It’s all the time been simple to hate Spotify. Björk as soon as stated it was in all probability the worst factor to occur to musicians. However because it was reported that Helsing, the opposite evil firm that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is chairman of — which develops AI software program designed to reinforce navy weapons and gear — raised practically $700 million with an funding led by the enterprise capital agency additionally based by Ek and Shakil Khan, musicians are reaching their ultimate straw. Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu have already determined to take their music off the key music streaming platform. Australia’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are the most recent to face up in opposition to Spotify.
Right this moment, the prolific rock group launched a group of Demos Vol. 7 + Vol. 8. In case you go to their Spotify web page, you received’t discover the discharge there. The truth is, you received’t discover 99% of their music there; it has been eliminated. “New demos assortment out all over the place besides Spotify (fuck Spotify),” they posted on their Instagram. “You’ll be able to bootleg it when you wanna.”
The one remaining King Gizzard launch on Spotify is 2022’s Satanic Slumber Occasion EP, a collaboration with Tropical Fuck Storm. A rep for Joyful Noise, the label that launched Satanic Slumber Occasion, tells Pitchfork they’ll take away the EP if the artists ask them to: “We serve the artist, and it’s their proper to determine what platforms to promote their music on.”
In a narrative on their Instagram, King Gizzard posted:
Hey pals
A PSA to these unaware: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests thousands and thousands in Al navy drone know-how We simply eliminated our music from the platform
Can we put stress on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do higher?
Be part of us on one other platform
Fuck Spotify, certainly.
Take heed to the demos beneath.
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