South African producer and gqom pioneer DJ Lag has embarked on an extensive world tour that will see him visit every continent over the next 10 months. The Alpha-Zulu (A-Z) World Tour “represents something that goes from start to finish and this tour is about performing, collaborating and recording on
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Bandcamp has introduced a new feature that allows users to create playlists from their purchased music on the Bandcamp app. The feature allows users to organise music according to tracks rather than albums, and was originally promised following Bandcamp’s acquisition by Epic Games last year. Speaking to MusicTech at this
After their previously announced headlining show at Madison Square Garden sold out in minutes, Skrillex, Four Tet, and Fred Again.. surprised fans with a b2b2b set played from a converted school bus in the centre of Times Square. The pop-up set drew hundreds of onlookers in Times Square, while the
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Popular video sharing app TikTok piloted an experiment this month aimed to investigate the importance of music to its platform and users. The experiment, which targeted TikTok’s Australian market specifically, limited the number of songs available to users for use in videos. Speaking to Bloomberg, TikTok said of the experiment,
Announced last week by Universal, the new partnership between the world’s biggest music publisher and streaming service TIDAL has been formed with the intention to research and devise a new streaming model that better supports the value of artists and their work, while encouraging more engagement from subscribers. Head of
Beyoncé swept the Dance / Electronic music categories at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, beating out fellow nominees Bonobo, Rüfüs du Sol, and Diplo in both the Best Dance / Electronic Record and Album categories. The pop singer wins both categories for the first time, with her taking
