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DANCE MUSIC INDUSTRY

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BEN TURNER
Co-Founder, International Music Summit
Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
After Five
Luke Alessi
Life And Death
out now
Comment
"This has been a huge summer track ID and has finally dropped on DJ Tennessee's Life and Death label. It comes courtesy of the Australian Luke Alessi, who previously collaborated with Tennessee on the track 'Bay Beh'. He has also previously released on Chloe Calliet's imprint Smile and Rüfüs Du Sol's Rose Avenue records. Am loving this, it's just fun and fresh and pure vibes. It's got an old school familiar feel but in all the good ways, and you just can't help dancing and smiling." 
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 31.35 here. 
Contact
Label: Malcolm, Life and Death 
Management: Cameron Webley
Publishing: Self Published - Luke Alessi / APRA
Radio, Club, TV & Online: Malcolm, Life and Death
Live Agents: UK/EU - Ali, Warm / NA/SA - Andrew & Marlena, Liaison Artists / AU/NZ/Asia - Steel, Proxy
19 Nov 2024
Business
  • Spotify reported figures for its Q3 to 30 September, showing 252m premium subscribers, up 12% year-on-year, and 402m free, ad-supported service users, up 11%. Quarterly revenues were up 19% to €3.99bn, with an operating profit of €454m. (Spotify) 
News and Features
  • PRS is suing Live Nation, saying that it is not properly breaking down the way VIP ticketing works, meaning that music creators could be missing out on money due to them from live performances. (CMU) 
  • The Loop has started a new year-round programme to deliver its onsite drug testing at Drumsheds and The Warehouse Project, with testing in the autumn 2024 clubbing season to monitor trends in the drug market for safety. (RotD) 
  • Creative Industries Minister Sir Chris Bryant has called on the live music industry to work together to introduce a voluntary levy on all stadium and arena tickets to help support grassroots venues, festivals, artists and promoters - in agreement with the Committee’s recommendation. (RotD)
    FAC & MMF react to the Government response to the Committee report on grassroots live music. (RotD) NTIA comments (RotD)
  • Outernet and Tate launch abstract art installation soundtracked by Four Tet. (Mixmag) 
  • The nominees for DJ Mag's Best Of British awards 2024 have been announced. (DJMag) 
Digital
  • YouTube testing AI-generated music remixes for creators' Shorts. (DJMag) 
  • Social music platform Hangout, a “virtual listening community,” has opened its digital doors with access to over 100 million tracks, including from the majors, and licensing partner Merlin. (HR) 
  • SoundCloud has launched a new upload experience. (RotD) 
Live
  • Tomorrowland’s CORE Medellín reveals 2025 line-up. (EDMTunes) 
  • Justice, Jungle, Kavinsky, Fisher and more to play CRSSD Spring 2025. (Billboard) 
  • deadmau5, ILLENIUM and more to headline X Games Aspen 2025. (EDM) 
  • Tickets for the 2025 Glastonbury festival have sold out in 35 minutes, with disappointed fans left staring at the “green bars of doom” on their screens while queuing online until being told they had missed out. (Guardian) 
  • Barry Can't Swim, Shygirl, Confidence Man, DJ Heartstring, Interplanetary Criminal, Chloe Callit and more to play at the All Points East festival. (APE) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Q3 streaming trends: Why Spotify’s growth in the Global South matters for the music industry. (Midia - Tatiana Cirisano) 
Tech
  • Teenage Engineering has released a new instrument, sampler, sequencer and performance instrument called the OP-XY. (DJMag) 
  • “We wanted to make something simpler, more immediate, more joyful”: How Ableton built Move. (MusicTech) 
Beatport
  • Keeping Faith with Ryan Elliott: Nine acts that make American Dance Music move (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: Elderbrook (Beatportal)
  • Artist of the Month: Anetha (Beatportal)
  • Mix Beatport Streaming tracks without the internet with Offline Library. (Beatport)
Clubs
  • Wynn Nightlife to host its first ever Dance/Country club event at XS in Las Vegas. (Billboard) 
  • Motion Bristol at risk of closure due to lease expiration. (RA) 
  • London nightclub Heaven has been closed for 28 days on public safety grounds after a rape was reported. (BBC) 
  • The Warehouse Project has unvielled the line-ups for its "Closing Sequence" parties, featuring Bicep, DnB All Stars, FUSE, Defected/Glitterbox and more. (Mixmag) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA Live: Or:la & Pariah (RA) 
  • Club Heat: Tove Lo & SG Lewis | Boiler Room: San Francisco (Boiler Room) 
  • SoFTT | Boiler Room: Dallas (Boiler Room) 
  • RA.963 Kiernan Laveaux (RA) 
  • Opus III 'It's A Fine Day' | The Making Of A Dance Anthem (DJ Mag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Chloé Caillet is the electronic-punk powerhouse lifting dancefloors to euphoria. (Mixmag) 
  • IMS Dubai:
    “There’s never a set list”, Adriatique on New Music and Future Residency (EDMNomad) 
    A New Era for Electronic Music in the Middle East (YUNG) 
    MENA Focus (EDMNomad) 
    Highlights: Day 1, Day 2 (IbizaByNight)
  • In a conversation with John Summit & his manager Holt Harmon, the duo explain how they seized on the 2020 COVID shutdown to take the dance world by storm. (Billboard) 
  • Nia Archives: “I've got a lot of respect for what Honey Dijon is doing” (Mixmag) 
  • "We're getting better at what we do." The Australian dance music trio Rüfüs Du Sol discuss their longtime creative collaboration and their new album, Inhale / Exhale. (RA) 
  • Clementine Douglas: true believer (DJMag) 
  • The Blessed Madonna: “There’s never been a moment where I wasn’t learning something; this album is the sound of that” (MusicTech) 
  • Or:la wants to get you all fired up. (Face) 
  • Why dance music needs CCL. (Mixmag) 
  • Disco Godfather Cerrone’s enduring influence on dance music. (Bandcamp) 
  • Inside ‘HYPER: The Stevie Hyper D Story’ — could this be the greatest jungle film ever made? (Mixmag) 
  • Discognition’s thoughts on trends and the future of Electronic Music. (Magnetic) 
  • How the 360-degree stage format is taking over the electronic music industry. (MusicTech) 
  • More than just branding: How producers can maintain artistic direction throughout a career. (Magnetic) 
  • How artists can maximise the reach and impact of their digital content while maintaining their artistic integrity. (ICIYL) 
  • A look inside the Sony Music Immersive Tech Day in London. (Sony) 
  • The Art of Production: DJ Babatr (RA) 
  • The Sound Of: Qilla Records (DJMag) 
Artist News
  • J Saul Kane, a pioneer in the trip hop and big beat sound, has died. (DJMag)
  • Basement Jaxx have announced their first live shows in over 10 years. (DJMag) 
  • Fatboy Slim has slammed Oasis over their choice to use dynamic pricing for their latest tour. (Sun) 
  • Peggy Gou to headline Netflix's free Squid Game rave at Drumsheds. (DJMag) 
  • Marshmello reawakens Trap's golden era with new album, 'The Roots'. (EDM) 
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