[INTERVIEW] pørtl Talk Creative Process, Industry, Trends, And More

We recently sat down with a very promising duo for a chat. Dance music offers a huge range of sounds. There’s always a fresh piece to get into, a different style to check out, and an endless flow of tunes to find. We’ve lately had the pleasure of discovering pørtl, a duo whose creative work […]

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Advertising Is Spotify’s ‘Achilles’ Heel,’ Report Claims — Ad Buyers Call Out Alleged Post-Layoff Customer Service Issues

Advertising is Spotify’s “Achilles’ heel” – at least according to a new report exploring the company’s comparatively little-discussed reputation in the advert sector itself. That report, complete with comments from advertising higher-ups, comes from Business Insider. Keeping the focus on the music world for a moment, Spotify’s advertising-growth woes aren’t exactly a secret. Paid listening […]

Sofi Moon – Behind the Scenes of the New Releases

Fresh from a string of groove-heavy releases and an evolving collaborative journey with Producer and DJ Shawn Jackson, Colombian-born, Lima-based artist Sofi Moon is carving out a distinct space on the Electronic Music scene. Following her debut ‘WHOA’ EP, and singles like ‘Dance All Night’ and ‘El Lazo’, she continues to build a discography that

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UTA Inks John Legend & Production Entity Get Lifted In All Areas

United Talent Agency (UTA) has added singer, songwriter, and producer John Legend to its roster in a new deal that also includes representation for his production company, Get Lifted Film Go. The agreement covers film, television, theater, podcasts, and publishing, expanding Legend’s presence well beyond his long-established music career. Legend, who has earned 12 Grammy […]

Augustus Pablo :: East of the River Nile

East of the River Nile is a masterpiece of haunting and hazy ambience from Augustus Pablo (aka Horace Swaby), whose plaintive melodica leads waft through these dubbed-out instrumentals like fragrant and heady strains of ganja mist. Recorded at some of the most hallowed studios in Jamaica—Harry J’s, King Tubby’s, Channel One, and Black Ark—East of the River Nile boasts some serious dub royalty with master engineers like Errol Thompson, Sylvan Morris, Prince Jammy, and Lee Perry manning the console while the Barrett brothers, Robbie Shakespeare, Earl “Chinna” Smith, and The Upsetters are among the heavies throwing down the riddims. 

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