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UK rock band announce album in protest of Spotify’s business model, while Daniel Ek does not believe “silencing Joe Rogan is the answer”

An independent rock band from the UK, The Pocket Gods, have announced plans to release an album that hacks Spotify’s royalties system. The album, called 1000×30 – Nobody Makes Money Anymore in reference to Spotify’s current royalties model, is designed as a commentary on Spotify’s business model which only registers

From Flume going pop, to Loraine James testing the climate of ambient, and to Kavinsky making a comeback with a power ballad… these are our must hear selections of the week. In no particular order:    Jana Rush – Lonely (ft. DJ Paypal) Last year, Jana Rush released the excellent

Munich’s Innellea has always thought about music differently. For him, it’s been about experience. Starting his career in the underground techno scene, Innellea has built a reputation for crafting intricate, layered compositions that transcend techno’s usual rigidity. His arrival as one of the apex avant-garde electronic producers on the scene

The moment that Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada (aka Utada) crossed over from moderate success in her home country to full blown J-pop sensation came at around the same time she decided to start producing her music herself. In taking this creative control, Utada crafted a new direction for her sound

DJ Python invented his own subgenre. Before living in New York, Python’s teenage years were spent in Miami. The palpable and distinctly Latinx atmosphere and sound of reggaeton and Miami bass inspired Python’s subsequent investigation into his own Ecuadorian-Argentinian heritage, a cultural awakening that would inform his music ever since.

Canada’s Jacques Greene is part of a generation of producers to emerge in the mid-2000’s having been raised on a diet of Aphex Twin and 90’s drum’n’bass. The result of these influences in combination with the age of Tumblr and MySpace led to the evolution of a sound that impregnated

Ukrainian deep house producer Yevhen Hrubashchuk, also known as Anderholm has released several noteworthy EP’s via Lane 8’s imprint This Never Happened. His latest EP Folding left our emotions soaring with its ethereal electronic flair. Today, we present an exclusive mix from the young producer. Comprised of 11 tracks, each

On the 30th of January 2021, Scottish born producer and acclaimed pop visionary Sophie Xeon began to make her way up to her rooftop in Athens to gaze at the moon. “True to her spirituality,” the statement from her label Transgressive would read later that day while confirming that the

Last year, Pan Daijing delivered the haunting and beguiling album Jade 玉观音. Her third effort, Jade 玉观音 was steeped in a sort of uncanniness that made it creep through your veins long after it had finished playing. At the centre of this was Daijing’s voice. Mournful, pensive, and sometimes bizarre,

This year marks 30 years since Belgium music producer Red D entered the DJ scene, and he stands tall years later with a successful imprint under his name – We Play House Recordings. Today, we are delighted to present an exclusive mix from the music producer and businessman. Red D

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