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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
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Eats Everything & Shermanology
Three Six Zero Recordings/ Ministry of Sound
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"This week's ENT is the first release from a brand new phase for the house and techno titan, the cuddliest man in Bristol, Eats Everything, as he teams up with the Dutch brother and sister duo, Shermanology. Eats has been feverishly in the studio during the last six months making new music and this is the first track he is going to unleash. It has already been the hottest record for Danny Howard. It's full of high energy and that gospel feeling, everything you come to expect from Eats Everything."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32.26 here.
Contact
Label: Nick Dearmun, Three Six Zero Recordings / Seri Kohli, Ministry of Sound
Management: Eats Everything - Becci Abbott Black / Shermanology - Mano Meijer, This is My House 
Publishing: Eats Everything - Copyright Control / Shermanology - Music Allstars 
Radio: James Jackson, Listen Up
Club: James Marsh, Listen Up
Online: Dujon Fairweather & Aly McHugh, Listen Up
Live Agents: Eats Everything - Steve Hogan, WME / Shermanology - Mano Meijer, This is My House
17 May 2022
Business
  • Above & Beyond have launched a label for ambient music, called Reflections. It is the third label under the Anjuna umbrella alongside flagship labels Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. (MW)  
  • Warner Music Group’s revenue was up 13.2% year-on-year at constant currency in Q1 2022 to $1.38bn. (Variety) Notably within the results, Warner Chappell Music saw its global revenue hit $230m, up 23% YoY, “driven by growth across all revenue lines”.  
  • Sony Music Entertainment turned in a roughly 10.1% year-on-year revenue increase during Q1 2022 (fiscal Q4) due in large part to an 18.9% YoY jump for recorded music’s streaming income, which achieved a 37.1% YoY hike during the entirety of the 2021 fiscal year. (MBW) 
News and Features
  • A new directory, In The Key of She, has been created for women, trans, and non-binary musicians in electronic music. (Mixmag)  
  • PPL in the UK has delivered a 12% increase in revenues in 2021 to £252.8m. All three revenue streams – International, Broadcast and online, and Public performance and dubbing - grew year-on-year, with International and Broadcast and online licensing revenues delivering record annual amounts. It's the company’s second highest annual revenue total, after 2019’s £271.8m. (RotD)
  • The UK's first regular drug checking service is launching in Bristol this month, delivered by non-profit harm reduction specialists The Loop in a new partnership with the local authority. (DJMag) 
  • Among the many winners at the Billboard Music Awards were Lady Gaga who won the Dance/Electronic Artist award and Elton John & Dua Lipa for “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” won the Best Dance/Electronic Song. (Variety) 
  • 103 UK festivals have committed to The Association of Independent Festivals' (AIF) Safer Spaces At Festivals campaign, which is aimed at tackling sexual violence at festivals and has been relaunched to address the issue in 2022 and beyond. (RotD) 
  • Agents and tour managers are having to cancel British performances because visas for performers that used to be turned around within a fortnight are now taking up to two months. (Guardian) 
  • IMS Ibiza Summit 2022:
    Visionary producer and artist Brian Eno outlined how musicians – and fans – can play their part in creating another green world. (Face) 
    MDLBEAST showcases cultural progress in Saudi and the region. (DeepHouseAmsterdam) 
Digital
  • Apple has announced that it is discontinuing its original music player, the iPod Touch. The firm says it will remain available to buy "while stocks last". (BBC) 
  • Venture Capital group Hivemind has announced the acquisition of the Napster music streaming platform, "to one again revolutionise the music industry by bringing blockchain and web3 to artists and fans”. (DMN) 
  • Snapchat is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from SUISA (the Cooperative Society of Music Authors and Publishers in Switzerland). “Snap’s stance is that it does not use any songs from SUISA Digital’s repertoire. This statement is false. A large number of works in SUISA Digital’s repertoire is available on the Snapchat platform and is used by users without Snap having acquired a licence from SUISA Digital.” (DMN) 
Web3
  • Opulous adds MFTs (Music Fungible Tokens), an SEC compliant music investment vehicle on the blockchain. (Hypebot) 
  • Music NFT sales in 2021: What we learned (Water&Music) 
  • Describing Major Music NFT Platforms as Music Products — Part 1: The Rise of Curators + The Push for Product Metadata (MusicDataPro) 
  • The Chainsmokers have given 5000 fans a 1% cut of their new album's streaming royalties as part of an NFT giveaway with Royal. Each token equates to a 0.0002% ownership. (Decrypt) 
  • What does the #CryptoCrash mean for web3 and music? (MusicAlly) 
Live
  • Miami's Bayfront Park has been approved as the home of Ultra Music Festival until 2027. (DJMag) 
  • Fatboy Slim has announced a new UK festival weekender, All Back To Minehead, for November. (Mixmag) 
  • TSHA, Shygirl and Charlotte de Witte are playing Paris festival We Love Green festival. (Mixmag) 
  • Amsterdam Dance Event reveals first speakers and artists for 2022 Conference and Festival. (Decoded) 
Tech
  • Oberheim Electronics introduces the OB-X8 - its first new product in nearly 40 years. (RA) 
Beatport
  • How Amapiano conquered the world (Beatportal)
  • The Best MIDI & Music Theory Plugins in the world today (PluginBoutique)
  • Playlist of the Week - Nala (Beatportal)
  • Beatport launch new sample pack series Beatport Sounds with Peak-time Techno Producer UMEK (Loopcloud)
  • Artist of the Month - Jamie Jones (Beatportal)
  • Beatport launches new sample pack label, Beatport Sounds (Beatportal)
Clubs
  • Ibiza:
    Amnesia Ibiza has announced the full line-up for Pyramid, this year's Sunday party. Avalon Emerson, Bicep, DJ Stingray 313, Helena Hauff, tINI and more are set to play. (DJMag) 
    CamelPhat and Solardo announce line-ups for Ushuaia Ibiza. (DT) 
    Idris Elba has announced a residency at Hï Ibiza for this season. (DJMag) 
    The Martinez Brothers and Paco Osuna announce Hï Ibiza line-ups. (DT) 
    Do Not Sleep returns for Ibiza residency. (DJMag) 
  • Amsterdam club De Marktkantine reveals final parties before closing in June. (RA) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA.832 Ciel (RA) 
  • Fatboy Slim DJ set from Snowbombing 2022, Austria (DJMag) 
  • Joyhauser Techno DJ set from Terminal V 2022 (DJMag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • 20 techno tips: Hannes Bieger's ultimate guide for music producers. (Magnetic) 
  • Get To Know: Luxe (DJMag) 
  • The Sound Of: Stay True Sounds (DJMag)  
  • Selections: Bou (DJMag) 
  • Mele shares his top tracks. (Attack) 
  • How the iPod saved the music business. (Telegraph) 
  • How iPod changed everything. (Midia) 
  • Bradley Zero and the Rhythm Section team give us the lowdown on London. (Mixmag) 
  • After building a nightlife empire in Singapore, Zouk Group is now changing the fabric of Las Vegas nightlife. (EDM) 
  • Fat Tony: confessions of a celebrity DJ. (Times) 
  • Button pushers: the artists making music from mushrooms. (Guardian) 
  • Suchi: "Brown girls and women can pursue music, no matter their age or background" (Attack) 
  • A life that’s featured abuse, Bowie, murder, Abloh and, er, Strictly... It can only be Goldie. (Standard) 
  • Ricky Tucker and Jay Jay Revlon pay tribute to the impactful legacy of ballroom icon Vjuan Allure. (Mixmag) 
  • How Muslin DJs navigate Ramadan. (Mixmag) 
  • Carnage was ‘miserable’ playing under the name: Why his new project is ‘pissing people off’ and how Avicii helped inspire the switch. (Billboard) 
  • Batu: a long, strange dream (DJMag) 
  • For The Record: How The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down" set the duo up for global success — and the freedom to defy dance music expectations. (Grammy) 
Artist News
  • Drum ’n’ bass musician DJ Sly has been convicted of sexual assault and rape by Essex Police. (Mixmag) 
  • Alan Walker has announced his Walkerverse world tour. (EDM)  
  • Shygirl has announced she is releasing her debut album, Nymph, in September. (Mixmag) 
  • Excision has launched a $100k creator fund for underrepresented artists. (EDM) 
  • Singapore DJ and nightlife champion Eileen Chan died aged 32 last week. (Mixmag) 
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