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BEN TURNER
Co-Founder, International Music Summit
Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Compute (feat. Ali Love)
CamelPhat
When Stars Align
out now
Comment
"So the multi-platinum DJ and production duo CamelPhat are back with their new album 'Spiritual Milk', out now. It includes collabs with the likes of London Grammar, Sohn, Noel Gallagher and Ali Love, who features on this track. I've been playing it out for some months in clubs and am happy to be able to play it for you now on the radio. We've teased it before. It was the Hottest Record for Danny Howard on the Dance Party. They have been ruling it at Pacha with their residency this summer in Ibiza. Right now, this week's ENT is 'Compute'."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 33.53 here. 

Contact
Label: When Stars Align
Management: Katy & James, Anglo Management / Graham Sahara, Electric Ibiza
Radio: Charlie Reid & Will Brigham, Your Army
Online: Graham Sahara, Electric Ibiza & Kiran Dhillon, Dawbell
19 Sep 2023
Business
  • Independent music distributor DistroKid has acquired Bandzoogle, whose tools enable artists to create websites and sell music directly. (RotD) 
News and Features
  • DJ Annie Macmanus has told MPs there is a "tidal wave" of revelations about sexual assault in the music industry waiting to be told. (BBC) 
  • Brixton Academy is to be allowed to retain its licence and re-open if it can meet “robust” safety rules. (BBC) 
  • AIM has revealed Soulwax/2manydjs as winner of the Innovator at the forthcoming AIM Awards. (RotD) 
Beatport
  • djay x Beatport Streaming Sessions with DJ Quien (Beatport)
  • How to get your music on TikTok, and master the algorithm for your music's success (Loopcloud)
Brand Partnerships
  • Armada Music has announced its partnership with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). (RotD) 
Digital
  • Spotify has officially debuted Daylist, an AI-powered playlist that updates multiple times per day based upon past listening habits. (DMN) 
  • Jkbx goes live, featuring listings to reserve shares in royalties from hits by OneRepublic, Kygo and Diplo, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and more superstars. (MusicAlly) 
  • Deezer & Universal’s new ‘artist-centric’ royalty model is stirring debate in the music industry. (Billboard) 
  • Deezer CEO explains how the new UMG-backed streaming royalties model works. (Billboard) 
Live
  • Portuguese experimental festival OUT.FEST announces 2023 line-up. (RA) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Universal and Deezer’s ‘artist-centric’ model isn’t shocking. It emulates tech’s most successful titans. (MBW - Tim Ingham)  
  • More debate needed - IMPALA responds to Deezer and UMG’s proposal on streaming and points to own plan to boost diversity and improve revenues for all artists. (RotD) 
  • Cannibalisation is inevitable for YouTube as the attention economy bites. (Midia - Ben Woods) 
  • How AI will continue to affect dance music (MusicAlly) 
  • Why Saudi Arabia will invest more in music. (Trapital) 
Clubs
  • Phonox announces Marcel Dettman, Hunee, Elkka, Ron Trent, and more for Autumn/Winter 2023 programme. (DJMag) 
  • fabric announces new Sunday daytime music and art event series, Commune. (DJMag) 
Deals
  • London and LA-based independent music publisher OTM announced the signing of DJ and producer Sub Focus, as well as the expansion of its US office. (RotD) 
  • Alesso signs with CAA. (Billboard) 
  • Peggy Gou signs with WME for global representation. (Billboard) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA.901 Clarisa Kimskii (RA) 
  • RA.902 Di Linh (RA) 
  • Nur Jaber | Boiler Room Berlin: Weeeirdos (BoilerRoom) 
  • Norman Jay MBE S2S Melvo Baptiste (Mixmag) 
  • ANOTR @ Expo Gashouder Amsterdam (Mixmag) 
  • Altern 8 | Boiler Room x Sports Banger: Boomtown 2023 (BoilerRoom) 
  • Richie Hawtin - Time Warp - Mannheim, Germany (RichieHawtin) 
  • Blind Test: 90s Techno / 303 Edition - Episode 30 (Electronic Beats TV)  
Artist and Music Features
  • Why are there so many neurodivergent people in electronic music? (DJMag) 
  • How can we make clubs more accessible to autistic ravers? (DJMag) 
  • The rise of AI music: A force for good or a new low for artistic creativity? (Mixmag) 
  • With music created using artificial intelligence software now commonplace, Thomas Hobbs speaks to experts to determine whether it should be seen as the 'new sample' or a dangerous technological innovation. (Mixmag) 
  • The legalities of emulations. (Attack) 
  • Peggy Gou’s ‘Nanana’: How a festival video and a mashup turned it into a breakout dance hit. (Billboard) 
  • Call Super: human nature (DJMag) 
  • EX.678 Nastia (RA) 
  • Who's Kitty Amor | A story about identity and expression (Defected) 
  • Connecting… Oneohtrix Point Never. (Crack) 
  • Chris Lake: “If you’re trying to sound like everyone else, how are you going to stand out?” (MusicTech) 
  • Only bombs: How Italian techno artist T78 energises dancefloors. (Mixmag) 
  • Avicii’s ‘True’ at 10: How a disastrous debut performance and unlicensed SoundCloud mix made the album a global hit. (Billboard) 
  • Brutalismus 3000, the 'Anti-techno' duo with explosive energy. (RA) 
  • Soundtracking: D.Dan & DJ TOOL (RA) 
  • Selections: ABADIR (DJMag) 
  • Fresh Kicks 202: myst milano. (DJMag) 
  • Danny Byrd's top 10 essential jungle records. (Magnetic) 
Artist News
  • Leipzig DJ and producer Alma Marter dies aged 32. (RA) 
  • Lufthaus, the dance music project of Robbie Williams, Flynn Francis and Tim Metcalfe, has announced its debut album on Armada Music. (DJMag) 
  • Fatboy Slim has announced the release of a 25th-anniversary reissue of ‘You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby’ via Skint/Astralwerks. (DJMag) 
  • David Guetta and Zara Larsson share new single, 'On My Love'. (DJMag) 
  • Kölsch releases 'An Amazing' ahead of his new album release. (EDMTunes) 
Recent newsletters

19 Sep 2023

Compute (feat. Ali Love) - CamelPhat
"So the multi-platinum DJ and production duo CamelPhat are back with their new album 'Spiritual Milk', out now. It includes...

12 Sep 2023

Lighthouse - Dukwa
"This week's ENT is taken from a new four-track EP, titled 'You Are Bound By Nothing', which comes on Solomun's...

29 Aug 2023

Downstream - Makèz & Life on Planets
"This week's ENT has been Shazamed and videoed to death over the past few months. It's definitely one of the...

22 Aug 2023

Milkshake - Alex Wann
"We heard at the start of the show with Prada that a DJ edit or unofficial remix can go a...

15 Aug 2023

Tell Me (feat. Ida Corr) - Nandu
"This week's ENT comes from Nandu. He is a producer coming out of Denmark and here he teams up with...

08 Aug 2023

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