How It Was Made: David Mayer, Nico Stojan & Tooker – I Am (SONARA Records + House)

David Mayer (@david_mayer), Nico Stojan and Tooker’s “I Am” came out of the trio’s April 2026 SONARA basecamp on Isola di San Pietro, where they spent roughly two weeks making music without setting a fixed direction for what those studio days needed to produce. The track was officially released July 24 on SONARA Records, the […]

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Boy George Ends ‘Car Crash’ Concert in Frankfurt After Three Songs

Boy George cut his performance short at an ’80s-themed event in Frankfurt after technical difficulties. He alleged sabotage before seemingly walking back that claim. Boy George continues to make headlines in the weeks following the release of his controversial pro-Israel, AI-assisted song, “We Will Dance Again.” This time, the Culture Club frontman was performing as […]

Does Stevie Wonder Oppose the Proposed Phono V Settlement? New Comment Says ‘The Extraordinary Gift of Songwriting Has Too Often Been Undervalued’

The latest individual to weigh in on the proposed Phonorecords V settlement? Stevie Wonder, who may have submitted a comment to the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) as part of the ongoing rate-determination proceedings. Like a significant number of others, that comment arrived soon before the CRB’s August 10th public-response cutoff. And while we summed up […]

MENA-Focused Catalog Investor IPNation Launches With Support from Influence Media, Confirms Planned $100 Million Capital Deployment

With an eye on expanding its presence in MENA’s quick-growing music markets, Influence Media Partners has taken a stake in what’s being billed as today’s “first investment platform dedicated exclusively to Arabic music catalogs.” BlackRock-backed Influence reached out with word of the investment and the debuting company, IPNation. Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, IPNation […]

Darude Talks Peer Support, Mental Health, And Dance Music Community

Official Press Photography Throughout Courtesy Of: JanitaAutio Darude’s (@darude) Feel The Beat – Remixes brings one of the defining records in his catalog back into the present with new versions from Ilan Bluestone, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Emily Nash, Nilsix, EM11, and Junkkataxi. Released via his Vibing Out imprint, the package marks the first official remixes of […]

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Liftoff’s Message For Investors During Its First Earnings Call: We’re Not Just A Gaming Company

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Mobile app marketing and performance platform Liftoff hosted its first-ever earnings call as a public company on Wednesday evening, and CEO Jeremy Bondy kicked things off with a refresher course. “On the supply side, our SSP – or supply side platform – helps apps monetize their user base via our software development kit, or SDK,” […]

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