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BEN TURNER
Co-Founder, International Music Summit
Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Dancing (Samm Remix)
Grigoré, Serve Cold & Jaguar Jaguar
Defected
out now
Comment
"Grigoré has risen to success producing and DJing across house and techno spheres, quickly earning the respect from world class artists like Solomun, CamelPhat and Kevin De Vries. We are big fans on this show as well. His work with frequent collaborators, Serve Cold began with his third EP 'Seasons', and now for their Defected debut, the pair unite with Belgium band Jaguar Jaguar. And speaking of Belgium, Samm went and did a very special remix of this track, which he slipped to me a couple of months ago. I've featured it in pretty much every set I've played since, and the combination of all of them, well, it's produced something really, really special. So this week's ENT is 'Dancing' the Samm remix of Grigoré, Serve Cold and Jaguar Jaguar."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 33.21 here. 
Contact
Label: Defected
Radio: Lois Marshall, Yours Truly Promotions 
Club: Phoebe Spencer, Defected
07 Oct 2025
Business
  • Spotify announced that Founder and CEO Daniel Ek will transition to the role of Executive Chairman effective 1 January 2026. Gustav Söderström, co-President and Chief Product and Technology Officer, and Alex Norström, co-President and Chief Business Officer, as its co-Chief Executive Officers. (Spotify) 
News and Features
  • Independent music leaders have published 100 Voices, a campaign with a clear message - Universal Music Group’s proposed acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings should be blocked. (RotD)  
  • The winners of DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2025: Armin van Buurenn (No.1 Trance); Michael Bibi (highest new entry); Charlotte de Witte (No.1 Techno); Sara Landry (No.1 Hard DJ); Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (No.1 DJ group); David Guetta (No.1 DJ); Fisher (No.1 House) & Solomun (Highest Climber). (DJ Mag) 
  • Universal launches dance music reissues label, RE:VERSAL. (DJ Mag) 
  • Universal Music and Warner Music could each strike deals with AI companies including ElevenLabs, Stability AI, Suno, Udio and Klay Vision within weeks, sources say. (FT)  
  • Music mogul Irving Azoff had some scathing remarks for YouTube, calling the company a ‘bully’ that isn’t paying artists their fair share. (DMN)  
  • Ibiza removes over 2,500 illegal short-term rental listings from Airbnb. (DJ Mag) 
  • Point Blank Music School has unveiled its first fully accredited degree courses. (DJ Mag) 
  • Charity football tournament Copa del Rave returns to Evolve Soccer Los Angeles this Thursday (9 October). Beatport, Infamous, Circa, Red Light Management and more have entered teams into the competition. (NewIndustryFocus) 
Digital
  • TikTok is to livestream all shows from the main stage of Tomorrowland Brasil, taking place 10-12 October. (RotD)  
  • Suno has fired back against the majors’ amended copyright suit, the central stream-ripping claim in which is allegedly a “futile” attempt to pivot due to the “burgeoning consensus” that training on protected works constitutes fair use. (DMN) 
    The major labels recently requested to amend their lawsuit against Suno to include claims the AI company gathered its training data by stream-ripping audio from YouTube, in violation of copyright law. In response, Suno argues that any stream-ripping it may have done did not, in fact, violate US law. (CMU) 
  • Splice – a platform known for its royalty-free samples and other plugins – has unveiled Splice Instrument, a new flagship virtual instruments player offering creators “world-class recordings with intuitive creative controls”. (MusicTech) 
Live
  • Boomtown Fair co-founder Luke Mitchell has outlined plans to create ‘a new kind of Boomtown’ having secured a 20% increase in the event’s capacity to 76,999. (AAA)
  • Amsterdam Dance Event has finalised its 2025 lineup, and it's the biggest in the summit's history, according to organisers. (EDM) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Global recorded music revenues were up 5.9% in H1 2025. (Midia) 
  • AI in radio: How to use AI and retain humanity (Midia) 
Tech
  • Akai launches MPC Live III standalone with 8-Core Processor, Clip Matrix, Stems, and 3D Pads. (DJTechtools) 
Beatport
  • Emanuel Satie & Maga: 10 Records That Define Lisbon’s Electronic Pulse (Beatportal)
  • KETTAMA's Debut Album 'Archangel' Has Arrived (Beatportal)
  • Jamie Jones Celebrates 15 Years of Hot Creations with "Murder Mystery" (Beatportal)
  • Riva Starr Unleashes Long-Awaited Club Heater “Unique” on Snatch! Records (Beatportal)
  • IMS Dubai to Host Middle East Debut of BICEP’s 'TAKKUUK' (Beatportal)
  • Monolink on The Beauty Of It All: Finding Yourself Between Analog and Emotion (Beatportal)
Clubs
  • ADE CLUB Lab and DJ Mag announce 2025 winners to DJ at Amsterdam’s Melkweg. (DJ Mag) 
  • Following up on last week's story, London's Corsica Studios confirmed its closure next March, but noted that in time it will be "a refurbished, soundproofed venue with a solid, long-term lease and a range of legal measures that will give the venue protection from any potential noise complaints from surrounding neighbours". (RA) 
  • Louna Sbou, cofounder of Berlin venue Oyoun, detained after Gaza flotilla was intercepted. (RA) 
  • Bristol nightclub Motion has revealed the first details and photos of its new event space, just a month after teasing its return to the city. (Mixmag) 
  • A new, 800-capacity venue has opened in Leeds, Under the Arches. (Mixmag) 
  • New club Café Café Bar Amsterdam to debut at ADE (RA) 
  • Ibiza:
    Pacha Ibiza set for closing parties from Solomun, Sonny Fodera, CamelPhat, Mau P, Marco Carola, RÜFÜS DU SOL and more. (DA) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA.1007 mi-el (RA) 
  • Leon Vynehall - Avant-pop & R&B Set | RA Greenhouse Sessions (RA) 
  • Enzo Siragusa B2B Rossi Live at FUSE Open Air, London (DJ Mag) 
  • Estella Boersma Techno Set Live From DJ Mag HQ (DJ Mag) 
  • Karrahbooo | Boiler Room: Atlanta (DJ Mag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • The 15 best melodic techno tracks of September 2025 (Magnetic) 
  • Six emerging artists you need to hear: October 2025 (DJ Mag) 
  • 10 tracks that inspired Nectax’s high-octane debut album (Mixmag) 
  • The 50 best house songs of all time: Staff List (Billboard) 
  • EDM.com Fresh Picks: A Hundred Drums, Just A Gent, Cool Customer & More (EDM) 
  • Selections: Philou Louzolo (DJ Mag) 
  • The Art of Production: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (RA) 
  • Making Time Forever: 25 Years of Transcendent Parties (RA) 
  • ‘It’s Just Catchy As Hell’: Tinashe & Disco Lines on their summer (and fall) smash ‘No Broke Boys’ (Billboard) 
  • DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2025: the next 50 (DJ Mag) 
  • DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2025: record-breaking numbers vote in our annual poll of the world’s top DJs (DJ Mag) 
  • Jazzy is the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2025 Future Star winner (DJ Mag) 
  • Armin van Buuren is the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2025 Outstanding Contribution Award winner. (DJ Mag) 
  • Sama' Abdulhadi talks about Israel's genocide in Gaza and how the music industry, and some of her peers, have failed Palestine. (RA) 
Artist News
  • DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, announced his debut book, It Ain’t Over... ’Til the Fatboy Sings will be released on 16 October. (RotD) 
  • June Reid, aka Nzinga Soundz sound system founder Junie Rankin, has died aged 67. (DJ Mag) 
  • Kraftwerk announce first UK & Ireland tour since 2017. (Skiddle) 
  • Eris Drew to take on next DJ-Kicks. (RA)  
  • NIKS launches new label, Bloom Tone, with ‘Moves Like 2’ EP. (DJ Mag) 
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