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CMU’s One Liners: Willow Smith, Bauer Media, Deadmau5, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 17 November 2016

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Willow Smith has launched a new range of socks – no, “an anthology of socks” – for sock maker Stance. “This collection is my personal journey. I just wanted people to see how I see through these socks”, she says. To reiterate: they are socks.

• Magazine and radio firm Bauer Media has promoted Nadia Holmes to become its new Head Of Digital Audio. “This is a well-deserved promotion”, says Bauer’s Vicky Foster.

• Deadmau5 is teaching an online masterclass in electronic music production, due to go live later this year.

• Chemical Brothers have shared the video for new single ‘C-h-e-m-i-c-a-l’.

• Brian Eno has announced that he will release a new ambient album, ‘Reflections’, through Warp on 1 Jan.

• Agnes Obel has released the video for new single ‘It’s Happening Again’, ahead of UK tour dates later this month.

• Soulwax have released a new track, ‘Transient Program For Drums And Machinery’. They’ve also announced that they’ll play two UK shows in Manchester and London next April.

• Ty Segall will release new album, ‘Ty Segall’, on 27 Jan. From it, this is ‘Orange Color Queen’.

• Pissed Jeans are back. They’ll release their fifth album, ‘Why Love Now’, on 24 Feb. Here’s new single ‘The Bar Is Low’.