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U Take Me Higher
Will Clarke
All We Have is Now
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"This week's Essential New Tune is from Will Clarke on the All We Have is Now Label. His new single. It's a beast!"
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 36.36mins here. 
Contact
Label: Anton Partridge, Good Company & Ryan King, All We Have Is Now 
Management: Ryan King, Stand Out Mgmt
Publishing: Copyright Control 
Radio: James Jackson, Listen Up
Club: James Marsh, Listen Up
Online: Charlotte Wilson & Alexandra Amela, Listen Up
Live: UK/Europe - Joanna Barber, North/South America - Latane Hughes & Daisy Hoffman, Paradigm 
07 Feb 2020
Business
  • Spotify is in talks to renegotiate onerous music royalty deals. (FT)
  • Spotify added 11m subscribers in the final three months of 2019, ending the year with 124m worldwide and 271m total monthly active users. The company said it was the fastest they've ever added at least ten million subs. Total revenue for 2019 was up 29% on the year prior to €6.76bn. Operating loss for the quarter was €77m. (Billboard)
News and Features
  • Zach Zimmerman – formerly Uber’s global business development manager of music and entertainment – has launched artist management company ZTZ Entertainment. (Billboard) 
  • Sigma is to use digital ID technology from Native and Yoti to tackle secondary ticketing on its forthcoming tour. (RotD)
  • Insomniac Events is suing USC Events in the wake of the fallout from last summer's Paradiso festival, the event the two promoters co-produced at the Gorge in Washington. (DJ Mag) 
Digital
  • Moog Music have announced the return of their hardware vocoder. (DJ Mag) 
Live
  • Berlin's Krake Festival celebrates ten years with parties in UK and Germany. (RA) 
  • Tokyo-based, experimental arts promoter REITIN is launching a new festival in Japan this April at the Ōya History Museum, a 400 year old former stone quarry. (DJ Mag) 
  • Tomorrowland has revealed the stage splits for this year's festival in Belgium. (DJ Mag) 
  • Barcelona's Off Week unveils full line-up for 2020, including Tale Of Us, Ben Klock, and Omar S. (RA) 
  • The 15th anniversary edition of Get Lost Miami will be soundtracked by Visionquest, Diplo, Pete Tong, Hot Since 82, Carl Craig and more. (Mixmag) 
  • London festical GALA completes line-up for 2020 with MCDE, François K and Nightmares On Wax. (RA) 
  • Bristol label Timedance is set to celebrate its fifth birthday with a slew of parties across the UK and Europe. (Mixmag) 
  • Defected has announced the line-up for its brand new four-day festival in Ibiza, featuring Basement Jaxx, Dimitri From Paris, Horse Meat Disco, Purple Disco Machine and more. (DJ Mag) 
  • Monegros Desert Festival adds Solomun and Paula Temple for 2020. (RA) 
  • Palms Trax, James Murphy and Ben UFO to perform at this year's Lente Kabinet in Amsterdam. (Mixmag) 
  • Fatboy Slim, Kaytranada, Sherelle and more are locked in for this year's Lovebox Festival. (DJ Mag) 
  • Honey Dijon, The Black Madonna and Modeselektor have been confirmed for Portugal's Neopop Festival 2020 this August. (RA) 
  • Malmö festival Intonal books Midori Takada, John T. and Gast for 2020. (RA) 
  • Helena Hauff, Or:la, Craig Richards, Young Marco, Artwork, Saoirse, and Nicolas Lutz have been confirmed for Gottwood festival in Wales. (DJ Mag) 
  • DVS1, Underground Resistance (Live) and Batu are among the final acts to be locked for this year's Dimensions festival. (DJ Mag)
  • Houghton Festival has revealed the full line-up for its 2020 edition, which includes Four Tet, Helena Hauff and Powder. (Mixmag) 
  • Glastonbury's 360-degree immersive stage, The Gas Tower, will return in 2020. (DJ Mag) 
  • Wiglex City Festival in Nottingham, UK, has locked drum & bass legend Goldie to spin a rare techno set for its 2020 edition. (DJ Mag) 
  • Amsterdam's Mysteryland has announced the first wave of artists set to perform, including Armin van Buuren, Timmy Trumpet, and DJ Snake. (DA) 
  • We Out Here festival is back for 2020, which includes names like Underground Resistance, DJ Spinn, Josey Rebelle, TSVI as well as his Anunaku alias, Floating Points and DJ Storm. (Mixmag) 
  • Orbital, Sherelle, Or:la, Cromby and more to perform at this year's AVA Festival in Belfast. (RA)
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • How DJ activism can actually make a difference in real life. (Mixmag) 
  • Should electronic music producers ever work for free? (DJ Mag) 
  • Spotify Q4 2019: First signs of the new Spotify. (Midia) "Another strong quarter and a good year for Spotify. Look a bit deeper, however, and there are the first signs of the new company that Spotify is building".
Clubs
  • Dixon's Ibiza residency, Transmoderna, moves to DC-10 for 2020 season. (RA) 
  • Solomun +1 locks in 21-date Pacha run this summer. (Ibiza Spotlight)
Streams & Podcasts
  • DT680 – Mr.C (Superfreq Showcase) (DT) 
  • RA.714 Spekki Webu (RA) 
  • Podcast 630: Molly (XLR8R) 
  • On Cue: Parris (DJ Mag) 
  • Ash Roy in The Lab Mumbai (Mixmag) 
  • Ankytrixx in The Lab Mumbai (Mixmag) 
  • Kidnap in The Lab Mumbai (Mixmag) 
  • Adonis in The Lab LDN - Grace Sands, SONIKKU, Shay Malt (Mixmag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • The 15 best techno tracks of January 2020. (Magnetic) 
  • 10 labels pushing drum'n'bass forwards in 2020. (Red Bull)  
  • Label Spotlight: Deadbeats (Billboard) 
  • Label Of The Month: SVBKVLT (RA) 
  • Moon Boots: How I play live (DJ Mag)  
  • Renegade Riddims: DJ Raggo (DT) 
  • Introducing: Yu Su (beatportal) 
  • Fresh Kicks 131: BFTT (DJ Mag) 
  • Billboard Dance emerging artists: February 2020 (Billboard) 
  • February: Six artists you need to check out this month (Mixmag) 
  • Record of the Day: Vonica's If You're New Here Dance (RotD) 
  • Record of the Day: Pablo Nouvelle featuring Angelique Kidjo's Milambi (RotD) 
  • How we made: Free, by Ultra Naté (Guardian)
  • Leo Pol was forced to become estranged from his family in order to follow his electronic music dream. (Mixmag) 
  • At home with: Hybrid Minds (DJ Mag) 
  • How dance music collectives are shaping our future. (beatportal) 
  • Modern Rave Art: Meet the illustrators pushing flyer design forward. (DJ Mag) 
  • Death by Popularity: What Griessmuehle’s closure signifies for all Berlin clubs. (ElectronicBeats)
  • Austerity, gentrification and big tunes: why illegal raves are flourishing. (Guardian) 
  • A decade of DJing: How technology changed the art form. (DJ Mag) 
  • MIDI 2.0 is live, and it could mean the end of the keyboard’s dominance over popular music. (Quartz)
  • Boris Brejcha Interview. (DA) 
  • How Anjunadeep became one of dance music's ultimate tastemaker labels with the most 'down to earth' fans. (Billboard) 
  • Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella on first Power List placement and becoming the 'Willy Wonka of EDM' (Billboard) 
  • Welcome to the kaleidoscopic, psychedelic world of DJ Tennis. (beatportal) 
  • Hardwell Interview. [Podcast] (Revealed Music) 
  • Between The Beats: Marie Davidson (RA) 
  • Beatrice Dillon: Space exploration (DJ Mag) 
  • Beatrice Dillon: "I want people to respond emotionally and instinctively to my music" (Mixmag) 
Artist News
  • Mark Knight releases his new track Mona Lisa. (DA) 
  • SHALT returns to Astral Plane Recordings with new EP, Ochre Flood. (RA) 
  • Maribou State to handle next fabric presents mix. (RA) 
  • Eris Drew announces solo EP, Fluids of Emotion on Detroit label Interdimensional. (XLR8R) 
  • Khalid reunites with Disclosure for Know Your Worth. (Billboard) 
  • Disclosure are set to perform two comeback shows in the US later this year. (DJ Mag)
  • Caribou has donated various records and pieces of equipment to charity. (DJ Mag) 
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