• Adele Explains Decision Not to Stream '25' Album on Spotify in New Interview

    Adele's decision not to stream her hotly anticipated album, '25,' was widely talked about. Now, for the first time, she has explained her decision not to stream the album in a new interview. Instead of streaming the project on platforms such as Spotify, she made the decision to go with paid downloads in addition to hard copy formats, such as albums. It is still unavailable on streaming services.
  • Tchami Shares Long Awaited 'After Life EP' Featuring AC Slater

    Reclusive French producer, DJ Tchami has unveiled his long awaited After Life EP. Over the course of 2015, Tchami has released two tracks from the EP, the title track "After Life" featuring Stacy Barthe and then "Missing You" alongside Los Angeles producer AC Slater. He also unveiled "Freakin Girl" in part of his latest Confessions Mix.
  • Lenny Kravitz Accused of Providing No Cost Illegal Dental Surgeries in the Bahamas

    Lenny Kravitz has been accused of providing no cost illegal dental surgeries in the Bahamas, where the musician owns a residence. The pop-up free clinic was also reportedly raided by the police on the island of Eleuthera, with an accusation that the organization did not have correct permits in order to practice dental surgery in the country.
  • Amsterdam Dance Event Announces India Expansion In 2016

    For one week each year, thousands of electronic music industry professionals and people trying to get their foot in the door descend on Amsterdam Dance Event. Having just hosted its 20th edition, the week of seminars, parties, meetings and lectures will take its show on the road to one of the most fertile new markets for dance music, India.
  • Stream, Download Anjunabeats Vol 12 Featuring Oceanlab, Andrew Bayer, Yotto & More

    Above & Beyond's label Anjunabeats has unveiled the 12 edition of its annual compilation that showcases talent from all corners of electronic music and mixes them into a double album. Among those who have tracks on the album are of course label dons, Above & Beyond, their long dormant side project Oceanlab, Yotto, Andrew Bayer, Lane 8, Sunny Lax, Jason Ross, Grum and many more.
  • Pandora Forced To Raise Royalty Payment Rates In 2016

    Pandora is being forced to raise its per stream rate in 2016 after a recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington. Until now, Pandora had been paying labels 14 cents for every 100 streams on a song. Starting in 2016 and continuing through 2020, the service will have to raise its rates to 17 cents. It could be adjusted to reflect price fluctuations during that time period.