SoundCloud Introduces Fan-Powered Royalties | Your EDM


Payouts from streaming services have been a divisive topic for years — how does it work? how does it become more equitable? where does the money come from and where does it go? SoundCloud is aiming to become more transparent with their artist payouts by introducing a system of fan-powered royalties.

At its core, it really seems like a no-brainer and that’s what makes the shift a little confusing, because it really is that simple.

SoundCloud explains further, “Under the old model, money from your dedicated fans goes into a giant pool that’s paid out to artists based on their share of total streams. That model mostly benefits mega stars.

“Under fan-powered royalties, you get paid based on your fans’ actual listening habits. The more of their time your dedicated fans listen to your music, the more you get paid. This model benefits independent artists.”

Fan-powered royalties will replace the old model beginning April 1, 2021.

Premier artists will receive their first statement in May 2021, as Premier runs on a 45-day payment cycle. Repost artists will receive their first statement in June 2021, as Repost runs on a 60-day payment cycle.

To learn more about fan-powered royalties visit fanpoweredroyalties.com.



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Nostalgix Drops Boisterous Bass House Single “Boom” on Thrive Music

After an impressive surge of releases over the past year, Vancouver DJ Nostalgix is back with a boisterous bass house track called “Boom.” Released via Thrive Music, the track serves as her first single of the year.





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Todd Terry’s release streak remains red hot with sixth single of 2021, ‘I Was Dancing’ – Dancing Astronaut Todd Terry’s release streak remains red hot with sixth single of 2021, ‘I Was Dancing’


by: Austria Masim


Mar 3, 2021

Todd Terry‘s new music tear continues with “I Was Dancing,” his sixth single of 2021, distributed via his very own label, InHouse Records. “I Was Dancing” most recently follows “U Know Baby,” as well as “To The Jungle,” “Feel The Basz,” “Make It Work,” and “So Free.”

On his latest, the New York house legend continues to propel his signature—inflection of modern and old-school elements that channel the dance floor energy of the early ’90s. Rapturing melodies and perplexing basslines administer a mystifying amalgamation of groove and dance. Listen to “I Was Dancing” below.

Featured image: Justine Trickett

Tags: house, i was dancing, inhouse records, tech-house, techno, Todd Terry

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Sondr – Company Featuring Samantha Harvey


Following on from “I Know What You Did Last Night”, “Stalker” and most recently “Swim” with DVVBS, Sondr return alongside Samantha Harvey for the feel-good new single “Company” on Ultra Music. Since their debut Gold certified single “Surviving”, Sondr have smashed through 100 million streams, becoming in demand remixers and working with Peg Parnevik, Lenny Kravitz, VIZE and the red-hot Love Harder aka Will Simms, amongst others. In their newest collaboration they link up with the hugely talented Samantha Harvey, an accomplished singer, songwriter and top UK social media star, who brings real class to this uplifting, disco-tinged tune.  Check out the new Ultra Music released collaborative single below!

 





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DaBaby faces lawsuit over “violent attack” on man whose house he rented for video shoot


DaBaby is facing a lawsuit from a 64-year-old man who alleges he was “beat, punched, spat on, threatened, shoved and robbed” after confronting the rapper over a rental agreement.

Homeowner Gary Pagar claims that he rented the home to the ‘Rockstar’ rapper for a private vacation with nine friends at a cost of $43,706.

In legal documents filed in Los Angeles, Pagar alleges that the rapper, real name Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, subsequently violated the terms by shooting a music video at the house – which included about 40 people.

Upon confronting the group in December, Pagar claims that he was thrown to the ground by one of Kirk’s associates – with the rapper in a nearby car as the incident unfolded.

While video footage obtained by the Daily Mail shows the early stages of the incident, Pagar told the court that DaBaby “sucker-punched” him and knocked out his tooth when the cameras stopped rolling.

DaBaby performing live in Chicago on February 15, 2020 (Picture: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images for Hennessey)

After Pagar contacted authorities, DaBaby and his associates allegedly fled the scene.

Pagar is seeking $117,910.48 in damages for the incident, as he claims the upholstery and floor on the property were also defaced, a sculpture was broken and rubbish was strewn over the house.

DaBaby is yet to respond to the claims, but NME has contacted his representatives for comment.

Elsewhere, the rapper recently faced criticism for calling out 17-year-old star Joja Siwa in a recent song.





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Your EDM Premiere: The New Repill EP Is Almost Here and It’s Definitely Something You’ll Want to Swallow [Blackout]


The circular snare king of D&B, Redpill has been working a lot of collabs and compilations recently, most notably the surprise jam that is “Energy” with A.M.C, out just last week. He’s certainly been mixing it up, but we haven’t seen a solo multi-track release from the Frenchman in a hot minute. All that is about to change, however, as Redpill returns to his Blackout stomping grounds to release Obliterate this Friday, March 5. Suffice it to say it was worth the wait.

In the vein of mixing it up, no track on Obliterate is anything like the others. Stylistically and production-wise, one can tell it’s Redpill, but they all go in separate directions. The EP’s title track featuring Kryptomedic kicks it off with a return to form: more cyclone snares than you even thought could fit into one piece of music and some deep and heavy phrase transitions that just scream classic neurofunk.

Penultimate track “I Am With You” takes the the EP in a  completely different direction with the sound with its ethereal female vocals and sort of club-like pace. There’s still lots of whip-fast snares and a bass breakdown about every third phrase but overall this track has a lighter, more universal vibe. The last track, “Yellow Laugh” also has some strong melodics in it. With the heavy sub bass and heavier scramble-snares, it does a nice job tying the EP together.

Speaking of scrambles, our premiere if the track “Brokn” definitely tops this any any other tracklist for 2021 thus far. Organized chaos is the name of the game here as “Brokn” opens with what sounds like a Transformer powering up, and it only gets techier from there. The synth part in this track is given over to a heavily syncopated mix of static, crunching machine sounds and discordant sounds as the drop launches the full track. For once, the snares are quite minimal here but intent on having a spiral of some form in every track, Redpill makes the background and break synth the only melody in the track into an absolute hurricane. Similarly, the wind-up to the break and outro is also a megastorm. Redpill’s signature isn’t going anywhere, kids.

A very comprehensive and diverse release indeed, Obliterate seems to take all the best parts of Redpill’s classic style and up the anti, adding melodics, new synth techniques and a sound story that keeps the listener guessing. It’s just the kind of evolution you want to see from a favorite artist: rooted in the style that made him a favorite but branching off and growing in directions fans never thought possible.

Obliterate drops on Blackout this Friday, March 5. Pre-order here.



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Dirtybird and She Is The Music Partner for Women In Music Digital Festival


Influential record label Dirtybird and Alicia Keys‘ She Is The Music organization have teamed for a digital music festival to celebrate and uplift femme-identifying artists across the globe.





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O Cinnedi – Pride


Equipped with plenty of new music, O Cinnedi kicks off 2021 with a shift in the visual and sonic direction of the project. The rising Canadian talent starts the year off strong via “Pride” a track showing experimental sounds and shifting tempos, delivering something abstract while bass friendly.  This one is an interesting listen if you are not yet familiar with O Cinnedi, so check out “Pride” after the jump now. Above the stream, check out a quote from O Cinnedi and enjoy the new single!

“This track is the first of my project called ‘Seven Deadly Sins.’ ‘PRIDE’ is about how we all deal with our own demons and sins, being able to understand them is the way we are able to change ourselves for the better. Pride connects to us in ways of how we create ourselves, but also what is used to create a living hell. Pride is the game of ego we play with ourselves to think we are better than others. How we look at ourselves connect’s so much to this. Pride can be a sin of hate you can completely lose yourself in as does the model that is depicted in my music video soon to come is being drawn to her own pride and losing her mind through it. – O Cinnedi 





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BTS’ J-hope releases extended version of ‘Blue Side’


BTS member J-hope has surprised fans with a new version of ‘Blue Side’ on the third anniversary of his debut mixtape ‘Hope World’.

The K-pop idol shared the reworked version of the ‘Hope World’ outro yesterday (March 2) on the official BTS Twitter account, alongside new cover art designed by Korean contemporary artist Eddie Kang. The 2021 version of ‘Blue Side’ was produced by J-Hope with frequent BTS collaborators Hiss Noise and Adora, and feature a brand-new opening verse

Listen to the song here:

J-Hope took to the Bangtan Blog to share thoughts on the re-imagined version of ‘Blue Side. The idol said that he “miss[es] that time in my life when I was that young innocent boy witting down whatever I felt like”, which inspired him to finally complete ‘Blue Side’ after three years.

“Although it is just one song, I wanted to show how much I’ve matured musically in that time,” he added. “This is a song that I’m also revealing to show that in the future, moving forward, I will continue to challenge myself in order to show you all the growth in me.”

In 2018, the BTS member made his solo debut with the seven-track mixtape ‘Hope World’, which skyrocketed to number one on the iTunes album charts of over 70 countries within less than 24 hours of its release and peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200. The following year, J-hope collaborated with Becky G on the single ‘Chicken Noodle Soup’.





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Snyder Drops Impressive Debut Album, ‘In The Dark’


We’ve been anticipating this debut album from the talented producer Snyder. After an impressive 2020 with massive singles, including a collaboration with 24hrs “Fire“, Snyder is back with his first full length album, ‘In The Dark‘, that lives up to the greatness we’ve come to expect from him.

The album is comprised of several previously released singles, is full of sundry material and boasts vocal features from 24hrs, 51b, Dre of the East, Danielle Goz, Mike Eakins, and Northside Rocky. Nearly two years in the making, ‘In The Dark‘ is a work of art, which is further proof of Snyder’s eclectic style, sonic precision, and a true testament to his artistic diversity.

On of our favorites is “Motions” with Daniella Goz that emits pure summertime vibes from start to finish. It makes you feel as if you’re basking on an island, smiling, and feeling nothing but pure happiness.

Here’s what Snyder had to say about his album:

“‘In the Dark’ represents so much to me. For years I worked at building something cohesive between my projects and finally to have something covering so many genres, I’m so proud that it came out the way it did. I call it ‘In the Dark’ because I really do feel that the only thing that can tie all of these records together is darkness. Either darkness in the club, darkness in your heart, or darkness outside, you’re bound to feel some darkness in this project. Special thanks to 24hrs, Northside Rocky, 51b, Dre of the East, Mike Eakins, thank you guys so much for being a part of this project.”

Check out ‘In The Dark‘ by Snyder below!

 

 



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