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There’s a widely accepted method to interpret China’s official announcements: the shorter the news, the heavier it is. Today, in one concise sentence, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China’s telecom regulator, announced that it will “soon grant 5G licenses for commercial use.” That’s according to the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily. TechCrunch reported…

via China says it will ‘soon grant’ 5G licenses for commercial use — TechCrunch

The global trash trade has reached a turning point; wealthier nations have long shipped their plastic waste to the developing world to be processed, but in recent months, some nations in Southeast Asia have begun sending the exports — much of it contaminated plastic and trash that is unrecyclable — back to where it came…

via Southeast Asia Doesn’t Want to Be the World’s Dumping Ground. Here’s How Some Countries Are Pushing Back — TIME

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Listen to ‘(Vi-Vi) Vicious Games’, a steamy house number featuring Josh Caffe, now. Paranoid London are back with their second album. PL sees the production duo of Gerardo Delgado and Quinn Whalley showcasing the corrosive approach to house and techno that featured on their 2015 self-titled debut. Listen to ‘(Vi-Vi) Vicious Games’, a steamy house number…

via Paranoid London collaborate with Alan Vega, Arthur Baker and Josh Caffe for new album, PL — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

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Twelve emotive electronic experiments from the Russian producer. Regular Citizen, aka east Russian producer Ivan Olegovich, joins Lorenzo Senni’s Presto!? Records for his debut album. Sleeping Unique features a diverse blend of calamitous synth freak-outs and melancholic ambient pieces, all squeezed into 12 short but emotive electronic experiments. The album is the second release from Presto!?…

via Presto!? to release debut album from experimental newcomer Regular Citizen — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is awash in pot, glutted with so much legal weed that if growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to smoke or eat it all. Now, the state is looking to curb production. Five years after voters legalized recreational marijuana, lawmakers are moving…

via Oregon Has So Much Extra Weed it Could Take Years to Smoke it All — TIME

Deal follows buyouts of Spinnin’ Records and EMP by Warner in past two years The post Warner buys indie hip-hop label Monsp Records in Finland appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

via Warner buys indie hip-hop label Monsp Records in Finland — Music Business Worldwide

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Featuring a propulsive remix from Laurel Halo. Berlin-based DJ and producer Wilted Woman makes her debut on Phantasy Sound with a new EP. The acid-tinged industrial heater ‘Lon Lon Night Vision’ provides a dark counterpoint to ‘No Stinger’, a bass-heavy excursion into contemporary trance. Laurel Halo contributes a propulsive remix of the title track, flipping…

via Wilted Woman debuts on Phantasy Sound with Lon Lon Night Vision — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.