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Pete Tong's Essential New Tune
Nothing Wrong
Omri.
Crosstown Rebels
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"It comes from the rising Tel Aviv-based DJ and producer Omri., making his first appearance on Damian Lazarus's revered Crosstown Rebels label with a brand new EP. He steps straight into the spotlight with 'Nothing Wrong'. I've been playing this out in my club sets for the last couple of months, getting a pretty remarkable reaction. Couldn't wait to play it for you on the radio. So here is this week's ENT 'Nothing Wrong' from Omri.."
This week's featured Essential New Tune was featured in last week’s Friday show on BBC Radio 1. Listen again and forward to 32.47 here.
Contact
Label: Leon, Crosstown Rebels
Management: Dorothy Caccavale, Three Six Zero
Publishing: Self-Published 
Radio & Club: Adam Carter, Exclusive Promo
Online: Jake, Dispersion
Live Agents: NA/SA: Tal, Strange Talent / EU: Will, NGE / ROW: Ritual Artists
10 Jun 2025
Business
  • A consortium led by Believe CEO Denis Ladegaillerie doubles down on plans to acquire the remaining shares of the company from public shareholders. (DMN) 
  • Following yesterday's news that Fever had completed a $100m funding round, the live events platform then announced it had acquired the ticketing service Dice. (HR) 
  • HarbourView Equity Partners has closed an additional $500m in debt financing from investment giant KKR, through a new private securitisation backed by its diversified, scaled music portfolio. (MBW) 
  • Exceleration Music has entered into an agreement to acquire Cooking Vinyl. (RotD) Cooking Vinyl will integrate into Redeye’s distribution platform and gain access to Exceleration’s global infrastructure, significantly expanding its growth opportunities worldwide. Exceleration, meanwhile, will be able to tap into CV’s artist marketing expertise. 
News and Features
  • The BRIT Awards will be held at Manchester's Co-op Live on Saturday 28 February 2026, and also in 2027. (Guardian) 
  • The Night Time Industries Association in the UK has called on the Government to "invest in night-time transport - or risk the irreversible decline of one of the UK’s most dynamic economic and cultural lifelines." (RotD)  
  • The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given the green light for Viagogo to reacquire certain StubHub trademarks and domain names outside of the UK and Europe from Digital Fuel Capital. (TTB) 
  • BPI CEO Jo Twist addressed the SXSW London conference, covering a number of topics including tech and AI, where she stated "A healthy music ecosystem is one which recognises the power technology has to support and amplify human creativity, and one which ensures that technology is harnessed correctly and responsibly, to the benefit of human creators." (RotD) 
Digital
  • Crunch Digital, a provider of music publishing clearance and metadata solutions, announced a new integration with 7digital, the B2B music technology platform owned by Songtradr. (PRNewswire) 
  • Music streaming and discovery platform Audiomack, and Beatdapp, a fraud detection company, announced a partnership to combat streaming fraud across the Audiomack platform. (RotD) 
Live
  • Sónar removes McDonalds and Coca Cola as sponsors following talks with Samaʼ Abdulhadi. (Mixmag) 
  • Tomorrowland's hard techno event, Atmosphere, is returning to Antwerp Expo this winter. (DJMag) 
  • PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) has called for a boycott of Sónar as more than 50 artists are reported to have pulled out of performing the upcoming 2025 festival. (DJMag) 
  • Spanish festival Sónar has confirmed that at least 38 acts, artists and bands have cancelled their performances at this year’s event. (5mag) 
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
  • 80+ music startups: A curated guide (Emily White) 
  • New stats from May’s Night Time Economy Market Monitor paint a picture of a sector far from ready for significant tax and cost rises from the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, which came into force in April. (RotD) 
  • Generative AI is already having profound impacts on the UK’s creative economy, according to new research backed by the MU. (MU) 
Beatport
  • 15 summer-ready Ibiza bangers, handpicked by Melon Bomb (Beatportal)
  • Funk Tribu drops trance belter “Azul” and launches TRIBE label (Beatportal)
  • Behind The Label: Enchufada (Beatportal)
  • Inside UNVRS Opening Party: Ibiza’s most surreal club debuts with a bang (Beatportal)
  • Playlist of the Week: Adiel (Beatportal)
  • RSVP Now: SOFI TUKKER & Mia Moretti | Beatport Live LA (Beatportal)
  • Label of the Month: Dark Entries (Beatportal)
  • Speed up your music digging with Beatport DJ (Beatport)
Clubs
  • Ibiza: 
    Amnesia Ibiza announces full 2025 programme. (DJMag)
  • London's E1 launches new promoter mentorship programme. (RA) 
  • Forum Digbeth is a new 2,000 capacity nightclub in Birmingham. (Mixmag) 
Deals
  • Reservoir Media announced a multifaceted deal with independent record label Fool’s Gold Records, acquiring the catalogue master rights of the label’s artists, including A-Trak and Danny Brown. (RotD) 
  • Armada Music has signing of a long-term recordings deal with UK dance artist SILK. (RotD) 
Streams & Podcasts
  • Breach 'Jack' | The Making Of A Deep House Anthem (DJMag) 
  • Tai Lokun - Afro house Set | RA Greenhouse Sessions (RA) 
  • RA.992 Laurel Halo (RA) 
  • SG Lewis | Mixmag Lab London x Forever Days | 2025 (Mixmag) 
  • Donato Dozzy | Boiler Room: Rome (Boiler Room) 
  • Claptone house set live from DJ Mag HQ (DJMag) 
Artist and Music Features
  • The 15 best house tracks of May 2025 (Magnetic) 
  • Selections: Liquid Earth (DJMag) 
  • Recognise 085: Sol Ortega (DJMag) 
  • A forensic approach to audio from Mark Ernestus and a team of Hard Wax veterans has turned a World War II bunker in the industrial city of Wuppertal into the new gold standard. (RA) 
  • Medaina Festival transforms Petra into a new frontier for electronic music. (Independent) 
  • Bresh begins historic Latin music residency at Amnesia Ibiza: ‘It’s a huge responsibility to carry the flag’ (Billboard) 
  • At Home With: Steffi & Virginia in Região Saloia, Portugal (DJMag) 
  • "Is the infrastructure working?" The Toronto-based DJ and producer Bambii talks about playing Coachella 2025 and the music industry's unequal power dynamics. (RA) 
  • ‘Something very simple, but intense’: How Gesaffelstein and his team made one of the best electronic shows on the road. (Billboard) 
  • “It’s better to be friends with the robots,” OSMIUM on jamming with robots for their debut album. (MusicTech) 
  • Ninja Tune, home to ODESZA, Thundercat and more, shares secrets to 35 years of indie success. (Billboard) 
  • Life lessons from Goldie (Face) 
  • Showtek: "Life is hard enough… that’s why we need dance music" (Sun) 
  • AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims: how music streaming became a hotbed of fraud and fakery. (Guardian) 
  • Playlisting was once a top way to grow your music, but many artists got burned by fake streams and shady tactics. Do Spotify playlists still matter? There’s now a new and better way to use playlists to market music reach real fans. (ReverbNation) 
  • As the industry prepares for the AI takeover, insiders question who’s next in line at the major labels. (HR) 
  • SoundCloud global head of music Emmy Lovell on fan power and artist breakthroughs on the platform. (MusicWeek - Andre Paine) 
Artist News
  • Deadmau5 speaks on selling his catalogue. "It was time to just let it go" (Billboard) 
  • Madonna has announced a long-rumoured remix album companion to her classic 1998 record 'Ray Of Light'. (DJMag) 
  • Hardwell announces 2025 European summer tour. (EDM) 
  • Deborah de Luca will not play HARD Summer 2025 after a dispute over the font size of her billing. (Billboard) 
  • Eric Prydz debuted his Holosphere 2.0 residency at the brand new Ibiza club [UNVRS]. (DJMag) 
  • Disclosure announces a run of North American live shows this autumn. (Billboard) 
  • Anyma hopes his new music is ‘Timeless’. (Billboard) 
  • The archives of the Factory Records and Haçienda founder Tony Wilson are set to be featured in a free gallery exhibition for the first time this summer. (DJMag) 
  • Japanese glitch musician Yasumao Tone has died aged 90, Artists Space has confirmed. (Mixmag) 
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