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But Spotify is using a limiter – all the time. The Volume Normalisation setting is adding extra limiting, and crushing yet more life out of everything.

Now Brian Message and Jon Webster of the UK Music Manager's Forum are taking yet another position – much easier licensing of services which offer unlimited downloads for a flat fee.

"We want to focus the debate on practical solutions for encouraging new business models, promoting industry initiatives and innovative solutions, as well as on the possible need to harmonize, update or review legislation," Reding said.

As it happens the two acts are on tour together, so it looks like "Slow Life" has become a nightly setlist fixture, here captured in full from last night's stop in Columbia, MO.