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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Water ft. Clara La San
Bicep
Ninja Tune
out now
Comment
"The duo have said that Water was solely intended to be a standalone thing, essentially developed for the live show to cater for a specific moment in the set. However, it has become a keenly anticipated fan favourite. They've all been calling for it. It was launched as Hottest Record with Clara Amfo on Future Sounds, and now it is an ENT. Bicep are back."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32.06 here.
Contact
Label: Tess, Ninja Tune 
Management: Simon Gold, This Is Music
Publishing: Pete Simmons, Universal
Online: Tom Adcock, Ninja Tune
Radio: Christian Nockall, Your Army  
Club: Will Brigham, Your Army 
TV: Emma Bailey, Your Army
Live Agents: UK/EU - John Humphrey, Higher Ground, America - Ryan Smith, Liaison Artists & Vic Edirisinghe, Astral People  
11 Oct 2022
Business
  • US music data analytics firm Chartmetric has made its first company acquisition, buying UK-based artist marketing tech startup onesheet. (MBW)  
News and Features
  • Glasgow arts venue SWG3 has switched on a system that creates renewable energy from the body heat on its dancefloor. (BBC) 
  • Manchester event Homobloc is releasing a collection of charity T-shirts with help from Róisín Murphy, Honey Dijon and the promoter's local partner Feel Good Club. (DJMag) 
  • Mary Anne Hobbs announces Kelly Lee Owens, Taahliah, HAAi and Nia Archives for All Queens Radio 6 residency. (DJMag) 
  • Radio 1 will partner with eleven radio stations from across ten countries for a marathon broadcast on 14 October showcasing the best of each nation’s dance scene. (BBC) 
  • Amsterdam Dance Event has completed the line-up for this year's event, adding Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Joseph Capriati, Peggy Gou and Richie Hawtin to its conference program.  (DJMag) 
  • Late night venues in the UK have been attacked by an exponential increase in noise complaints, especially in London hubs, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has claimed. (CityAM) 
Digital
  • About three months after announcing a high-profile Warner Music Group licensing pact, SoundCloud has unveiled a partnership with London-headquartered collaboration and credits platform Session. (DMN) 
Live
  • London promoter Transmissions finalises daylong Hackney Wick party featuring 91 artists. (RA) 
  • DGTL will be bringing Solomun to its New Delhi and Mumbai iterations this winter. (Mixmag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • The recorded music market is regaining its former hourglass shape — this time with platforms like Spotify at the centre. (Wired) 
Tech
  • Serato rolls out new stem isolation feature. (EDMTunes) 
Beatport
  • Best Synth VST Plugins For Every Budget [2022] (PluginBoutique)
  • Meduza score a Beatport Number 1 with their Remix of Supermode’s “Tell Me Why” (Beatportal)
  • Your source for sounds, Loopcloud is now more powerful than ever (Loopcloud)
  • Playlist of the Week - Joeski (Beatportal)
  • Meet the Co-Recipients of The Beatport Group’s $100,000 Gender Parity Initiative (Beatportal)
  • Dig and manage your playlists on-the-go with Beatport Mobile, now free for all users! (Beatportal)
Clubs
  • Berghain's agency Ostgut Booking is closing. (RA) 
  • Edinburgh club Sneaky Pete's is putting on a series of special warehouse events in the city this month. (DJMag) 
  • Birmingham megaclub CRANE has announced its reopening following a renovation this year. (Mixmag) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • How I became the worlds best DJ with only one arm: Black Coffee. (TheDiaryOfACEO) 
  • RA Live: Moxie B2B Bradley Zero @ Waterworks 2022 (RA) 
  • Interplanetary Criminal in the Lab (Mixmag) 
  • The Martinez Brothers set from The Wild Corner @ Hï Ibiza (DJMag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Top 15 deep house tracks of summer 2022. (Magnetic) 
  • Selections: FOQL (DJMag) 
  • Fresh Kicks 186: DJ Mell G (DJMag) 
  • The Sound of: Trick (DJMag) 
  • Crunch Digital founder Keith Bernstein is approaching the issue of music copyright and clearance from a different direction - pointing out that it's often companies with a list of legitimate music licenses that accidentally infringe on copyrights. He says the music rights databases, search engines and other online tools don't quite do enough... (IMI) 
  • Editor's Letter: Celebrating Sacred Spaces (RA) 
  • Can you feel it: How Mr. Fingers' ‘Ammnesia’ changed the house music experience forever. (DJMag) 
  • Sea change: exploring the Balearic-inspired beats of Poland’s Baltic coast (DJMag) 
  • Why you need to party at Brussels’ brand new Rave Rebels festival. (Mixmag) 
  • How digital piracy shaped modern music (PennyFractions) 
  • Inside Outernet, the development bringing live music back to Central London. (RollingStone)
  • How did four artists release music on the same day with the same '90s sample. (EDM) 
  • Focus on community & clubbing will be just fine. (Attack) 
  • Why Fred again.. is exactly what electronic dance music needed. (EDM) 
  • How an artist's sound changes over time: Pig & Dan's secrets to a dynamic career in music. (Magnetic) 
  • After rising to prominence during lockdown, Tañ is now taking clubs by storm with a heady mixes spanning UKG, acid, hardcore, trance, techno and more. (Mixmag) 
  • Shygirl on new album 'Nymph,' sex, and dance music. (Vulture) 
  • Shygirl: ‘I’m not worried about being super explicit or revealing too much about myself’ (Independent)  
  • One to watch: Tsha (Observer) 
  • Tsha stuns with her debut album, Capricorn Sun. (Forbes) 
  • TSHA’s debut album has arrived, but she’s still dealing with imposter syndrome. (Billboard) 
  • Kerri Chandler: ‘Where we lived, you had three choices: drugs, gangs or music. (Guardian) 
Artist News
  • Fever Ray has returned with a new single, 'What They Call Us', on Rabid Records. (DJMag) 
  • Depeche Mode announce new album and world tour. (Reuters) 
  • Loraine James has released her new album, Building Something Beautiful For Me. (DJMag) 
  • Charlotte de Witte has announced a new EP, Apollo. (EDM) 
  • Paul van Dyk drops Orbital Decay NFT/vinyl release. (EDMTunes) 
  • Rezz launches new record label, HypnoVizion. (Billboard) 
  • David K, real name David Kemoun, the French DJ and producer who was part of Freak n' Chic, has died. (DJMag) 
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