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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune

Uh Huh

Somewhere Else

Somewhere Else LLC

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Comment
I’ve dug deep to come up with this one; it’s a new project put together by Illangelo and Billy Walsh, renowned for their work with top level songwriters such as Drake, The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys. The pair have now turned their hand to something a bit grittier, something a bit houseier, something a bit different - which also has a cool looking video up online on YouTube. I couldn’t stop listening to this over the last few days, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. The duo are called Somewhere Else and the track is Uh Huh.
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 33:00 mins here.

Contact
Label: Somewhere Else LLC
Radio: Amy Collins, Your Army
TV: Helen Stokes, Chilli PR

24 Nov 2017

Business

Coalition Talent, the live booking and entertainment agency, has announced a wide-ranging joint venture agreement with Ministry of Sound. (RotD) The MoS events team are relocating to Coalition’s central London offices and will develop and implement a range of new live events and brand partnerships.

News and Features

The Ransom Note opens record shop in East London. (RA)
DJ Mag Best of British Awards 2017 announced (EntertainmentFocus)
Electronic pioneer Delia Derbyshire has been awarded a posthumous PhD. (Mixmag) She was celebrated for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and as the co-composer of the famous Doctor Who theme song, amongst other achievements.
London nightlife receives boost as Sadiq Khan announces 24-hour Overground plans. (Fact)

Digital

What to buy bedroom producers for Christmas 2017: Gift ideas from $6 to $749. (Fact)
Novation unveils online edition of Launchpad. (DA)
Gibson Brands is ceasing development of Cakewalk branded products and with it, the popular DAW SONAR. (DJMag)
Vinyl Reality is a new virtual reality vinyl mixing app. (Mixmag)
Jeff Mills reveals limited-edition vinyl stabilizer made from high-density metals. (Mixmag)
SoundCloud shows how its algorithms influence music streams. (Engadget)
Google’s parent company Alphabet has invested in a new startup called UnitedMasters which aims to replace major record labels by supporting artists in a multitude of ways. (Mixmag)
Spotify has acquired online recording and production studio platform Soundtrap for an undisclosed sum. (Billboard, FT, TechCrunch)

Live

DGTL Amsterdam reveals 2018 line-up including Jeff Mills, Honey Dijon and Laurent Garnier. (RA)
MUTEK confirms dates for US debut in San Francisco. (Mixmag)
Amelie Lens, Enzo Siragusa and Mike Skinner added to We Are FSTVL line-up. (Mixmag)
London festival Field Day is moving from Victoria Park to Brockwell Park for its 2018 edition. (NME)
Sónar has partnered with METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to send electronic music from the likes of Richie Hawtin, Nina Kraviz, Laurent Garnier and more to a planet 12 light years away. (Noisey)
Australian festival Earthcore’s headliners accuse promoter of not paying them amid cancellations. (Mixmag)

Comment, Opinion and Analysis

Sónar festival is beaming cutting-edge dance music to an exoplanet 12 light years from Earth. But can such experiments ever be more than hubris? (Guardian)
Is this the quiet before the storm for sexual misconduct in dance music? (IbizaVoice)
Not just Flume: innovative Australian electronic music surges globally. (SMH)
We're no longer running the RA polls. Here's why. (ResidentAdvisor)

Clubs

Ricardo Villalobos and Craig Richards are playing all night long at fabric as part of the 2018 line-ups. (Mixmag)
Watch rare footage of Ostgut before it became Berghain. (Mixmag)

Artist and Music Features

Take a look inside the new elrow global HQ in Barcelona. (Decoded)
Harangue the DJ: Digitalism. (Guardian)
Made in Ibiza: Tony Pike, hotelier, playboy. (IbizaSpotlight)
11 moments that defined Sasha & Digweed. (DJMag)
Paride Saraceni talks post-humanism, Afrofuturism, techno politics and terrifying tour experiences. (Pulse)
Walker & Royce touch down to talk the release of their debut album Self Help, abandoning samples, and bringing hip hop vocals to house music. (DA)
Cold Blue: A retrospective of his takeover leading to Dreamstate. (DA)
Just how exactly did Talking Heads front man David Byrne end up on a house record at the top of the charts in 2002? The Story Behind… X-Press 2's Greatest Hit. (IbizaVoice)
Shaded explains the 10 tracks which were the biggest influences on his style and career. (DT)
The Art of DJing: Asmara. (RA)
Four Tet returns with New Energy on Text Records. (Decoded)
Rod Modell (a.k.a. DeepChord) explains how the harsh nature of modern techno could be damaging our nervous systems. (XLR8R)
Be stripped of all artifice and be judged by the work, this is the (admirable) ethos of Bastian Bux. (DHA)
DJ Harvey, Lovefingers and Young Marco share their favourite Christmas tunes. (RansomNote)
Francis Harris and Gabe Hedrick discuss their Aris Kindt collaboration. (Ravelin)
Martin Garrix discusses his musical roots, the drawbacks of fame, collaborations and productions. (Skiddle)
Frankie Bones tells how his new EP on Intec Digital came to fruition, and how he encouraged label boss Carl Cox to start producing. (MagneticMag)
Alesso talks Let Me Go, his American Music Awards performance and new music. (Billboard)
Bogota nights: Colombia's after-hours scene is an anarchic, cultural melting pot. (Mixmag)
The cosmic messenger: How Karlheinz Stockhausen shaped contemporary electronic music. (VinylFactory)
How Major Lazer infiltrated Cuba's DIY internet to throw a giant Havana concert. (Ringer)
The evolution of the turntable 1877 - 2017 (Mixmag - Thomas H. Green)
KiNK, the mastermind behind the world's favourite live house and techno set explains his setup and gives some tips. (ElectronicBeats)
Björk has been immersed in and inspired by club culture since before her Debut in 1993, she tells Ralph Moore. (Mixmag)

Artist News

Matt Darey’s album, Wolf, is the first electronic music release to be specifically written and produced for 7.1.4 3D surround sound in the Dolby Atmos format. (Decoded)
Dekmantel Soundsystem to embark on all-night tour across Europe. (Crack)
MKaskade announces Christmas album, releases first single. (DA)
Marcellus Pittman returns with two new EPs for his Unirhythm label. (RA)
Dispatch launches new sub-label, Blueprints, with records from Skeptical & Kid Drama. (RA)
Floating Points to remaster 19-minute track Ratio for The Hydra party at Ministry Of Sound. (RA)
Matoma to perform alongside Alan Walker and more at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. (Billboard)
Gramatik celebrates successful cryptocurrency launch and becomes first tokenized artist. (Billboard)
Underground Resistance teams up with Carhartt WIP on new clothing line. (Mixmag)
Deadmau5 to make NYC debut as Testpilot New Year's Eve weekend. (Mixmag)
Unreleased Roman Flügel tracks from the '90s issued on new HardWorkSoftDrink EP. (RA)
Goldie is to stand trial with his teenage daughter accused of attacking a bouncer at Glastonbury Festival. (Sun)
Damiano Von Erckert's third album is on the way. (Mixmag)
Oneohtrix Point Never to stage world premiere of his new project, myRiad, at NYC's Park Avenue Armory. (RA)
Dubfire has released his biopic Above Ground Level. (Mixmag)
Ralph Lawson curates Rare Classics project for Back To Basics. (RA)
DJ Snake partners with Snapchat to launch video in A Different Way. (Billboard)
DJ Harvey will soundtrack a new documentary on the final Paradise Garage party. (Pulse)
PLAYdifferently have released a video in their ‘How I PLAY’ series, featuring Carl Cox discussing his technical set-up with the company’s acclaimed MODEL 1 mixer.

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