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Calvin Logue
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This week’s Essential New Tune was officially launched at ADE last week on Spinnin' Deep. It comes from a potential future star, his name is Calvin Logue and it's been championed as a secret weapon by Carl Cox and Adam Beyer all summer. Is it progressive house? Is it 'undercover trance'? I don’t know, but we like it, it puts a smile on our face, it makes me think of ADE and it’s this week’s Essential New Tune. 
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 33:59 mins here.
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Label: Spinnin’ Deep
Management: Available
Publishing: Available
Radio: Marco Cobussen, Spinnin’ Deep
Club: Tom Currie, Your Army 
Online: Nico van der Plas, Spinnin’ Deep
Live: Available
26 Oct 2018
Business
  • Distribution and services company Believe has acquired one of the biggest independent distribution companies in Europe, Groove Attack, for an undisclosed fee. (MBW)
News and Features
  • Amsterdam Dance Event 2018 broke attendance records with over 400k visitors from more than 100 countries. (Billboard) 
  • Ice-T launches techno label called Electonic Beat Empire with Afrika Islam. (Mixmag) 
  • DJs like Laidback Luke say their mental health is being damaged by the brutal pressures of the music industry. (BI) 
  • Martin Garrix has been revealed as the winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll 2018, with the 22-year-old Dutch superstar making it three in a row. (DJ Mag)
  • Spotify has appointed Christie Driver-Snell to a newly-created position, Editor for Dance Music (UK). She was formerly Head of Programming at Rinse FM. (MBW)
Digital
  • AKG introduces 3 new headphones with pure studio sound. (Mixmag)
  • Behringer Pro-1 synth clone to sell for $299. (RA) 
  • Discogs has launched its new online marketplace for hard-to-find releases. (DJ Mag) 
  • Ticketmaster has acquired live events blockchain platform Upgraded, which makes tickets easy to transfer and impossible to duplicate. (Billboard)
  • Spotify’s Playlist Submission feature is out of beta. Since the feature became available, more than 67,000 artists and labels have submitted music. (Spotify)
  • SoundCloud and Dubset Media Holdings announced a partnership to help solve the clearance of remixes, mixes and more. (Billboard)
  • A new integration deal between SoundCloud and Facebook-owned Instagram now allows creators and users to share songs from its app directly to Instagram Stories. (TMN)
Live
  • Adam Beyer, Charlotte De Witte, and more share sets from Awakenings at ADE. [video] (Awakenings) 
  • Flow festival throws together dance music's finest with the best of Finland's own talent. (Mixmag)
  • Croatian festival Love International will return next year with Ben UFO, Shanti Celeste, Andrew Weatherall and Call Super. (RA) 
  • Eric Prydz and Carl Cox confirmed for Steel Yard London 2019. (RA) 
  • Four Tet, Dixon & Âme and DJ Harvey are among the dozens of names announced for Australia's Pitch Music & Arts 2019. (RA) 
  • Spring Break Amsterdam announces Rudimental, Sonny Fodera, and Sam Divine for its 2019 event taking place in April. (DA)
  • We Love Hackney, a group of residents and business owners from the area, have launched a legal challenge against the council to have its controversial licensing policy overturned. (RA)
  • The founders of Camp Bestival have regained control with help from Live Nation and SJM Concerts after it was forced into administration by creditors last month. Creditor Richmond Group bought the festival brand and its assets last week after offering £1.1m. It is understood the stake has since been taken over by Live Nation. (IQ)
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • How Underground Resistance became the public enemy of techno. (Vulture)
  • The Secret DJ: "The ritual of preparation helps to rebuild shattered confidence". (Mixmag)
  • Streaming music is coming to DJ software, but one step at a time. (CDM) 
  • Three of the technologies likely to have the biggest impact over the next few years - Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. (IO) 
  • Does YouTube underpay artists $13bn a year? Understanding YouTube’s Article 13 freakout. (Trichordist)
  • Spotify’s market capitalisation has dropped to just below its value of $26.5bn on the day it appeared on the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, a drop of around $9bn on its peak. (DMN)
Clubs
  • London festival SW4 are putting on an all-nighter at 02 Academy Brixton on New Year's Eve featuring Noisia, My Nu Leng, Rusko and more. (IDJ) 
  • Liquicity returns to London for a full night of liquid Drum & Bass music on Saturday 3 November at Electric Brixton. (DT) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Tea & Biscuits with... Wise Men Project
  • Let’s Talk: Marco Faraone (Inflyte) 
  • 5 steps with Hervé (DT)
  • Interview: Lee K [Circulate/CRSSD] (Magnetic)
  • 6 Chicago classics that brought house music to Europe. (DA) 
  • 10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in October 2018. (Fact) 
  • 10 titanic techno tunes from Movement Torino. (Pulse)
  • DJ Hannah Wants talks about her tech, loving Pioneer and her dad's old cassette player. (Metro)
  • How to add extra decks and FX to your DJing with Roger Sanchez. [video] (DT)
  • Rüfüs Du Sol break down their album Solace. (Billboard)
  • E-Saggila's fearless electronic music and commitment to the DIY scene is making an impact. (Mixmag) 
  • Ticketmaster’s acquisition of Upgraded: One small step for blockchain ticketing, a giant leap in ticketing. (Aventus)
  • The average remix is just a marketing tool – a way to get money for old rope. But in the right hands and with the best intentions, it can be sublime. (Guardian)
  • Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence make music composition easier than ever – because a machine is doing half the work. Could computers soon go it alone? (Guardian) 
  • Discowoman's Southbank Party was a demonstration of the crew's innovative powers. (Mixmag)
  • The future of intelligent d'n'b, the divisive '90s style that's coming back. (RB)
  • Amelie Lens is 2018's DJ phenomenon. (Mixmag cover story) 
Artist News
  • Powell and Wolfgang Tillmans join forces on new collaborative EP titled Spoken By The Other. (Mixmag)
  • The Prodigy are auctioning off one-of-a-kind items for charity on 4 November via their eBay page. (DJ Mag) 
  • Detroit techno legend and ordained minister Robert Hood is set to preach and DJ at a Berlin Church on 9 November. (Electronic Beats) 
  • Oliver Heldens takes HI-LO alias for a spin on Mike Cervello-assisted single, ‘Impulse’. (DA) 
  • Ed Banger honours 15th birthday with orchestral album and tribute to DJ Mehdi. (DA)
  • Calvin Harris and Benny Blanco have a collaboration coming out on 2 November. (Billboard) 
  • Normani taps Calvin Harris for two new tracks. (DA) 
  • Calvin Harris says he's 'Over the Moon' that 'Promises' with Sam Smith is topping the Dance Club Songs Chart. (Billboard) 
  • Major Lazer have released a new retrospective compilation marking their 10-year anniversary. (DJ Mag) 
  • Kygo teases Happy Now with Sandro Cavazza. (Billboard)
  • The Black Madonna is personally pursuing ticket scammers and reporting them to the police. (DJ Mag)
  • Norwegian producer Matoma has teamed up with electro pop band ARIZONA to create a fresh remix of their song Freaking Out. (Billboard) 
  • Richie Hawtin has confirmed plans for a new Plastikman album. (Mixmag) 
  • Richie Hawtin confirms release under F.U.S.E alias ahead of Plastikman album. (DJ Mag)
  • David Morales has been released without charge by Japanese authorities. (RA)
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