Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Happy first birthday, Spotify South Africa Hip Hip Hooray, Spotify South Africa! It has been an exciting year since the much-anticipated launch of Spotify – the largest global music streaming service – into South Africa, which made browsing, discovering and sharing music easier than ever before for local music fans. Spotify received a hugely positive […]
Most streamed songs on Spotify South Africa this summer And the top streamed songs on Spotify South Africa are… The summer of 2018/19 (still pretty hot, if you ask me) brought amazing music to our ears and boy did we stream them to our hearts content. Without further ado, here are the songs that Saffas […]
Spotify adblock users will be suspended from 1 March Spotify adblock users are about to experience a boomerang. Spotify is getting serious about adblocking as they gear up to implement their new Terms & Conditions on March 1, which gives them the authority to suspend or terminate users using ad blockers for Spotify with immediate […]
Spotify car view introduced to make music browsing safer while driving The Spotify car view feature is rolling out to Android users globally. Last week Spotify launched car view, a Simpler Now Playing view that makes it easier to use when listening to Spotify through Bluetooth whilst driving your car. At the moment its availability […]
Spotify Tinder integration expands to song sharing Spotify Tinder integration is a game of divide and conquer. Although Spotify integrating with Tinder is old news, seeing as it was done in 2016- now three years ago-there may be new expansions on the horizon for this match made in app heaven. The integration allowed Tinder users […]
JOIN: Spotify and SoundGirls launch global database of women working in music Spotify and SoundGirls launch the EQL Directory. The streaming conglomerate has teamed up with the non-profit organisation to bring you the EQL Directory, a global database of women working in music. Any professional around the world is welcome to add their name to […]
Spotify Afro Hub launched in South Africa Check out Spotify Afro Hub. Spotify have just announced the launch of Afro Hub, which is part of Spotify’s Global Cultures initiative aimed at promoting and bringing culturally diverse music to the surface; It is now available in South Africa. The music streaming conglomerates vision is to put […]
Most coffee shops/restaurants streaming music illegally, study finds Streaming music is still happening illegally. So, Spotify and Apple Music haven’t solved the music industry’s illegal listening dilemma completely. Though streaming services have greatly improved revenue generated for the industry, there are still some flaws. It is reported that artists and record labels lose $2.7 billion […]
Apple acquires Asaii in hope of discovering ‘the next Justin Bieber’ Apple acquires Asaii. The streaming world is cut-throat, especially when it comes to the healthy rivalry between the leaders of the pack; Apple and Spotify. So when Spotify started focussing on expanding its reach beyond traditional mainstream artists and offer its platform to unsigned […]
Spotify celebrates 10th anniversary of music discovery Spotify celebrates 10th anniversary this October. 10 years ago, this month, Spotify launched as a music streaming platform with the intention of becoming a tool for the discover of music; I don’t think anyone could have predicted exactly how big of an impact this platform would have on […]
