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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
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Henri Bergmann & WENNINK
Crosstown Rebels
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Comment
"It comes from husband and wife duo Henri Bergmann & WENNINK. They said they wanted to do something uplifting, expansive and a bit laid back as we both share a love of the more romantic side of electronic music. I am lucky to have had a copy of this for the last few months and it has just been massive in my sets. Couldn't wait to play it on the radio and make it this week's ENT."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 30.53 here.
Contact
Label: Leon Oakey, Crosstown Rebels 
Publishing: Copyright Control 
Radio & Club: Adam Carter, Exclusive Promo
Online: Jake Price, Dispersion PR
01 Oct 2024
News and Features
  • Copa del Rave returns to Los Angeles 3 Oct with artist players and teams from UTA, Beatport, Red Light Management and more. (Billboard) 
  • A new study reveals the unique ability of electronic dance music to improve mental health, with fans and healthcare professionals alike recognizing its uplifting impact. (EDM) 
  • Hannah Laing, Sonny Fodera and Champion are to join Radio 1’s Residency. (BBC) 
  • 65 UK nightclubs have shut in 2024 in an “unprecedented crisis” for nightlife reports NTIA. (DJMag) 
  • The Circuit Group announces exclusive distribution partnership with LabelWorx. (RotD) 
Digital
  • un:hurd music, an audience development platform, announced a collection of new partnerships, alongside two new membership tiers, to support independent artists at every stage of their career. (RotD) 
  • YouTube’s SESAC contract expired without a renewal, resulting in some of the most popular music being pulled from YouTube and YouTube Music. (TechCrunch) 
    YouTube and SESAC have settled their rate dispute, meaning the performance rights organisation’s catalogue will soon be back up on the YouTube platform. (Billboard)  
  • Decentralised music community and discovery platform Audius announced its monetisation feature is emerging from private beta. (RotD) Artists can set their own terms and control the pricing of their music. 
  • ByteDance closing its music streaming service, TikTok Music, in November. The service was available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico. TikTok said that it will continue partnering with music streaming services rather than competing with them. (TechCrunch) 
Live
  • German festival NACHTIVILLE cancels 2025 edition. (RA) 
  • ADE adds Amelie Lens, Charlotte de Witte, Reinier Zonneveld, more to conference programme. (DJMag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • What the music industry can learn from Nike's disastrous 2024. (NetworkNotes) Another case study for brand building versus 'immediate returns' marketing. 
Tech
  • 30 years of the CDJ: the technology that revolutionised DJ culture. (DJMag) 
  • Native Instruments announces Kontakt 8. (DJMag) 
Beatport
  • London Elektricity launches brand new label: Fast Soul Music (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: Joy (Anonymous) (Beatportal)
  • Introducing: Paurro (Beatportal)
  • Beatport DJ is the ultimate music digging tool (Beatport)
Clubs
  • Ministry Of Sound to reintroduce 1991 clubbing prices for 33rd anniversary events. (DJMag) 
  • Printworks is seemingly in line for a return after the south London venue received planning consent for a redevelopment. (RollingStone) 
  • Ross From Friends, Carlita, Palms Trax, Kerri Chandler and more have been announced for London club KOKO's autumn and winter line-up. (RA) 
Deals
  • HE.SHE.THEY. Records announced a new global electronic partnership with music distribution disruptors Too Lost. (RotD) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • Podcast: A world with John Summit (NYTimes) 
  • RA.956 S-candalo (RA) 
  • Sarz Afrobeats & Amapiano in The Lab LDN (Mixmag) 
  • evin B2B ferrari rot | Boiler Room London: Club Heart Broken (Boiler Room) 
  • Marlon Hoffstadt B2B Malugi | Boiler Room London: Club Heart Broken (Boiler Room) 
  • Miss Monique - Sunset Dj Mix in Mykonos, Greece 2024 (Miss Monique) 
  • Oppidan Live From DJ Mag HQ (DJMag) 
  • Steve Aoki @ UNTOLD Festival, Romania (DJMag) 
  • Dixon at Cercle Festival 2024 (Ariane Stage) (Cercle) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Selections: Dar Disku (DJMag) 
  • Fresh Kicks 213: eoin dj (DJMag) 
  • How to price your work as a music producer: What to charge per song at each stage of your career. (Magnetic) 
  • How an annual Vanderbilt Dance Show has raised major money for good causes in Nashville. (Billboard) 
  • The lesser told story of broken beat, the enigmatic sound that is yet to ‘break’ the mainstream. (Mixmag) 
  • On the frontlines of New York’s renegade rave scene. (Face) 
  • Debunking the weird myths about London's 24-hour party people. (Dan Hancox) 
  • The Art of DJing: DJ Storm (RA) 
  • “A spectacle to behold”: Celebrating 25 years of Defected & Glitterbox at Ushuaïa & Hï Ibiza (Mixmag) 
  • Better and better: Verraco is perfecting his recipe for impactful club music. (Mixmag) 
  • Delta Heavy's Ben Hall reminisces on how drum & bass changed his life, and the joy it brings him to see the genre's adoption on a global scale. (EDM) 
  • DJ Hell: “The great power of electronic dance music is still sending out messages without any words” (ElectronicGroove) 
  • LSDream and CloZee aren’t afraid to experiment as LSZEE: “I don’t know how to classify what we’re doing” (MusicTech) 
  • Electronic dance music star Alan Walker is having his moment. (Forbes) 
  • Amidst his return to the Ushuaïa Ibiza main stage, Armin van Buuren looks back on his history with the White Isle, and chats about the changing state of trance, staying true to his fans, and avoiding overthinking. (DJMag) 
  • Jamie xx dares you to dance. (Office)  
  • ‘Not having a phone is the dream’: Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing. (Guardian) 
  • 'The realities caught up with us': What's next for Berlin's club scene following Watergate and Renate closures? (RA) 
  • After years of endless acceleration, dance floors had a different mood this summer. But which sounds captivated audiences, and which fell flat? Here's what we heard. (RA) 
  • 11 labels blurring the boundaries of ambient, dub techno and the dancefloor. (DJMag) 
Artist News
  • DIY music platform, label and event series Earful of Wax has shared the latest instalment of its 'Earful of Wavs' V/A. (Mixmag) 
  • A new Frankie Knuckles mural has been unveiled in Chicago. (RA) 
  • Chris Stussy is launching a new event concept, USS, in London early next year. (DJMag) 
  • John Digweed has been hospitalised with an illness. (RA) 
  • A fundraiser has been launched to support the recovery of Chicago house DJ Michael Serafini after he suffered a “serious accident”, his family have confirmed. (Mixmag) 
  • Rino Cerrone, one of Italy's most respected techno DJs and an icon of the Naples dance music scene, has died at the age of 52. (DJMag) 
  • Achim Szepanski, a producer and author who founded the German labels Force Inc. and Mille Plateaux, has died aged 67. (RA) 
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