News Warner Music Group adopts SoundCloud's “fan-powered” royalties model as the first major label The amount of payouts given to WMG artists will now be determined by the actual number of user listens
News The Chainsmokers are to be the first musicians to perform on the edge of space Justice for Jeff Mills
News Dopia and RAVANO collaborate on “Moonlight” Dopia joins forces with RAVANO for her first official release of the year
News Sony Music builds exclusive partnership with Egypt-based Craft Media to promote Arabic artists The two companies' long-standing relationship is strengthened by new partnerships
News Anghami kicks off UAE event series: Beat the Heat Arab world’s spearheading music streaming company Anghami’s announcement follows its acquisition of Spotlight Events
News Afterlife release third edition of “Unity” compilation series The 39-track “Unity Pt. 3” features contributions from ANNA, Woo York, Recondite, Agents Of Time, Echonomist and more
News Jad Halal takes listeners to ‘Jordan’ with new single The artist’s new single is a result of inspiration from his latest trip to Jordan
Tech Moog has released a new build-it-yourself semi-modular synth Mavis costs $349 and has the brand's first-ever wavefolder
News Student builds abacus-inspired synth for thesis, the Abacusynth Built for mathematical rhythms, the Abacusynth comes with a free plug-in version for Ableton Live
News Amsterdam Dance Event announces first wave of acts for 2022 line-up Taking place from October 19-23, the event will take place across 200 venues
Tech New streaming app claims it will pay artists the equivalent of "500,000 Spotify streams" upfront The app is available for free on the App Store
Features The boundary-pushing journey of Black Rose The creator of Black Rose Recordings Ciro Acciarino details it all
News Wassim Younes drops new EP, “Tangerine Dreams” It features two solo tunes and a collaborative track along with four remixes from Mika Él, Aykut Bilir, Kurt Adam and Cedro
News Sound of Yaz is among the DJs to perform at Ultra Europe Ultra Europe’s 8th edition takes place in Croatia on July 8-10
News Shorba’s 2013 “Shorbet Rosas” is available to stream and download Two tracks by the duo, formed by Nadah El Shazly and Mohamed Shafik, are out now on major streaming platforms following their own online life on SoundCloud
News Listen to Maitrai’s tech house single, “Never Let You Go” Oman producer Maitrai’s new release is out via My Own Beat Records
Music Deena Abdelwahed teams up with Basile3 for new EP, “Free Radicals” The 3-track EP is out via InFiné Music
News Sounds of Khemit releases new EP from Hrag Mikkel, Tebra and Benyebe Beirut artist Hrag Mikkel features on the EP entitled “Sobek”
News New VA compilation features sounds from Middle East region All proceeds of the album will be donated to Musicians Without Borders, an NGO providing children in areas of conflict with musical education
News Hannes Bieger releases his Balance Presents compilation ‘Balance Presents Hannes Bieger’ is out in vinyl, CD and digital formats