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BEN TURNER
Co-Founder, International Music Summit
Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Pull Up To My House
Dino Lenny & Grace Jones
White Label
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Comment
"It's kind of almost official remix, currently only available on a white label, of the Grace Jones classic 'Pull Up To The Bumper' from her album 'Nightclubbing' released all the way back in 1981. It's been put together by Dino Lenny, coming off the back of the rework of that Jarvis Cocker tune, which we loved. I can't wait to play this in a club, it has so much weight and brilliant production."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 28.08 here. 
Contact
Label: White Label 
Management & Live: Dani Koala 
Radio & Club: Smp3 promo
21 Jan 2025
Business
  • Boiler Room has been acquired by European festival organiser Superstruct Entertainment. The event and streaming series company was previously owned by ticketing platform Dice. (Billboard) 
News and Features
  • SAVE THE NIGHT announces 2024 fund winners. (RA) 
  • CDR has launched a new initiative, Pathways, designed to nurture the next wave of electronic music innovators. (DJMag) 
  • L.A. Gives Back announces the Fire Relief benefit show on 29 January. (Billboard) 
  • Are vinyl sales suddenly declining in the US? Luminate 2024 report raises questions about the comeback and indie-retail methodology. (DMN) 
  • The producers, studios, DJs and artists affected by LA wildfires — and how you can help. (MusicTech) 
    A spreadsheet of LA’s music industry wildfire victims. (Billboard)
  • AVA London conference announced programme additions and details of its and Creators Forum. (RotD) 
  • IMS Ibiza returns for 2025 with theme of Intergenerational Exchange. (RotD) The summit runs 23-25 April. 
Brand Partnerships
  • Hard Rock Cafe teams up with the Pete Tong DJ Academy for exclusive DJ sessions. (RotD) 
Digital
  • TikTok is restoring services in the US after Donald Trump pledged to give the app a reprieve on its US ban. (Guardian) 
Live
  • London festival GALA announces tenth-anniversary global club tour. (RA) 
  • Dekmantel announces full line-up for 2025. (RA) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Luminate unveiled its 2024 Year-End Music Report. (RotD) Global music streaming reached a new high with on-demand audio streams reaching 4.8 trillion, up 14% year-on-year. Consumption in emerging markets with ODA streaming grew +17.3% compared to the US growth rate of +6.4%. Tracks released between 2020 and 2024 accounted for 49.6% of all streams, while 79.5% on-demand audio streams came from songs released after 2010. 93.2m of the 202m tracks available on streaming services were played no more than ten times each last year. The UK had the biggest fall in global premium streams with the share falling by 0.47 percentage points to 8.59%.
  • The export value of Dutch music grew by 11% to €220m in 2024, according to new figures published by Buma Cultuur. (MusicAlly) Dance music accounted for 62% of the export value.
  • How Spotify built a new business, and what comes next (Midia) 
Tech
  • RoEx — the AI mixing and mastering platform — has announced a new integration with Ableton Live. (DJMag) 
Beatport
  • Opinion: Anyma made history at Sphere (Whether You Like It Or Not) (Beatportal)
  • Beatport DJ is the perfect beginner DJ Software (Beatportal)
  • Artist of the Month: Mochakk (Beatportal)
  • djay x Beatport: Streaming Sessions with Caitlin (Beatport)
Clubs
  • Courtesy is set to launch a new event series at Berlin’s OHM, Against Interpretation Club. (Mixmag) 
  • Subtronics is to play his first-ever Las Vegas DJ residency at Wynn Nightlife this summer. (EDM) 
  • Palm Tree Crew, the global lifestyle brand founded by Kygo and Myles Shear, is partnering with Tao Group Hospitality to debut Palm Tree Beach Club at MGM Grand in May 2025. (RotD) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U | Boiler Room: Tokyo (Boiler Room) 
  • riria | Boiler Room: Tokyo (Boiler Room) 
  • Funk Tribu in The Lab Berlin (Mixmag)  
  • Adiel | RA Greenhouse Sessions (RA) 
  • RA.972 Afriqua (RA) 
  • Joe Smooth 'Promised Land' | The Making Of A House Anthem (DJMag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canon. (Guardian) 
  • What Spotify took from us by giving us everything. (Verge) 
  • How TikTok music curators have reshaped music discovery and the potential for Spotify to step in for the win if the TikTok ban goes through. (Thematic) 
  • Music business trends, topics & stories to watch in 2025. (Billboard) 
  • Audius on artists, money-making and industry control. (MusicAlly) 
  • Ditto hails ‘extraordinary growth’ amid global expansion as firm surpasses 2m registered artists. (MBW) 
  • Drumsheds can host as many as 15,000 people in a former Ikea and is lauded by many – but following a licensing review, there are concerns it’s too big to function. (Guardian) 
  • Losing sleep in Tromsø, Norway's techno capital (DJMag) 
  • Frankie Knuckles forever: 20 essential tracks and mixes from the Godfather of House. (DJMag) 
  • ‘I Feel Love’ by Donna Summer: How a song intended to be an album track would leave a massive mark on music’s future. (MusicRadar) 
  • Jamie xx: south London's hottest export on politics, fame and finally growing up (Standard) 
  • Can you handle the sci-fi rave duo BLUMITSU? (Face) 
  • In The Studio: BIIANCO (DJMag) 
  • Spotlight: Five artists to check out in January 2025 (Mixmag) 
Artist News
  • David Lynch, visionary artist, Twin Peaks director, and electronic artist supporter has died aged 78. (RA) 
  • British DJ Hannah Wants has revealed she’s been diagnosed with cancer for the fourth time. (Sun)  
  • James Ellis Ford, Simian Mobile Disco co-founder and renowned producer, has been diagnosed with leukaemia. (DJMag) 
  • Above & Beyond announce launch of new label, Anjunachill. (909Originals) 
  • Skrillex added to Ultra Music Festival 2025 line-up. (Billboard) 
  • The family of Crazy P vocalist Danielle Moore have issued a statement after the coroner at the inquest into her death confirmed she took her own life. In the statement, the family have called for more awareness around the impact of perimenopause on mental health. (BBC) 
  • Loraine James is returning to her Whatever The Weather alias for the release of new album ‘Whatever The Weather II' on 14 March. (Mixmag) 
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