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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
For Every Forever
matHame
Afterlife
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"Now we think this week's ENT is rather epic. I hope you will agree. It's brand new on Tale of Us' Afterlife label from matHame, who are brothers Amedeo and Matteo. They first got together in 2013 when they were living in a forest on the slopes of Mount Etna in Italy. This is the lead track on their new EP it's called For Every Forever."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32.42 mins here. 
Contact
Label: Afterlife
Management: Guillaume Thollet & Enrico Mutti 
Publishing: Copyright Control
Radio, Club & Online: Stephen Flynn, Jukebox
TV:  Guillaume Thollet
Live: Maxie Kurzke, Encode Talent 
28 Feb 2020
Business
  • Pan-Nordic live entertainment company All Things Live has acquired Sweden's electronic dance music festival Big Slap. (IQ) 
  • The French market for recorded music showed growth of 5.4% in 2019, with a turnover of €772m. (RotD)
  • Japanese industry body the RIAJ revealed that streaming revenues grew by 33% in 2019. There was a 30% increase in the value of subscription audio streaming accounting for the bulk of those revenues. (RIAJ)
  • Recorded music revenues in Germany grew 8.2% in 2019 to reach €1.62bn on a retail basis. Streaming revenue increased 27% and now accounts for 55.1% of total revenues. Physical revenue was down 8.9% year-on-year. (BVMI)
  • US recorded music sales jumped 13% to $11.1bn last year, according to the RIAA's annual year-end report. Streaming revenues rose by 20% to $8.8bn, less than the 30% rise of 2018. It accounts for 79.5% of all revenue. Paid subscriptions were up 25% year-on-year. (Billboard)
News and Features
  • EU DJs and artists will need a visa to perform in the UK from 2021. (Mixmag) 
  • Electronic music and networking event Brighton Music Conference added more names to the line up. (RotD)
  • The Winter Music Conference has now announced its full list of artists, panel speakers and special events. This year's keynote panel is called The Art of Visual Content: How Ultra Records Built A Monster Channel and that includes Patrick Moxey, the president and founder of Ultra, Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Global Head of Music and GRAMMY-nominated dance music duo Sofi Tukker. (Mixmag) 
  • DGTL Amsterdam to be the first 100% sustainable electronic music festival. (IQ) 
  • Viagogo provides an armoury of tools that experts say make it easier for ticket touts to commit fraud. (Guardian)
Digital
  • Elektron have introduced Model:Cycles, a new six-track groovebox based around FM synthesis. (DJ Mag) 
  • Spotify is testing playlist recommendations based on the time of day along with a new more compact homepage design. (AndroidPolice) 
  • Oliver Heldens, Danny Howard, Above & Beyond and Fred V have each released an hour-long DJ set on Deezer. (RotD) Featured artists will receive royalties.
Live
  • Madrid festival Paraíso announces second round of names, including Denis Sulta, Kaytranada and DJ Koze. (RA)  
  • Kraftwerk to go on 50th anniversary tour of North America. (RA) 
  • Lee Burridge's travelling party All Day I Dream will hit cities around Asia, Europe and North America this year. (RA) 
  • Defected London FSTVL returns to Central Park, Dagenham on 12 September. (Mixmag) 
  • Nuits Sonores launches new Dance To Act! programme. (RA) 
  • Honey Dijon, Ben UFO, Black Coffee, Hunee and more are among this year's line-up for Morroco festival Oasis. (RA) 
  • Optimo, Redrago, Palms Trax and Motor City Drum Ensemble for Life and Death's fourth annual event at the Vila Habana weekender in Spain this June. (RA) 
  • Pendulum, Carl Cox, Alison Wonderland and more locked for Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Jayda G, Actress and object blue have joined the line-up for AVA Festival. (RA) 
  • Groove Cruise Cali returns to the West Coast this fall for its biggest edition in 16 years. (Mixmag) 
  • Kraftwerk have announced a huge 3D tour of North America for their 50th anniversary. (DJ Mag) 
  • Black Coffee with headline The Drumsheds in London on 2 May. (Mixmag) 
  • Four Tet announces American live shows with Squidsoup visuals. (RA) 
  • Do Not Sit has revealed its full Miami Music Week programming, featuring Cassy, Lost Desert, and Felix Da Housecat. (RA) 
  • Midland, Prosumer, Peach and Marcellus Pittman are among the bookings for the first edition of UK festival Kingdom. (DJ Mag) 
  • Semiconductor’s HALO to make UK debut at Brighton Festival 2020. (XLR8R) 
  • Shannen SP, Ossia, Cashmere Radio and chianti confirmed for 53100, a rave at Italian vineyard in Tuscany this summer. (DJ Mag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • How to measure an album campaign's success. What metrics should you care about? (Amber Horsburgh)
  • The troubling new partnership between Resident Advisor and Spotify. (First Floor) 
  • What is password sharing costing streaming and the music business at large? (Billboard) 
  • Is vinyl production really under threat? (DJ Mag) 
  • Why DJs and producers are leaving nightclubs behind. (Mixmag) 
  • UK club music is evolving - but how? (DJ Mag) 
Clubs
  • All Day I Dream announces nine Ibiza parties for 2020. (Ibiza Spotlight) 
  • Together Ibiza has announced its line-ups for the 2020 season at Amnesia. (Mixmag) 
  • Paradise relocates to Amnesia for summer 2020. (Ibiza Spotlight) 
  • Bedouin move Saga to Pacha. (Ibiza Spotlight)   
  • Rotterdam's RTM club has been given a 24-hour licence. (DJ Mag) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • DT683 – Anime Edge & Dance (DT) 
  • RA.717 Stenny (RA) 
  • Podcast 633: Ryan James Ford (XLR8R) 
  • On Cue: Jordan (DJ Mag) 
  • Skatebård | Boiler Room x AVA: Dublin (Boiler Room) 
  • Prosumer | Boiler Room x AVA: Dublin (Boiler Room) 
  • Saoirse | Boiler Room x AVA: Dublin (Boiler Room) 
  • I_O in The LAB LA (Mixmag) 
  • Maher Daniel in The Lab NYC (Mixmag) 
  • Ambivalent in The Lab LA (Mixmag) 
  • Regal in The Lab LDN (Mixmag) 
  • Seb Wildblood at Elsewhere (Mixmag)  
Artist and Music Features
  • The 10 best Andrew Weatherall DJ mixes. (Mixmag) 
  • The 15 best progressive house tracks of February 2020. (Magnetic) 
  • Label of the month: Nervous Horizon (RA) 
  • A guide to dance music’s devious new genre, Dark Disco. (beatportal) 
  • Fresh Kicks 134: SYN (DJ Mag) 
  • Bubblin’ Up: Mutant Joe (XLR8R) 
  • Meet Denise Rabe: Berlin’s beloved techno fabulist. (beatportal) 
  • Cue Point: Carista (RA) 
  • Introducing: DJs Pareja (beatportal) 
  • Renegade Riddims: Omega Point (DT) 
  • Rinzen shares 7 tips on how to make it as an emerging electronic music artist. (Billboard) 
  • The ultimate house and techno lover's guide to Coachella 2020. (EDM.com) 
  • This is the future of festivals, according to festivals. (DJ Mag) 
  • White gloves on, whistles out: Photos capturing the thrill of hardcore rave. (Red Bull) 
  • Why major dance festival promoters are returning to Los Angeles. (Billboard) 
  • Over and over: How the digital song economy is generating hit after hit. (Synchtank)
  • How the CruCast collective injected new life into bassline. (DJ Mag) 
  • Jason Ross explains shift in sound on debut album, 1000 Faces. (EDM.com) 
  • Martin Jensen discusses latest Day N Nite edit, favourite festivals and coastal cities, future music plans, and more. (OneEDM) 
  • Omsk Social Club tells us what raving and ritual can teach us about utopian futurity. (ElectronicBeats) 
  • Charlotte de Witte is among the most accomplished electronic artists today. (Miami New Times) 
  • The many lives of Shovell, the heartbeat of house music. (Mixmag) 
  • Carl Cox reflects on 20 years with Ultra Music Festival and shares his 2020 stage line-up. (Billboard) 
  • Andrew Weatherall forged a bond between rock, house and rave that was a key musical influences on the 1990s. (SundayTimes)
  • Bobby Gillespie remembers Andrew Weatherall: ‘He was a true bohemian’. (Observer)
Artist News
  • L U C Y drops her alias, releases new EP as LCY. (RA) 
  • Disclosure return with new track, Ecstasy. (RA) 
  • Pet Shop Boys and New Order have announced a co-headline tour of North America this September. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tchami has confirmed his debut studio album is finally on the way and unveils singles Ghosts and Proud. (DA) 
  • Andrew Weatherall superfans have collected together 900 hours of studio mixes, live recordings and radio shows spanning 1988-2020 into one location, called The Weatherdrive. (Mixmag) 
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