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BEN TURNER
Co-Founder, International Music Summit
Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Act The Fool
Luch & Liva K
10K Projects / Queens Road Music
12 Sep 2025
Comment
"This week's ENT comes from a prolific young Mexican producer now residing in Miami called Luch. I've been addicted to his production since he dropped 'Titatite' on MoBlack in August 24. Since then, he's released tracks on Abracadabra and Magnifique. He's got loads of track IDs online for unreleased tunes, and this has become one of the largest. I've been playing it all summer."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 28.48 here. 
Contact
Label: 10K Projects / Queens Road Music
Radio: Mark Murphy, Dawn Promotions
16 Sep 2025
Business
  • Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew has been valued at $215 million following WME Group investment. (Billboard) 
News and Features
  • UK Music Chief Executive Tom Kiehl has called on local authority leaders to back the organisation’s Local Music Action Charter to help boost jobs, investment and growth. (UKMusic) 
  • The BBC has launched a new, 24/7 Radio 1 Dance station on Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB+) for the first time. (Mixmag) 
Digital
  • Bandcamp announced a collaboration with UK community radio station Rinse FM, which will take over Bandcamp Radio for a special guest residency 16-25 November. (RotD) 
  • Spotify is marking the fifth anniversary of Radar, the global programme dedicated to amplifying emerging talent. More than 1,000 artists have been featured so date, with the artists having generated 338bn streams since launch. (Spotify)
  • Deezer has reported a dramatic escalation in the amount of fully AI-generated music being delivered to its platform—up to 28% of all music delivered is now AI generated. (Deezer) 
  • Spotify now enables ad-supported accounts to search for and stream individual tracks. Previously, the free accounts were limited to shuffle mode when listening via mobile devices. (Spotify) 
Live
  • Unsound New York reveals first wave of names for 2025. (RA) 
  • Tomorrowland Brazil 2026 will be postponed to 2027 after a fire caused the loss of the Orbyz stage. (EDMTunes) 
  • Calvin Harris has been announced as the first headliner for Creamfields 2026. He will perform on the Arc Stage on Saturday 29 August. (NME) 
  • Coachella 2026: Every Electronic artist playing the festival (Billboard) 
Beatport
  • The Pulse of Budapest: Six must-dance locations in the Hungarian Capital (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: MORTEN (Beatportal)
  • The Global Remix Challenge returns with Madonna’s Grammy-Winning “Ray of Light” (Beatportal)
  • Artist of the Month: Sammy Virji (Beatportal)
  • Label of the Month: Overview Music (Beatportal)
  • More music at your fingertips: Why Beatport is adding open-format genres (Beatportal)
  • Jyoty explores Beatport Streaming on the CDJ-3000s (Beatport)
Clubs
  • New Brooklyn club Refuge reveals inaugural programme. (RA) 
  • Brighton’s newest cultural hub, Quarters, launches with an electronic music programme, along with Everything Everything set to appear live. (RotD) 
  • Insomniac lawsuit has been unsealed following collapse of $2.9m Factory Town settlement. (EDM) 
  • Louna Sbou, co-founder of Berlin music and arts venue Oyoun, is set to join a thousands-strong humanitarian mission to Gaza this week as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. (Mixmag) 
  • Brooklyn Mirage creditors are calling for a full-on trustee takeover, citing serious accusations of fraud, mismanagement, and conflicts of interest. (EDMTunes) 
Deals
  • Armada Music's BEAT has acquired the entire master catalogue of Mixmash Records, the label co-founded by Olga Heijns and Laidback Luke. (RotD) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • Mochakk | Mixmag Lab Moçambique (Mixmag) 
  • Faithless (DJ Set) | Mixmag Lab London (Mixmag) 
  • Indo Warehouse | Boiler Room: London (RA) 
  • Pola & Bryson live from DJ Mag HQ (DJ Mag) 
  • Joel Corry DJ Set Live From Brooklyn, New York (DJ Mag) 
  • RA.1004 dj sweet6teen (RA) 
  • Josh Wink ‘Higher State of Consciousness’ | The Making Of An Acid Techno Classic (DJ Mag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • From Pete Tong to Jeff Mills, DJ EZ to Fatboy Slim, these 90s DJs defined a decade of rave culture. Relive the sounds, stories and selectors that made dancefloors shake and glowsticks shine. (Skiddle) 
  • Cedric Gervais talks origins, online influence, and new music. (YourEDM) 
  • What makes Draaimolen so special? (RA) 
  • State of mind: the story of Balearic beat (DJ Mag) 
  • ARC Chicago 2025 brought generational talent back to the home of house music. (Mixmag) 
  • Opening later this month at the Design Museum, ‘Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s’ is the first major exhibition on the legendary nightlife spot. (Mixmag)
  • How MJ Cole’s ‘Sincere’ set the stage for UK garage’s next generation (DJ Mag) 
  • The Art of Production: Verraco (RA) 
  • Recognise 091: Sister Zo (DJ Mag)
Artist News
  • Calvin Harris has accused his longtime financial advisor of stealing $22.5m to fund a ‘boondoggle’ Hollywood real estate project. (Variety) 
  • A Berlin football team, Sparta Lichtenberg, has changed the name of its stadium to pay tribute to local favourite Paul Kalkbrenner. (Mixmag) 
  • PinkPantheress, Sammy Virji, Nick León and more feature on new EA SPORTS FC 26 soundtrack. (RA) 
  • FKA twigs, PinkPantheress shortlisted for 2025 Mercury Prize. (RA) 
  • The Orb have released details of 'Buddhist Hipsters', the group’s 18th album. (5Mag) 
  • Everything But The Girl announce Best Of compilation. (DJ) 
  • HAAi shares new single, ‘Stitches’. (DJ Mag) 
  • Swedish House Mafia NYC opener Yves Tumor has called out the crowd as "Sub humans" after being booed off the stage. (EDMTunes) 
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