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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
My Computer (feat. Glowal)
Adana Twins
Diynamic Records
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Comment
"I gave you a preview of this on last week’s show in the weekend hot mix, it’s forthcoming on a new EP on Diynamic Records. Massive for the likes of Solomun in Ibiza, I was alongside him in his DJ booth in Pacha on Sunday night and this well and truly went off, as it has for me over the last couple of weeks on my sets. This week's ENT is My Computer by Adana Twins "
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32:09 mins here.
Contact
Label: Diynamic Music
Management: Carsten Levi, Effect Mgmt  
Publishing: BMG Rights Management
Live: Kai Schumann, People & Machines
26 Jul 2019
Business
  • New and used music gear marketplace Reverb has been acquired by e-commerce website Etsy in a deal worth $275m. (Fact) 
News and Features
  • Berghain's in-house label Ostgut Ton has announced it will host a Rinse FM and Rinse France takeover on August 3 from noon to midnight GMT.  (Mixmag)  
  • Mixmag and Coors Light are offering people the chance to record their own mix in The Lab LDN as part of a new DJ contest, DJ Academy. (Mixmag)
  • Mixmag is joining forces with shesaid.so to launch a new editorial partnership that will offer shesaid.so members the chance to have their work published in the pages of their magazine. (Mixmag) 
  • Ultra Music Festival is set to return to downtown Miami in March 2020 after city commissioners voted 3-2 in favour of the event on Thursday. Ultra had tweaked the agreement’s details to appease residents, from reducing the amount of days Ultra will close the park to lowering the maximum decibel level for the music. (MiamiHerald) 
Digital
  • Gibson has returned the rights to the Oberheim Electronics brand name back to synth pioneer Tom Oberheim. (RA) 
  • A new app called PLSY is being developed that allows club-goers to vote on which song the DJ should play next during their set. Users can search and select a song from their music libraries for their suggestion, and whichever track receives the majority vote from the crowd will be played next. (Mixmag) 
Live
  • Friendship 2020 have announced line-up with Griz, Bob Moses, Ty Dolla $ign, Troyboi and more. (Billboard) 
  • Hvar, a remote island off the coast of Croatia, will be home to the first ever Laguna Mala - an open air gathering happening on September 13 and 14. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland has announced Armin van Buuren and 3 Are Legend will both close the festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Calvin Harris, Armin van Buuren, Lil Pump top inaugural FestivalX line-up in Australia this November. (DA) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • The disco sit: Sitting down at a rave is a thing of joy. (Mixmag) 
  • Dance music needs to be more inclusive for disabled artists, DJs and clubbers. (Mixmag) 
  • Drum & bass is finally addressing its diversity problem. (DJ Mag) 
News Update from AFEM
(Association for Electronic Music)
  • AFEM Membership: Recent new AFEM members include: Attack Magazine; Christine Brown Consulting; Critically Amused; Domix; Global Publicity; Platform 808; Shogun Audio; Tony Rigg Consulting. Please contact membership@afemorg.net if you would like to know more about joining. (AFEM)
  • Education: Songtrust have created an informative 'Modern Guide to Publishing' to help creators & others in the industry to better understand how usage of music creates publishing royalties around the world (Songtrust)
  • AFEM Industry Guide: The AFEM Metadata Working Group teamed up with Consolidated Independent to create an easy-to-understand guide on music metadata best practices. (AFEM)
  • Meet The Team: This month we focus on AFEM members, Shogun Audio - learn more about the newly appointed label manager, Amy Jayne (AFEM)
Clubs
  • In:Motion has revealed the first wave of acts joining their 10th anniversary season. They include Nicole Moudaber, Mr Scruff, Paul Oakenfold, Four Tet and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Get to know the cast of Boiler Room Ibiza at DC10. (Ibiza Spotlight) 
Deals
  • Marshmello has signed with William Morris Endeavor. (Billboard)
Streams & Podcasts
  • DT655 – Kevin Knapp (DT)
  • RA.686 Russell E.L. Butler (RA) 
  • My Nu Leng & Dread MC in The Lab LDN (Mixmag) 
  • Timetable Records takeover with 4THSEX in The Lab LA. (Mixmag) 
  • Distruction Boyz at BUDX Lagos (Mixmag) 
  • Anthea in The Lab NYC (Mixmag) 
  • Solomun live at Tomorrowland 2019 (Tomorrowland) 
  • Afrojack live at Tomorrowland 2019 (Tomorrowland)
  • Armin van Buuren live at Tomorrowland 2019 (Armin Van Buuren) 
  • Tiësto live at Tomorrowland 2019 (Tiësto) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Queensyze: Canada's fastest-rising techno star. (iDJ) 
  • Renegade Riddims: Kolectiv (DT)
  • Fresh Kicks 111. Bergdonist (DJ Mag)  
  • Get to know: Zamilska (DJ Mag) 
  • Take ten: Enzo Siragusa picks the tracks that have inspired him. (DJ Mag) 
  • The 10 best Rezz songs. (Billboard) 
  • The 10 best early 90s trance tracks. (Mixmag) 
  • The 15 best bass music tracks of June 2019 (Magnetic) 
  • Sónar 2019: Five key performances (RA) 
  • 15 years in, Tomorrowland is a spectacle of both massive size and thoughtful detail. (Billboard) 
  • Post-PC Music: How the London label inspired a new stage in the pop continuum. (Mixmag) 
  • Forging electronic futures in Karachi. (DJ Mag) 
  • DANCE OR DIE: How Nic Fanciulli is bringing a warehouse vibe to Ibiza. (Mixmag) 
  • Joeski: 30 years on and still going strong… (iDJ) 
  • "This is what my life is" - Elephante talks new tour and upcoming album. (EDM.com) 
  • Lee Burridge and Lost Desert speak with each other about their new album, surviving the elements, and more. (DA) 
  • Real Talk: Agoria (XLR8R) 
  • Jayda G: breaking through, to a disco beat. (DJ Mag) 
  • Richie Hawtin talks about his music history and new app and release CLOSER and CLOSE Combined. [podcast] (ElectronicBeats) 
Artist News
  • Alan Fitzpatrick is gearing up to launch a new leftfield and electronica oriented music label called Apex Faction. (Mixmag) 
  • DJ Seinfield has released his Lilium EP on Young Ethics. (Mixmag) 
  • Mall Grab and Brame & Hamo have raised £15,000 for MS (multiple sclerosis) after performing at three gigs across the UK last week. (Mixmag) 
  • Objekt has revealed the two tracks that "inspired" his massive dancefloor anthem Theme From Q. (Mixmag) 
  • Nina Kraviz has released her new EP, Stranno Neobjatno. (DJ Mag) 
  • Above & Beyond have released a calming Flow State LP to capture the atmosphere of their iconic yoga sets. (DA) 
  • Carla dal Forno reveals new album, Look Up Sharp on her own label Kallista Records. (RA) 
  • Octo Octa to release new LP, Resonant Body, on T4T LUV NRG. (RA) 
  • The Chainsmokers and Illenium have dropped the collaboration of the summer, Takeaway. (DA) 
  • 808 State announce their first album in 17 years, Transmission Suite. (Mixmag) 
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