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Precision
Junior Simba
Simba Sounds
28 Jan 2022
Comment
"This week's ENT is from a guy has been playing some massive gigs recently, including the Warehouse Project and Tobacco Docks. He's originally from Zimbabwe but is now coming out of Leeds and is starting off a big year ahead with his first-ever ENT. We ran this on my last show, and it sounded so energetic and exciting it had to be an ENT. This is Precision by Junior Simba"
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 34.20 here.
Contact
Label: Simba Sounds
Management: James Drummond 
Publishing: Copyright Control
Radio: Eydie, Your Army
Club: Leo, Your Army 
Live: Ollie Seaman, Earth 
08 Feb 2022
Business
  • Swiss fintech company Utopia Music has launched its Royalty Management Services business unit, the foundation of which is Sentric Music Group. The unit will enable the company’s copyright management, allocation, distribution, and license management, and will continue to service Sentric’s existing customer base. It will be led by Sentric’s current CEO, Chris Meehan. (RotD)
  • At Spotify, fourth-quarter revenue was €2.69bn, representing 24% growth year-on-year. Subscription revenue was €2.3bn, a 22% increase. Advertising revenue was €394m, up 40%. Premium Subscribers grew 16% y-o-y to 180m in the quarter. Monthly active users rose 18% to 406m. (Spotify) 
  • Recorded-music revenue hit $1.65bn during the Sony Music’s fiscal third quarter to 31 December 2021, an increase of 15.2% year-on-year. Streaming revenue of $1.075bn was up 36% in Yen. Publishing was up 15%, to $467m. (DMN)
News and Features
  • Warner Music Group announced a "legacy unrecouped advances program where, for our artists and songwriters who signed to us before 2000 and didn't receive an advance during or after 2000, we won't apply their unrecouped advances to royalty statements for any period beginning July 1, 2022 or after. The program will also benefit other artist royalty participants such as producers, engineers, mixers and remixers." (Variety) 
Digital
  • David Guetta, as an avatar, performed a DJ set on the Roblox platform this past weekend. (RotD)  
  • NFT website, Hitpiece, blasted for selling music without the artist's permission. (EDMTunes) 
Live
  • Croatia's Love International Festival confirms stages for 2022 event. (Mixmag) 
  • Italy's Polifonic festival to host debut Milan edition in June. (RA) 
  • One Out Festival in Surrey, UK, has announced Eats Everything, Skream, Chloé Robinson, Dusky and more for its second edition this June. (DJMag)  
  • Ricardo Villalobos, Helena Hauff and Powder are among the names for the third edition of the Houghton Festival in the UK. (RA) 
  • San Diego's CRSSD adds more talent with Phase Two line-up, including John Summit, Pan Pot, Cristoph, Jerro, Deep Dish, Kasablanca and Bontan. (EDMTunes) 
  • Ultra Music Festival announced phase 3 additions. (EDMTunes) 
  • Jeff Mills, ANNA, Blawan, Natasha Diggs and many more to play Movement Detroit in May. (RA) 
  • Drumcode plots Malta takeover with Adam Beyer, Richie Hawtin, Joseph Capriati, ANNA, and more. (DA) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • Why I don't believe in music royalty NFTs, yet. (MusicX - Bas Grasmayer) 
  • The world’s breakthrough artists and tracks on music streaming platforms and social media. Chartmetric's report on H2 2021. 
Tech
  • Ableton Live 11.1: native support for Apple Silicon, new Max for Live tools. (DJTechTools) 
Beatport
  • Loopmasters are proud to present Urbandawn – Duality Drum & Bass (Loopcloud)
  • Introducing: D.Dan, the fast-rising Techno star from Berlin’s underground (Beatportal)
  • Artist Series: Best of Tech House (Loopmasters)
  • Playlist of the Week - Ashibah (Beatportal)
  • Label of the Month - Parquet Recordings (Beatportal)
  • Beatport Mobile for Android is here. Take control of your music today. (Beatportal)
  • Beatport and Microsoft Surface launch a global search for the next emerging talent with the Originals² Remix Competition, featuring Italian DJ duo, Giolì & Assia. Enter and win a DJ Set in Ibiza. (Beatportal)
Clubs
  • Covid-19 latest: 
    Sweden to scrap night curfew. (RA) 
    Nightclubs and bars will be allowed to fully reopen in Barcelona from 11 February. (DJMag) 
    Nightclubs in the Netherlands are to throw open their doors next weekend in protest at the mandatory 10pm curfew imposed on the sector. (IQ) 
  • Red Bull are to throw a rave in Manchester's famed Victoria Baths. The night will feature DJ Paulette, Blasha & Allatt, A Guy Called Gerald, Luke Una and more. (Mixmag) 
  • Printworks has announced a number of new artists and shows for Spring/Summer 2022, including Glitterbox, Defected, and Sink The Pink. (DJMag) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • RA.818 Flava D (RA) 
  • Danny Avila from DJ Mag HQ (DJMag) 
  • Vintage Culture at Museu do Amanhã, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Cercle) 
Artist and Music Features
  • Tunes of the month | February (IbizaSpotlight) 
  • The 15 best progressive house tracks of January 2022. (Magnetic) 
  • The best tracks of the year 2022 so far  - January (Mixmag) 
  • The best DJ mixes - January (Mixmag) 
  • Recognise: Debit (DJMag) 
  • Selections: Wayward (DJMag) 
  • 10 dance artists to watch in 2022. (Billboard) 
  • EDM.com Class of 2022 list. 
  • 30 years of Trade: celebrating the boundary-breaking LGBTQ+ rave. (DJMag) 
  • An ambitious ending: The highs and lows of The Drumsheds' final party. (Mixmag) 
  • How Kings of Tomorrow's 'Finally' united dancefloors with its hopeful house message. (DJMag) 
  • Spectogram art: A short history of musicians hiding visuals inside their tracks. (Mixmag) 
  • Claude Vonstroke talks about experimentation, surrealism and more: "I don't think there's enough risk-taking in our scene" (EDM) 
  • Delving into a dichotomy: Kaskade discusses the making of ‘Fire & Ice v3′ (DA) 
  • “We take pride in Detroit wherever we go”: DJ Minx and Carl Craig in conversation (Mixmag) 
  • How brands are interacting with the metaverse and what this means for music licensing. (Synchtank)
  • The feud between major artists and Spotify has overlooked problems faced by those with less power and finances. (Guardian) 
  • How fan communities can help create a ‘middle class’ of artists and content creators. (RollingStone) 
  • As record labels continue to evolve, A&R has changed, too. Eight executives break down how. (Billboard)
  • The gamification of the Music Industry has just begun. (MBW) 
Artist News
  • Alison Wonderland is hitting the road in 2022 for a can't-miss headlining tour. (EDM) 
  • New Soul Jazz compilation, Life Between Islands, celebrates Black British music and soundsystem culture. (RA) 
  • ILLENIUM is working on new music with The Chainsmokers. (EDM)  
  • Flume has announced a new album, 'Palaces', and shared the first single and video, 'Say Nothing', featuring MAY-A. (DJMag) 
  • Loraine James debuts new alias, Whatever The Weather, with album on Ghostly International. (RA) 
  • Detroit icon Carl Craig announces Black History Month Event Series. (Billboard) 
  • ODESZA tease first new original music since 2018. (EDM) 
  • Nicky Romero returns to house music with new 'See You On The Dancefloor' EP. (EDMTunes) 
  • Armin van Buuren has announced a headline show in Manchester on Saturday 16 April. (DJMag) 
  • Sama' Abdulhadi has announced a new club event series, 'Bring Back Beirut', to raise money for Lebanon. (DJMag) 
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