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BEN TURNER
Co-Founder, International Music Summit
Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Dudadu Flip
Goldcher & Irina Rimes
FUNKSHWAY
out now
Comment
"This week's ENT comes courtesy of a producer from France by the name of Goldcher and a French-based Moldovan singer by the name of Irina Rimes. The tune has been getting hammered by the likes of the Keinemusik crew, Nic Fanciulli and MoBlack. There are loads of great videos of them playing it online. It just sums up where the sound is at this summer and we think this is going to be huge."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 29.56 here.
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Label: FUNKSHWAY 
Management: Adrian Marin 
Publishing: Self Published
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Live Agents: Alex, Aria 
23 Jul 2024
News and Features
  • The new Labour government has introduced a new law making spiking a specific criminal offence in King's Speech. (DJMag)  
  • The Association of Independent Music (AIM) has responded to this week's King's Speech, calling on the government to protect independent music venues and secure a better, more diverse future for British music. (DJMag) 
  • The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) is raising serious concerns about the increasing number of noise complaints against licensed venues across the UK, which pose a significant threat to the vitality and sustainability of the UK's night-time economy. (RotD) 
  • DJ Awards to make a return to Ibiza this October following 4-year break. (MW)
  • The Warehouse Project launches WHP Records in partnership with David Dollimore's Disorder Records. (RotD)   
  • Dreamland Margate faces a licensing review after a 17-year-old girl died and 21 teenagers were hospitalised from suspected drug overdoses at a drum & bass event held last month. (IQ) 
  • Ninja Tune, !K7, Beggars Group and other independent labels form a new think tank, Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA). The think tank will conduct research to show "the significant economic, social and cultural value of music."(RA) 
  • Sacha Lord is stepping down from his roles at The Warehouse Project and Parklife Festival. (Mixmag) 
Brand Partnerships
  • Tomorrowland has created a range of scented candles to celebrate its 20th anniversary in collaboration with Belgian fragrance company Baobab Collection. (DJMag) 
Digital
  • YouTube announced its livestream of Tomorrowland's 20th anniversary. (RotD) 
  • YouTube’s independent music incubator program Foundry is back with the first three artists of 2024. (YouTube) 
  • Instagram announced that it will allow users to add multiple audio tracks to their Reels worldwide. (TechCrunch) 
  • With the looming TikTok ban in the United States, YouTube Shorts growth is beginning to outpace TikTok. That’s thanks to YouTube’s huge appeal in the United States—but also because the competitor is mimicking YouTube features. (DMN) 
  • Tuned Global is rolling out a new B2B offering with AutomixIQ creating 'DJ-quality seamless mix transition experiences'. (RotD) 
  • Spotify’s AI DJ feature, an AI guide that introduces personalised song selections, is now available in Spanish, its first language outside of English. (TechCrunch) 
Live
  • The inaugural SXSW London will take place 2-7 June 2025, at more than 20 venues throughout Shoreditch, and aims to attract more than 20,000 attendees. "This focus is thus not just on music, film and technology, but the cultures these things emanate from". (Billboard) 
  • South London festival RALLY has added a second wave of acts to the bill for its 2024 edition. (DJMag) 
  • Time Warp completes line-up for first Spanish event in Madrid this October. (RA)  
  • Houghton Festival reveals 2024 talks programme with Juan Atkins and Grace Sands. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland may face a €2m fine for using disposable cups instead of reusable cups at this year's event. Last year they were granted an exemption, but have been refused exemption three times for this event. (EDMTunes)  
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • The illusion of an idea - a scaled-down music industry. (MusicX - Maarten Walraven) 
Tech
  • How will AI impact the next generation of DAWs? (MusicTech) 
  • The New Zealand Commerce Commission has ruled against the acquisition by DJ hardware and software company AlphaTheta of DJ and music production software Serato. (DJ) 
  • Native Instruments has announced the latest version of its long-running DJ software, Traktor. (DJMag) 
  • Moog announces new Labyrinth semi-modular synth. (DJMag) 
Beatport
  • Beatport Unpacked: X CLUB. (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: Bushbaby (Beatportal)
  • Beatport joins forces with Ibiza Sonica Radio (Beatportal)
  • Set prep with DJ.Studio and Beatport Streaming (Beatport)
Clubs
  • London club The Pickle Factory has confirmed that it will close in its current incarnation at the end of August, and will remain closed through the rest of the year. (DJMag) 
Deals
  • Calvin Harris sold his publishing catalogue to Vine Alternative Investments in October 2020 in a deal rumoured to be worth around $100m. Now the catalogue is changing hands again as Shamrock Capital Advisors snaps up a broad tranche of IP. (DMN) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • Hardwell at Ultra Music Festival Europe 2024 (Hardwell) 
  • Armin van Buuren at Ultra Music Festival Europe 2024 (Armin van Buuren) 
  • W&W at Ultra Music Festival Europe 2024 (W&W) 
  • Ann Clue at Cercle Festival 2024 (Concorde Stage) (Cercle) 
  • Armin van Buuren live at Parookaville 2024. (Armin van Buuren) 
  • Rossi - 2 hour set | WAVY x Mixmag Netherlands Kingsday Festival 2024 (Mixmag) 
  • Young Teesh | Boiler Room: Toronto (Boiler Room) 
  • RA.946 Dar Disku (RA) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Creamfields festival has drawn up plans to massively reduce its impact on the environment. (BBC) 
  • The 10 best moments of Tomorrowland 2024. (Billboard) 
  • Amapiano’s Second Wave: Upcoming producers and the risks of exploitation. (Mixmag)
  • Vintage Culture: discovering the promised land (DJMag) 
  • DJ, producer and label owner Matt Edwards, aka Radio Slave, has made some huge changes in his life in recent years, and his creativity has gone into overdrive. He talks about life in Croatia, sobriety, new ways of working and how he keeps the output of his Rekids imprint so vital. (DJMag) 
  • Watch me work it, I’m perfect! The return of electro-house, pop’s trashiest, brattiest sound. (Guardian) 
  • In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats, an immersive VR experience embarks on an eight-city national tour this week with the aim of taking audiences back in time to the beginning of the acid house movement. (Guardian) 
  • EX.722 Bicep (RA) 
  • Butik 2024: Paradise on the Emerald River (RA) 
  • Recognise: Matisa (DJMag) 
Artist News
  • German DJ and producer Thomas Brückner, better known as Tomcraft, who was behind the 2003 club hit Loneliness, has died at the age of 49. (BBC)  
  • Influential disco singer Evelyn Thomas has died aged 70. (Billboard) 
  • Hardwell, Afrojack and more paid tribute to Avicii in dramatic fashion at Tomorrowland's soul-stirring 20th anniversary festival. (EDM) 
  • Anyma has extended his Las Vegas Sphere shows to six nights. (Billboard) 
  • Orbital are taking their 'Brown' and 'Green' albums headline show to the O2 Academy in Brixton next spring. (DJMag) 
  • Groove Armada thrilled fans at the tiny Walthamstow Trades Hall when they were unveiled as the surprise headliner for the event series called Stow-Ho House. (Mirror)
  • DJ Flight relaunches her play:musik label after 14 years of inactivity with an EP from Newcastle-based jungle producer Nectax. (Mixmag) 
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