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Flying Away With You
WhoMadeWho & Tripolism
Cercle Records
02 May 2025
Comment
"This week's ENT comes courtesy of WhoMadeWho, who team up with Copenhagen-based trio Tripolism. This happens to be Tripolism's second ENT, having picked up one for their massive breakout tune, 'Dope Dance'. It is also WhoMadeWho's second appearance on an ENT in 2025, so both got off to a flying start in 2025. The release is coming out on Cercle's label."  
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32.04 here.
Contact
Label: Clemence, Cercle Records
Management: WhoMadeWho - Carsten Levi & Oliver Barduhn, Effect Talent Management / Tripolism - Jasmine Igoe & Phil Sales, Three Six Zero
Radio: James Jackson, Listen Up / Carly Peterson, Circa /   Abi White, Kartel Music Group
Press: Andrea Lorena, Get In! PR 
Club: Olivia Ward, Your Army
Online: Anne Labbé, Cercle 
DSP/Playlist Promo: Antoine Castaldi, ERA
Live Agents: WhoMadeWho: CAA / Tripolism: UTA
06 May 2025
Business
  • Online music store Reverb has been sold to two investment firms, Creator Partners and Servco. (RA) 
  • Live Nation reported first quarter revenues of $3.38bn, an 11% decline from the record Q1 in 2024. (Pollstar) 
  • Spotify reached 268m paying subscribers in Q1, up 5m from the previous quarter. The group made €225m in net income on €4.2bn in revenue during the quarter. It now has a total of 678m monthly active users (MAUs) and 423m ad-supported MAUs. Analysts expect that a recession would dent Spotify’s advertising revenue. (Spotify, Spotify)
  • Universal Music Group posted robust revenue of €2.9bn, an increase of 11.8% year-on-year, or 9.5% in constant currency — in its earnings report for the quarter ended on 31 March, although streaming growth continues to level off and impact the company’s bottom line. (Variety) 
  • Create Music Group has acquired independent label Monstercat and, as part of the deal, said it has committed to investing an additional $50m over the next two years in artist development, advances, and platform support across Monstercat’s roster. (MBW) 
News and Features
  • A new documentary digging into Portugal’s '90s rave and dance music history is set to be released. (DJMag) 
  • East London station NTS Radio has entered into a formal financial agreement with Universal Music Group, pledging all of its assets as collateral against a new loan. (RA) 
  • Electronic music and networking event Brighton Music Conference is to welcome 28 leading A&R professionals to the ‘A&R Sessions’ at BMC25 this month. (RotD) 
  • A number of UK DJs, musicians and music industry figures have come together to sign an open letter of solidarity to the trans community. Among those who have signed the letter are Charli xcx, Floating Points, I. JORDAN, Four Tet, Jessie Ware, Mura Masa, Shygirl, salute, and Saoirse. (DJMag) 
  • Ibiza has seen a 56% drop in summer travel due to a growing backlash against overtourism, escalating local protests, and increasingly strict regulations aimed at reining in the island’s infamous party culture. (EDMTunes) 
Digital
  • Music marketplace BeatStars announced a strategic partnership with Sureel.ai, to ensure the protection of the BeatStars community by registering its entire marketplace catalogue for AI training. (RotD) 
  • Deezer disclosed Q1 2025 revenue of €134m, up 1.1% year-on-year, as it aims for profitability. (MusicAlly)  
Live
  • Crazy P, Leftfield and The Orb are confirmed for this year's Glade stage at Glastonbury. (RA) 
  • Numerous figures in the UK electronic music scene, including Robert Del Naja, I.Jordan and Ben UFO, have signed an open letter calling on London's Field Day festival to cut ties with global investment firm KKR, which owns its parent company, Superstruct Entertainment. (DJMag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Are we reaching peak fandom? (Midia) 
  • Sam Duboff, Global Head of Marketing & Policy, Music Business at Spotify defends low per-stream rates, arguing high user engagement drives more streams and bigger overall payouts. (LinkedIn) 
Beatport
  • AISHA's Arsenal: 10 Psychedelic Techno Weapons That Hit Hard (Beatportal)
  • Drift Into Sound: 10 Essential Ambient & Experimental Labels to Explore (Beatportal)
  • TOKiMONSTA Launches "Sci Fi" Remix Contest (Beatportal)
  • Introducing: Luke Alessi (Beatportal)
  • Meet The Winners of The Beatport Awards (2025) (Beatportal)
  • Beatport Launches Brazilian Funk as a Standalone Genre (Beatportal)
Clubs
  • Ibiza: 
    Claptone unmasks full line-up for The Masquerade at Chinois Ibiza. (Ibiza-Spotlight) 
  • Tbilisi club Bassiani co-founder's home raided by police amid resistance to "authoritarian" government. (DJMag) 
Deals
  • Artist, producer and entrepreneur DJ Khaled and Influence Media Partners announced they are to produce original content across film and television, as well as commercial ventures; and Influence will also expand commercial opportunities for Khaled with name, image and likeness (NIL) rights in certain exclusive categories. Influence also has invested in the rights to Khaled’s music catalogue. (Variety)
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA.987 gyrofield (RA) 
  • Funk Tribu B2B Odymel hard groove and techno set live from DJ Mag HQ (DJMag) 
  • Hannah Wants DJ set | Charing Cross library, London | IKEA Housewarming (Mixmag) 
  • MARTE | Boiler Room x On: Miami (Boiler Room) 
  • Shenseea | Boiler Room x On: Miami (Boiler Room) 
  • Aayna | Boiler Room: Pune (Boiler Room) 
  • WhoMadeWho live at Cercle Odyssey, Mexico City (Cercle) 
Artist and Music Features
  • The 15 best techno tracks of April 2025 (Magnetic) 
  • Recognise 082: Kilbourne (DJMag) 
  • In the studio with D.Ramirez and the launch of Raze.D. (Decode)
  • Inside DVS1's audacious, 174-speaker roof of sound (RA) 
  • Belgian festival Horst isn’t like the other dance festivals. (Face) 
  • Dance in protest: 30 years of the UK's anti-rave Criminal Justice Bill. (DJMag) 
  • Once maligned as a scene marred by violence, bassline is booming once again thanks to pioneers such as Big Ang, Jamie Duggan and a T2 track that changed everything. (Guardian) 
  • Manchester lads Mason Collective talk us through their steady rise from the infamous dancefloor at Sankeys to international house music sensations. (DJMag) 
  • More than 25 years after the release of Air’s seminal debut album, the French duo enlist Vegyn to breathe new life into 'Moon Safari'. They sit down together to discuss the process. (Mixmag) 
  • "It was so difficult to become someone." Theo Parrish talks about Chicago's competitive scene, developing a sound and letting go of his ego. (RA) 
  • Shanti Celeste: head over heels (DJMag) 
Artist News
  • Armin van Buuren announces new 51-track album, ‘Breathe Out’. (DJMag) 
  • Ministry of Sound is to host a memorial event this month for Andy Williams, AKA Yam Who?, who passed away “suddenly and unexpectedly” in March. (Mixmag) 
  • Paul Kalkbrenner was attacked by a crowd member during his set at elrow Town, in Madrid this week. (Mixmag) 
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