Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Never Alone (feat. Dixon & Dix_On The Phone)
Jimi Jules
Innervisions
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05 Apr 2022
- Capitol Records UK, now part of the EMI label group, has launched dance imprint label, Lift Me Up Records, in partnership with Belfast DJ and A&R Connor Coates. (MusicWeek)
- Universal Music Group revealed its own plans to waive unpaid advances for legacy artists and songwriters – referring specifically to “eligible creators and their immediate heirs who have not received any payments since January 1, 2000”. (DMN)
- Silvia Montello has been appointed CEO of Association for Electronic Music (AFEM). She will replace Greg Marshall who said, "The time is right for me to adjust my balance of focus between AFEM and consulting on other projects within electronic music." (MW)
- Miami police report a "record low" number of arrests from Ultra Music Festival 2022. (EDM)
- Annie Mac announced she is creating a club night for older clubbers that opens at 7pm and ends at midnight. (Guardian) The first night is at Islington Assembly Hall, London on 20 May.
- Rüfüs du Sol won Best Dance/Electronic Recording at the Grammys for 'Alive'. Black Coffee won Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for Subconsciously. (Independent)