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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Positions (feat. Malachiii)
STRYV & Adam Port
Interscope/Polydor/Keinemusik
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"And it is a world premiere, a global dance HQ exclusive, coming from three artists who scored the biggest hit of last year, a massive moment for last summer. We're talking about 'Move', and now they're back for 2025 with the follow up. I think you know who I'm talking about. This week's ENT is 'Positions' from STRYV, Malachiii and Keinemusik's Adam Port."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 31.59 here.
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Label: Interscope/Polydor/Keinemusik 
Radio: James Jackson & James Marsh, Listen Up 
Club: Ned Dickinson & Cosi Prideaux, Listen Up 
24 Jun 2025
News and Features
  • Berlin independent radio station Refuge Worldwide has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help it stay on air. (DJMag)  
  • Dance music charity Last Night A DJ Saved My Life has appointed 13 new trustees to drive global impact. (RotD) Former AIM CEO Silvia Montello has been appointed Chair. 
  • The UK's Government's Music Growth Package more than doubles current funding from £4.1m to up to £10m annually for three years, and aims to deliver concrete benefits for artists, venues and music lovers. It has been announced as part of a Creative Industries Sector Plan. (RotD)
    UK Music, MMF, and FAC responded to the news. (RotD)
Digital
  • With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it. (Verge) 
  • Tuned Global is expanding its Social Radio platform (an interactive, fan-driven broadcasting layer for DSPs) with the launch of real-time tipping, letting fans support artists, DJs, and creators live. (RotD) 
Live
  • Italy’s Adriatic Sound Festival aims to be the new European destination for Techno. (Billboard) 
  • Barry Can’t Swim adds Orbital, Avalon Emerson, more to All Points East 2025 line-up. (DJMag) 
  • Neversea Kapital adds John Summit, Paul Kalkbrenner to 2025 line-up. (DJMag) 
  • Tomorrowland 2025 set times announced. (DJMag) 
  • Notting Hill Carnival faces an uncertain future without "urgent funding" from the government, according to a letter from organisers leaked to the BBC. (DJMag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • The music and entertainment industries are stuck in a zero-sum battle for time, money, and attention—where one player’s win is another’s loss. (Midia) 
Tech
  • Universal Audio announces new analogue-flavoured soft synth, Anthem. (DJMag) 
  • MusicTech’s favourite studio gear of 2025 — so far (MusicTech) 
Beatport
  • Learn Beatport DJ with Mojaxx (Beatport) 
  • Beatportal Exclusive: A Fresh Chapter Opens: Deeper Purpose and GUZ Light the Fuse for The Cross Records (Beatport)
  • Kyle Walker & Fletch Find Effortless Alchemy on “Play Me Off” (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: A Little Sound (Beatportal)
  • Eight Emerging Artists On Our Radar: June 2025 (Beatportal)
  • INFEKT Unveils Massive Monstercat Debut EP, ‘VEGGIE GAMES’ (Beatportal)
  • Folamour: "Movement Is Therapy and I’m My Own Sun” (Beatportal)
Clubs
  • Berlin club Tresor reveals new concert series, Büro Siebzig (RA) 
  • Berlin club Renate has been damaged in a fire. (RA) 
  • Independent east London venue Troxy is working with Broadwick, the company behind venues Printworks and Magazine London, to include "more music, but also a wider mix of events, from film and TV shoots to cultural showcases, brand activations, and more", plus a £1.5m refurbishment. (Troxy) 
Deals
  • American electronic music producer and singer ZHU has signed with Broke Records. (OQC) 
  • Downtown Neighbouring Rights has signed Brazilian DJ and producer Zerb and DJ Marky's label Innerground Music. (RotD) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • How Arcadia transformed an old army helicopter into a Glastonbury stage. (DJMag) 
  • SICARIA | Boiler Room: Bengaluru (Boiler Room) 
  • Mathame techno set live from DJ Mag HQ (DJMag) 
  • Michael Bibi DJ Set Live From NYC Block Party. (DJMag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Spotlight: Five artists to check out in June 2025 (Mixmag) 
  • The Top 100 Festivals of 2025, as voted by DJ Mag readers  
  • Glastonbury Festival 2025: A guide to the South East Corner (RA) 
  • 10 years of Billboard Dance: The Vertical’s founder Matt Medved on the scene then & now (Guest Column) (Billboard) 
  • How to identify fan subcultures in a fragmented online world. (MusicAlly) 
  • On her debut album 'Moving The Center', LA-raised, New York-based artist Introspekt's vision for sensual sonic hybrids drawing from the lineage of Black music and soundsystem styles becomes fully formed. (Mixmag) 
  • Chris Comstock has spent years perfecting the art of hiding in plain sight as Marshmello, but he's now ditching the helmet as the lead vocalist of Underbrook, whose debut single is out now. (EDM) 
  • The Dublin-based DJ and singer-songwriter Jazzy was working in Tesco when her first song blew up. Now she’s making her Glastonbury debut and has more Spotify listeners than any other Irish female solo artist. (NME) 
  • Carl Cox: unfinished business (DJMag) 
  • The Art of DJing: ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U (RA) 
  • Yousuke Yukimatsu is 2025's breakout star. But how is the fearless DJ and brain cancer survivor handling viral fame? For our latest cover, Gabriel Szatan shadowed him on tour, from Tokyo to Amsterdam, to find out. (RA) 
  • What 20 years of YouTube reveals about creativity’s future. (YouTube - YouTube CEO Neal Mohan) "YouTube Shorts are now averaging over 200bn daily views. Fans can't get enough". 
  • AEG Europe chief operating officer John Langford outlines how the live music industry is integral to Berlin’s cultural and economic vibrancy. (AAA) 
Artist News
  • A new 24/7 live music stream has been launched by the mau5trap label, playing a constant mix of electronic music via the official deadmau5 YouTube channel. (MusicTech) 
  • Kenya Grace has shared a new standalone single, called 'Mr Cool'. (DJMag) 
  • Swedish House Mafia enter new era with ‘Wait So Long’. (EDMTunes) 
  • SOPHIE’s ‘Product’ will be re-released with 2 new songs to honour 10th anniversary. (Billboard) 
  • James Blake is to launch a platform focused on music-industry transparency. (MusicAlly) 
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