music industry leaders of 2024 (EDM)
  • The best electronic music producers of 2024 (EDM)
  • The best DJ sets and electronic music performances of 2024 (EDM) 
  • The best EDM songs of 2024 (EDM) 
  • The top 25 DJs who defined the year 2024 (Mixmag) 
  • The top 25 breakthrough DJs of the year 2024 (Mixmag) 
  • The top 25 producers who defined the year 2024 (Mixmag) 
  • The best DJ mixes of the year 2024 (Mixmag) 
  • The best DJ tracks of the year 2024 (Mixmag)  
  • The best DJ albums of the year 2024 (Mixmag)  
  • DJ Mag’s top mixes of 2024  (DJMag)
  • DJ Mag’s top compilations of 2024 (DJMag)
  • DJ Mag’s top tracks of 2024 (DJMag)
  • DJ Mag’s top albums of 2024 (DJMag)
  • Remembering DJ Alfredo (RA) 
Artist News
  • Lady Gaga has revealed that her next album, dubbed ‘LG7’, will be informed by “industrial’ dance music. (Mixmag) 
  • Fatboy Slim admits to losing his "passion for making music". (Billboard) 
  • Diplo tells Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper he was on LSD during CNN’s New Year’s Eve Special. (Billboard) 
  • Netflix has debuted the Avicii documentary I'm Tim, as well as footage from the artist's final Ibiza live show. (DJMag) 
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win Best Original Score Golden Globe for ‘Challengers’. (Billboard) 
  • Former Pendulum vocalist Ben Verse fundraiser launched following leukaemia diagnosis. (DJMag) 
  • Alfa Anderson, the lead vocalist of disco group Chic, has died aged 78, Nile Rodgers has confirmed. (Mixmag) 
  • DJ Alfredo, who had a significant influence on Ibiza becoming a global centre for dance music culture, has died aged 71. (Guardian) 
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