That is us done for Thursday but scroll down for news on Clean Bandit, Will Young, Suggs and Steve Davis - yes that snooker playing chap.
We'll be back tomorrow with all the week's big releases on New Music Friday - and that new song from The Strokes, which Julian Casablancas is debuting on air on US station Sirius XM in the next hour (just out of our time!).
We'll leave you with this - what do you think is the most metal country in Europe?
Go on have a guess.
The answer, according to a new map showing the “density” of metal bands in European countries, is Finland, by quite some way.
It shows the number of both active and inactive metal bands, divided by the country’s population in millions.
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Finland - "Keepin' the scene ALIVE!"
Moby releases free 'ambient' album on his website
Rolling Stone magazine
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Moby has taken a leaf out of composer Max Richter's book and written an album designed to lull listeners to sleep - and he's giving it away for free.
Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. is available as a free download on his website and is streaming on Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Deezer and Tidal.
"Over the last couple of years I've been making really, really, really quiet music to listen to when I do yoga or sleep or meditate or panic," he said of the 11 tracks.
"I ended up with four hours of music and have decided to give it away.
"It's really quiet: no drums, no vocals, just very slow, calm, pretty chords and sounds and things for sleeping and yoga, etc."
zzzzzzzzz... sorry Moby did you say something?
Gwen Dickey is final singer to pull out of Brexit gig
After yesterday's news that Alesha Dixon had pulled out Bpop, a concert sponsored by the Brexit campaign, along with the remaining members of Five and East 17 and Sister Sledge, the final star on the line-up has also quit.
Gwen Dickey - also known as soul singer Rose Royce - has announced she's no longer doing the show planned for 19 June in Birmingham.
Her spokesperson told the BBC "she doesn't give her name to political rallies".
New Marvin Gaye play wins family approval
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The family of soul legend Marvin Gaye are not to be played with lightly (see Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke) which makes it even more impressive that playwright Roy Williams has secured the Gaye's family agreement to put his story on stage.
Soul is Williams' theatrical take on the life of Gaye, 32 years after he was killed by Marvin Gaye senior.
Numerous attempts to dramatize his life have fallen by the wayside over the years - Julien Temple is among the film directors who have worked on Gaye projects and recently F. Gary Gray (the director of NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton) has also expressed an interest in making a film about his dramatic life and death.
"Like so many great dramas, it's basically about family." says Williams.
"But it's also about music and sex and religion. Religion was hugely important to Marvin which I was keen to bring out."
David Bowie was 'big gravitational pull in my life' says Duncan Jones
NME
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Film director Duncan Jones has been talking about the influence his late father, David Bowie had on his life.
He told The Nerdist podcast: "I was very fortunate, we got a chance to say our goodbyes. It’s a weird one for me, I don’t really know how to talk about it or what to say about it - other than the fact that we got a chance to say our goodbyes."
Jones, who is publicising his latest film project - a big screen adaptation of fantasy videogame Warcraft added: "Weird things make me miss him, but it’s still early days. I’m sure I always will, but it’s tricky.
"He was a big gravitational pull in my life as far as who I saw myself as. How I separated myself from the world and how I saw myself."
X Factor champion Louisa teams up with Clean Bandit
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X Factor champion Louisa Johnson's about to release her first proper single since winning the show - and in an unusual move, it's a collaboration with Clean Bandit.
The dance act revealed their new single Tears would feature the reality star - and according to Digital Spy, it could be released as soon as tomorrow.
It will be the first single from Clean Bandit's new album - and if their number one collaboration with Jess Glynne, Rather Be, is anything to go by it could be a good plan for Louisa too.
Sir Elton John and Putin will not meet in Russia
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Sir Elton John won't be able to meet Vladimir Putin when he visits Russia this month because of 'scheduling conflicts'.
The singer had said he hoped to meet the Russian President to discuss his concerns over gay rights in the country, after talking to him on the phone in November.
But a Kremlin spokesman has said that will not happen during this visit for Sir Elton's world tour, as there is "no appropriate time in the two men's schedules".
However Dmitry Peskov added, "this does not mean that such a meeting won't take place next time."
Music industry responds to 'dysfunctional ticketing market' report
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The managers of artists including Mumford & Sons, Arctic Monkeys, One Direction, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The 1975, Florence + the Machine, Ed Sheeran and Iron Maiden, have signed a collective response to the government's report into online ticket re-sales.
The joint statement says the review "exposes a dysfunctional and under-regulated ticketing market".
"Fans are the lifeblood of our business," it continues, "As revealed by today’s long awaited report from Professor Michael Waterson, UK audiences are confused by the ticket-buying process.
"In the worst instances, they are being ripped off and sold short by industrial-scale online ticket touting."
The report also challenges re-sale sites to observe the law, by displaying the original face value of any tickets they list for sale.
"We believe that fans should be given every opportunity to buy and exchange tickets at the price they were intended," the statement added. "Not see them used as collateral to boost the profits of scalpers."
Will Young to release covers collection this summer
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Will Young's announced details of a covers EP he is due to release this summer.
The singer-songwriter revealed on ITV's Lorraine that the project was recorded in a single take.
"It's an EP, so it's five or six tracks," he said.
"I've done covers for years and I've always wanted to do it. I went in with my band and we recorded it all live - it's all in one take. I'm really pleased with it. It's coming out soon."
People 'trampling over each other' during shooting at TI gig
BBC Newsbeat
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A man who was in the New York music venue where a man was shot dead ahead of a TI performance on Wednesday night has told the BBC "people were running, trampling over each other".
The witness, a rapper known as Fatboy SSE, told Newsbeat he was at the concert to network and make new contacts.
"We were inside, just about to walk up to the security point, then all of a sudden we seen people running out," he said.
"Then I saw it getting hectic more and more people were running. Trampling over each other."
According to CNN, three men and one woman were shot.
A 34-year-old man was shot in the chest and a 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach. Two people were shot in the leg - a woman, 26, and a 30-year-old man who walked to a nearby hospital.
No-one has been arrested and the motive for the shooting is unclear.
Bruce Springsteen celebrates Christmas with Manchester's Santa
Colin Paterson
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Bruce Springsteen started his UK Tour last night and for fans in Manchester Christmas came early. Literally.
Seven songs into his set, The Boss spotted a man in the crowd holding a sign reading “Santa Claus Is Coming to Manchester” and dressed in full Santa garb.
Bruce asked him if it was seriously a song request and told him to “get up here”.
The E Street Band then burst into a full version of the 1985 Christmas Top 10 single, with Springsteen and Santa sharing vocals.
It was one of over 30 songs in a set that lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Oddly for a tour billed as The River, he only played half of the tracks from the 1980 album.
Mind you, if he had done that in full, by the time the gig finished, it really would have almost been Christmas.
James Blake: 'I lived a double life'
Rolling Stone magazine
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James Blake's revealed he went "a little bit mad" working on his first two albums in such a solitary fashion.
The British star, who recently surprise-released third album The Colour in Anything, has now collaborated with the likes of Beyonce, Frank Ocean and producer Rick Rubin - but he says he had four years of his life where he just worked on his own music.
"I prefer not to look back on that," he told Rolling Stone.
"I love the music that came out of it, but I don't want to work in that kind of pressure cooker again. You're a little bit mad."
He said the expectations led to sleepless nights and he felt like he was living "a double life" mixing with celebrities like Pharrell one minute and locking himself away the next.
But he's changed his outlook.
"I'm happy in the studio talking to other people. Having other artists around me [and] being thrown into a world of creativity where you're in front of the mixing desk and you've got instruments and you're trying to piece together a puzzle."
Unknown Mortal Orchestra return with First World Problem
Unknown Mortal Orchestra have unveiled a one-off new track, First World Problem - their first since last year's album Multi-Love.
It was Annie Mac's Hottest Record on her Radio 1 show last night and singer, guitarist and songwriter Ruban Nielson phoned in to the show from their tour in Canada to tell her all about it.
"I was working on some new stuff with my brother Cody in New Zealand and then he flew out to Portland and we just started working on the song," Ruban explained.
"And I just got really excited about it and thought we should put it out, instead of waiting a year and a half or something for a new record. My dad plays horns on it and stuff... he's the music guy."
Listen to the track and chat below:
UMO's current tour hits the UK on 21 June for shows in Cambridge, Liverpool and London as well as Glastonbury.
Suggs on the longevity of Madness as they reach 40 years
Not many bands reach their 40th anniversary so on the eve of a new tour, including a date at Glastonbury, and a new album, Madness deserve our hearty congratulations
Frontman Suggs has been on the BBC Breakfast sofa to talk about the band's long career and how the music industry has changed since they formed in Camden Town in 1976.
He was asked whether his relaxed demeanour masked a steely determination to succeed...
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Ticketmaster urged to do more to tackle touts
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Companies like Ticketmaster should take more action to prevent touts "harvesting" concert tickets, a government review has recommended.
It says the current measures are inadequate, and suggests buyers should be forced to give proof of ID.
The report also challenges re-sale sites to observe the law, by displaying the original face value of any tickets they list for sale.
In one of our favourite festival bookings of the year, Steve Davis has been confirmed to DJ at Glastonbury. Yes. The former world number one snooker player, Steve Davis.
The 1980s sporting legend, who also presents a radio show in Essex, will perform in the festival's Stonebridge Bar.
He revealed it was his "dream" to play Glasto while featuring in a recent iPlayer special about his DJing prowess and... hey presto.
"There's novelty value of some boring snooker player suddenly playing electronic music," he told the BBC, before explaining what to expect if you're heading to Worthy Farm next month.
In Steve's own words: "Stuff that's a bit more complicated and a little bit more leftfield than 'doof, doof, doof'."
See his turntable skills in action below:
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Beck has come over all EDM and teamed up with Australian producer Flume for new track Tiny Cities.
The musician joined Zane Lowe in the Beats 1 studio to debut the song and talk about the collaboration, which features on Flume's new album Skin, out this week.
Beck revealed Harley "Flume" Streten had jumped in a car and travelled to his LA house, where Beck plugged his microphone into Flume's laptop.
"I just ran around the house singing a bunch of random things in gibberish," he joked: "I was prowling around the room and speaking in tongues."
He said the dreamy track was born out of their joint appreciation for music-making computer programmes:
Quote Message: We were using Pro Tools [and] a lot of these programs right when they came out, before what they were able to do was really invented, before people took this technology and created new forms of music out of them. It was almost overwhelming the possibilities... and then to see someone like Harley it's fascinating. [He's] taking these musical instincts and engaging with these programs in a way that's really fresh.
We were using Pro Tools [and] a lot of these programs right when they came out, before what they were able to do was really invented, before people took this technology and created new forms of music out of them. It was almost overwhelming the possibilities... and then to see someone like Harley it's fascinating. [He's] taking these musical instincts and engaging with these programs in a way that's really fresh.
Flume's album Skin is out tomorrow and also features guest vocals from AlunaGeorge, MNDR, Kai, Little Dragon, Vic Mensa, Tove Lo, Raekwon and Vince Staples.
Bowie tributes form late summer festival additions
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The Rogue Orchestra - described as "Scotland's first freelance cross-genre session orchestra" has joined the line-up for T in the Park, to perform a tribute to Prince and David Bowie.
They will open proceedings on Sunday 10 July at Strathallan Castle.
Meanwhile, the Latitude festival will also feature Adam Buxton presenting a special edition of his BUG show which celebrates the art of music video-making - also dedicated to the work of David Bowie.
In other line-up news, Womad festival has added sitar player Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of Ravi, plus 90s French electroncia star St Germain and Asian Dub Foundation
Wilko Johnson 'mimed' to Ian Dury and the Blockheads
BBC Radio 2
Guitarist Wilko Johnson may currently be more famous among music fans for his amazing health battle which has seen him recently given the all clear, three years after he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
But as well as being a founding member of Dr Feelgood, he's also enjoyed solo success and even had a spell with punk pioneers Ian Dury and the Blockheads in the 80s.
However, he told Radio 2's Steve Wright that he felt a little outclassed by them:
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Video caption: Wilko reveals to Steve what it was like when he joined Ian Dury's band in the eighties.Wilko reveals to Steve what it was like when he joined Ian Dury's band in the eighties.
Fans of The Strokes are psyched this morning, after news they have a new single coming later today.
Yesterday we told you Julian Casablancas was set to host a radio show on US internet station Sirius XM (at the UK time of 15:00 BST) and they'd announced a New York show - now it appears he'll premiere a new track from the band while he's on air.
On Wednesday night, video projections bearing their logo and the words "future", "present" and "past" were spotted around London and New York, as posted online by Casablancas' label Cult Records.
It's fair to say fans are pretty excited about the prospect of a follow-up to 2013's Comedown Machine and some new live dates. And to be fair, so are we...
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That is us done for Thursday but scroll down for news on Clean Bandit, Will Young, Suggs and Steve Davis - yes that snooker playing chap.
We'll be back tomorrow with all the week's big releases on New Music Friday - and that new song from The Strokes, which Julian Casablancas is debuting on air on US station Sirius XM in the next hour (just out of our time!).
We'll leave you with this - what do you think is the most metal country in Europe?
Go on have a guess.
The answer, according to a new map showing the “density” of metal bands in European countries, is Finland, by quite some way.
It shows the number of both active and inactive metal bands, divided by the country’s population in millions.
Finland - "Keepin' the scene ALIVE!"
Moby releases free 'ambient' album on his website
Rolling Stone magazine
Moby has taken a leaf out of composer Max Richter's book and written an album designed to lull listeners to sleep - and he's giving it away for free.
Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. is available as a free download on his website and is streaming on Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Deezer and Tidal.
"Over the last couple of years I've been making really, really, really quiet music to listen to when I do yoga or sleep or meditate or panic," he said of the 11 tracks.
"I ended up with four hours of music and have decided to give it away.
"It's really quiet: no drums, no vocals, just very slow, calm, pretty chords and sounds and things for sleeping and yoga, etc."
zzzzzzzzz... sorry Moby did you say something?
Gwen Dickey is final singer to pull out of Brexit gig
After yesterday's news that Alesha Dixon had pulled out Bpop, a concert sponsored by the Brexit campaign, along with the remaining members of Five and East 17 and Sister Sledge, the final star on the line-up has also quit.
Gwen Dickey - also known as soul singer Rose Royce - has announced she's no longer doing the show planned for 19 June in Birmingham.
Her spokesperson told the BBC "she doesn't give her name to political rallies".
New Marvin Gaye play wins family approval
The family of soul legend Marvin Gaye are not to be played with lightly (see Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke) which makes it even more impressive that playwright Roy Williams has secured the Gaye's family agreement to put his story on stage.
Soul is Williams' theatrical take on the life of Gaye, 32 years after he was killed by Marvin Gaye senior.
Numerous attempts to dramatize his life have fallen by the wayside over the years - Julien Temple is among the film directors who have worked on Gaye projects and recently F. Gary Gray (the director of NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton) has also expressed an interest in making a film about his dramatic life and death.
"Like so many great dramas, it's basically about family." says Williams.
"But it's also about music and sex and religion. Religion was hugely important to Marvin which I was keen to bring out."
Read more
David Bowie was 'big gravitational pull in my life' says Duncan Jones
NME
Film director Duncan Jones has been talking about the influence his late father, David Bowie had on his life.
He told The Nerdist podcast: "I was very fortunate, we got a chance to say our goodbyes. It’s a weird one for me, I don’t really know how to talk about it or what to say about it - other than the fact that we got a chance to say our goodbyes."
Jones, who is publicising his latest film project - a big screen adaptation of fantasy videogame Warcraft added: "Weird things make me miss him, but it’s still early days. I’m sure I always will, but it’s tricky.
"He was a big gravitational pull in my life as far as who I saw myself as. How I separated myself from the world and how I saw myself."
X Factor champion Louisa teams up with Clean Bandit
X Factor champion Louisa Johnson's about to release her first proper single since winning the show - and in an unusual move, it's a collaboration with Clean Bandit.
The dance act revealed their new single Tears would feature the reality star - and according to Digital Spy, it could be released as soon as tomorrow.
It will be the first single from Clean Bandit's new album - and if their number one collaboration with Jess Glynne, Rather Be, is anything to go by it could be a good plan for Louisa too.
Sir Elton John and Putin will not meet in Russia
Sir Elton John won't be able to meet Vladimir Putin when he visits Russia this month because of 'scheduling conflicts'.
The singer had said he hoped to meet the Russian President to discuss his concerns over gay rights in the country, after talking to him on the phone in November.
But a Kremlin spokesman has said that will not happen during this visit for Sir Elton's world tour, as there is "no appropriate time in the two men's schedules".
However Dmitry Peskov added, "this does not mean that such a meeting won't take place next time."
Read more
Music industry responds to 'dysfunctional ticketing market' report
The managers of artists including Mumford & Sons, Arctic Monkeys, One Direction, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The 1975, Florence + the Machine, Ed Sheeran and Iron Maiden, have signed a collective response to the government's report into online ticket re-sales.
The joint statement says the review "exposes a dysfunctional and under-regulated ticketing market".
"Fans are the lifeblood of our business," it continues, "As revealed by today’s long awaited report from Professor Michael Waterson, UK audiences are confused by the ticket-buying process.
"In the worst instances, they are being ripped off and sold short by industrial-scale online ticket touting."
The review says current measures are inadequate, and suggests buyers should be forced to give proof of ID.
The report also challenges re-sale sites to observe the law, by displaying the original face value of any tickets they list for sale.
"We believe that fans should be given every opportunity to buy and exchange tickets at the price they were intended," the statement added. "Not see them used as collateral to boost the profits of scalpers."
Will Young to release covers collection this summer
Will Young's announced details of a covers EP he is due to release this summer.
The singer-songwriter revealed on ITV's Lorraine that the project was recorded in a single take.
"It's an EP, so it's five or six tracks," he said.
"I've done covers for years and I've always wanted to do it. I went in with my band and we recorded it all live - it's all in one take. I'm really pleased with it. It's coming out soon."
People 'trampling over each other' during shooting at TI gig
BBC Newsbeat
A man who was in the New York music venue where a man was shot dead ahead of a TI performance on Wednesday night has told the BBC "people were running, trampling over each other".
The witness, a rapper known as Fatboy SSE, told Newsbeat he was at the concert to network and make new contacts.
"We were inside, just about to walk up to the security point, then all of a sudden we seen people running out," he said.
"Then I saw it getting hectic more and more people were running. Trampling over each other."
According to CNN, three men and one woman were shot.
A 34-year-old man was shot in the chest and a 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach. Two people were shot in the leg - a woman, 26, and a 30-year-old man who walked to a nearby hospital.
No-one has been arrested and the motive for the shooting is unclear.
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Bruce Springsteen celebrates Christmas with Manchester's Santa
Colin Paterson
Entertainment Correspondent, BBC Radio 5 live
Bruce Springsteen started his UK Tour last night and for fans in Manchester Christmas came early. Literally.
Seven songs into his set, The Boss spotted a man in the crowd holding a sign reading “Santa Claus Is Coming to Manchester” and dressed in full Santa garb.
Bruce asked him if it was seriously a song request and told him to “get up here”.
The E Street Band then burst into a full version of the 1985 Christmas Top 10 single, with Springsteen and Santa sharing vocals.
It was one of over 30 songs in a set that lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Oddly for a tour billed as The River, he only played half of the tracks from the 1980 album.
Mind you, if he had done that in full, by the time the gig finished, it really would have almost been Christmas.
James Blake: 'I lived a double life'
Rolling Stone magazine
James Blake's revealed he went "a little bit mad" working on his first two albums in such a solitary fashion.
The British star, who recently surprise-released third album The Colour in Anything, has now collaborated with the likes of Beyonce, Frank Ocean and producer Rick Rubin - but he says he had four years of his life where he just worked on his own music.
"I prefer not to look back on that," he told Rolling Stone.
"I love the music that came out of it, but I don't want to work in that kind of pressure cooker again. You're a little bit mad."
He said the expectations led to sleepless nights and he felt like he was living "a double life" mixing with celebrities like Pharrell one minute and locking himself away the next.
But he's changed his outlook.
"I'm happy in the studio talking to other people. Having other artists around me [and] being thrown into a world of creativity where you're in front of the mixing desk and you've got instruments and you're trying to piece together a puzzle."
Read more
Unknown Mortal Orchestra return with First World Problem
Unknown Mortal Orchestra have unveiled a one-off new track, First World Problem - their first since last year's album Multi-Love.
It was Annie Mac's Hottest Record on her Radio 1 show last night and singer, guitarist and songwriter Ruban Nielson phoned in to the show from their tour in Canada to tell her all about it.
"I was working on some new stuff with my brother Cody in New Zealand and then he flew out to Portland and we just started working on the song," Ruban explained.
"And I just got really excited about it and thought we should put it out, instead of waiting a year and a half or something for a new record. My dad plays horns on it and stuff... he's the music guy."
Listen to the track and chat below:
UMO's current tour hits the UK on 21 June for shows in Cambridge, Liverpool and London as well as Glastonbury.
Suggs on the longevity of Madness as they reach 40 years
Not many bands reach their 40th anniversary so on the eve of a new tour, including a date at Glastonbury, and a new album, Madness deserve our hearty congratulations
Frontman Suggs has been on the BBC Breakfast sofa to talk about the band's long career and how the music industry has changed since they formed in Camden Town in 1976.
He was asked whether his relaxed demeanour masked a steely determination to succeed...
Video content
Ticketmaster urged to do more to tackle touts
Companies like Ticketmaster should take more action to prevent touts "harvesting" concert tickets, a government review has recommended.
It says the current measures are inadequate, and suggests buyers should be forced to give proof of ID.
The report also challenges re-sale sites to observe the law, by displaying the original face value of any tickets they list for sale.
A recent survey by Which? found the rules were consistently being breached.
Read more on today's review.
Steve Davis to DJ at Glastonbury
In one of our favourite festival bookings of the year, Steve Davis has been confirmed to DJ at Glastonbury. Yes. The former world number one snooker player, Steve Davis.
The 1980s sporting legend, who also presents a radio show in Essex, will perform in the festival's Stonebridge Bar.
He revealed it was his "dream" to play Glasto while featuring in a recent iPlayer special about his DJing prowess and... hey presto.
"There's novelty value of some boring snooker player suddenly playing electronic music," he told the BBC, before explaining what to expect if you're heading to Worthy Farm next month.
In Steve's own words: "Stuff that's a bit more complicated and a little bit more leftfield than 'doof, doof, doof'."
See his turntable skills in action below:
Video content
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Beck collaborates with Flume on new track
Beck has come over all EDM and teamed up with Australian producer Flume for new track Tiny Cities.
The musician joined Zane Lowe in the Beats 1 studio to debut the song and talk about the collaboration, which features on Flume's new album Skin, out this week.
Beck revealed Harley "Flume" Streten had jumped in a car and travelled to his LA house, where Beck plugged his microphone into Flume's laptop.
"I just ran around the house singing a bunch of random things in gibberish," he joked: "I was prowling around the room and speaking in tongues."
He said the dreamy track was born out of their joint appreciation for music-making computer programmes:
Flume's album Skin is out tomorrow and also features guest vocals from AlunaGeorge, MNDR, Kai, Little Dragon, Vic Mensa, Tove Lo, Raekwon and Vince Staples.
Listen to the interview and track on Rolling Stone's website and there's a snippet below:
Bowie tributes form late summer festival additions
The Rogue Orchestra - described as "Scotland's first freelance cross-genre session orchestra" has joined the line-up for T in the Park, to perform a tribute to Prince and David Bowie.
They will open proceedings on Sunday 10 July at Strathallan Castle.
Meanwhile, the Latitude festival will also feature Adam Buxton presenting a special edition of his BUG show which celebrates the art of music video-making - also dedicated to the work of David Bowie.
In other line-up news, Womad festival has added sitar player Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of Ravi, plus 90s French electroncia star St Germain and Asian Dub Foundation
Wilko Johnson 'mimed' to Ian Dury and the Blockheads
BBC Radio 2
Guitarist Wilko Johnson may currently be more famous among music fans for his amazing health battle which has seen him recently given the all clear, three years after he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
But as well as being a founding member of Dr Feelgood, he's also enjoyed solo success and even had a spell with punk pioneers Ian Dury and the Blockheads in the 80s.
However, he told Radio 2's Steve Wright that he felt a little outclassed by them:
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The Strokes announce new material is coming
Fans of The Strokes are psyched this morning, after news they have a new single coming later today.
Yesterday we told you Julian Casablancas was set to host a radio show on US internet station Sirius XM (at the UK time of 15:00 BST) and they'd announced a New York show - now it appears he'll premiere a new track from the band while he's on air.
On Wednesday night, video projections bearing their logo and the words "future", "present" and "past" were spotted around London and New York, as posted online by Casablancas' label Cult Records.
It's fair to say fans are pretty excited about the prospect of a follow-up to 2013's Comedown Machine and some new live dates. And to be fair, so are we...