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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Dancing In The Shadows
TSHA
Ninja Tune
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"This week's ENT is the new TSHA single, going into her debut album release. The album is coming out on 7 October, titled Capricorn Sun. She's big on Capricorns. She's big on Zodiacs and this is her brand new single. We love it."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 35.25 here.
Contact
Label: Jake Callaghan, Ninja Tune
Publishing: BMG
Radio: Martin Cook & Andy Park, All Ears 
Club: Hyper Filter 
Online: Tom Adcock, Ninja Tune
Live Agents: Michael Harvey Bray, Paradigm Agency
06 Sep 2022
Business
  • Soundstripe, a provider of high-quality, royalty-free music, video, and sound effects for creators, has received $9m in Series B financing. (RotD) 
  • Ticketing platform SeatGeek announced it had raised $238m privately as part of a Series E funding round. (TechCrunch)  
News and Features
  • BBC Radio 1 has announced Uncle Waffles, Ahadadream, Helena Hauff, Eliza Rose, Joseph Capriati and Skream as the latest DJs to join BBC Radio 1’s Residency. (BBC) 
  • A new report from inclusion campaigners Why Not Her? has found a huge disparity in racial and gender balances across the 26 top British radio stations. (Mixmag) 
  • UK Music and the Music Venue Trust has called on ministers to cut VAT from its current 20% and extend business rate to help music hubs across the country as they face permanent closure without swift action due to rising energy bills. Around 30% of UK music venues were now facing the threat of permanent closure. (RotD) 
Brand Partnerships
  • IKEA and Swedish House Mafia announced a furniture collaboration, including a desk and an armchair designed for music production, and a record player. (DMN) 
Digital
  • Spotify is pushing dance music to reflect South Africa. (Forbes) 
Web3
  • Public Pressure launched an eco-friendly, carbon neutral, NFT platform designed to support the transition of music to Web3. (RotD) 
  • Ticketmaster will now let event organisers issue NFTs tied to tickets on Flow, a blockchain. Organisers can make these NFTs available before, during or after the event and even enable special experiences like loyalty rewards or celebrity meet-and-greets — or simply offer memorabilia in an NFT format. (TechCrunch) 
  • Web 3.0 is a lane, not a highway. (Midia - Mark Mulligan) 
Live
  • Snowbombing has launched the ticket sales for next year's festival. (DJMag) 
  • ULTRA Worldwide announces Asia Tour 2022 and the return of ULTRA Beach Bali. (EDMTunes) 
  • Amsterdam Dance Event announces second wave of artists performing, including ANNA, Carl Cox, Derrick Carter, Eris Drew,  and SHERELLE. (DJMag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Is “community marketing” an alternative to influencer marketing? (MusicAlly) 
Beatport
  • Six of the best Delay VST Plugins on Plugin Boutique (PluginBoutique)
  • Beatport Insider August 2022: Top-Selling House Tracks, Artists, and Labels (Beatportal)
  • Role Models: Amy Dabbs "There is something magical about KiNK" (Beatportal)
  • Discover new ways to connect your music track sections with these transition techniques. (Loopcloud)
  • Playlist of the Week: Sébastien Léger (Beatportal)
  • Beatport's inaugural ReConnect Summit taking place in NYC on Sept 21st & 22nd - Kerri Chandler, HoneyLuv, Giolì & Assia, Demuir, LARAAJI, UNIIQU3 and more to speak. Tickets on sale now. (Beatport)
Clubs
  • Ushuaïa sponsors local football team Penya Esportiva Sant Jordi. (IbizaSpotlight) 
  • Sydney nightclub Marquee will be closing its doors later this year 10 years after opening. (TheMusic) 
  • London promoter Eat Your Own Ears celebrates anniversary with Four Tet, Floating Points in Manchester. (RA) 
  • Tel Aviv nightclub, The Block, has officially closed after 14 years, following a legal battle with the city's developers. (Mixmag) 
  • Phonox has announced its forthcoming autumn and winter line-ups across the next four months. (Mixmag) 
  • Ikonika, Gabrielle Kwarteng, Nkisi, Kosh and more are to play Amsterdam's De School opening weekend on 9 September. (RA) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Recognise: Heavee (DJMag) 
  • Fresh Kicks 184: Ngoni Egan (DJMag)
  • Exploring East Anglia's untold rave history. (DJMag) 
  • Learn where R&S Records started and how it sets itself apart in the competitive music industry. (Magnetic) 
  • Gun fingers in wonderland: Boomtown 2022 was a celebration of togetherness. (Mixmag)
  • Rave The Planet brought the original Love Parade spirit back to Berlin. (Mixmag) 
  • Meagan Deschenes is the Insomniac responsible for Hard Summer Music Festival and so much more. (Forbes) 
  • Skepta on DJing in Ibiza: "I felt Virgil's Energy in the booth" (Mixmag) 
  • Kuedo's cinematic synth futurism. (DJMag) 
  • Franc Moody's new album is a "funk-fueled odyssey" inspired by the wild west. (EDM) 
  • Techno DJ Deysa talks about how VRJAM and the metaverse is changing the way she interacts with fans and performs her live gigs. (Magnetic) 
  • Advice from the Adana Twins: Five moments that defined their career. (Magnetic) 
  • Effy: “You’ve got to take up space for your art” (Notion) 
  • “Do what you want”: How Touching Bass is empowering Black artists to freely express themselves. (Mixmag) 
  • Carl Cox: “As far as I’m concerned, my studio has the best speaker system in the world” (MusicRadar) 
  • Chicago House icons DJ Lady D and Ron Carroll on Drake, Beyonce and the responsibility event promoters have toward the genre. (Billboard) 
  • The ‘B.O.T.A’ effect: Why Eliza Rose’s chart-topping club track has captured the nation. (Mixmag) 
  • The fight to preserve Ukraine’s electronic music culture in a time of war. (DJMag) 
Artist News
  • Steve Aoki has confirmed he is working with new music with Kid Cudi. (EDM) 
  • TSHA has shared a new single, Dancing In The Shadows. (DJMag) 
  • Mount Kimbie have unveiled four new tracks across two double A-side singles, titled MK3.5. (DJMag) 
  • Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal hit #1 on UK Singles Chart with 'B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)'. (RA) 
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