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Leftwing & Kody join us at Label Worx HQ to talk about how they started their Lost Records imprint, how they met and more. Some inspirational stuff right here!
Founded by Reat Kay back in August 2013, the Switzerland based label focuses on releasing the best in progressive and tech house. This summer they release Reat Kay's 'best of' album, Afterworld!
Producer and DJ, Reat Kay releases his album, After World. A phenomenal album filled with great supporting producers and comes through with an absolute dance floor weapon. This album has such a massive array of great Tech House and House Music blasters that will satisfy anyone's sensors.
A hand picked selection of recent releases from our ever increasing catalogue
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Following a recent escalation in online abuse directed at a number of our staff, family members and customers by a certain individual, Label Worx would like to make the following statement. In 2017 it came to our attention that an individual using the Label Worx service was acting fraudulently, by passing off other people's work as their own. The individual concerned owned a number of accounts and labels, and was downloading tracks from third party Soundcloud accounts, changing the artist and title and submitting as original material via their own artist, label profiles and a number of fake profiles. We carried out an investigation after a receiving a number of complaints, and the individual's accounts were closed. In the months that followed the individual in question opened more accounts using assumed identities and continued to steal tracks from other Soundcloud users. When confronted they admitted to using fake profiles with us and Symphonic Distribution, but asserted that we owed them royalty payments regardless. As these royalties are legally due to the artists that owned the original tracks, we refused to pay due to the breach of our terms and conditions. We have liaised with Symphonic Distribution and they are supportive of our actions and are dealing with this individual as per their terms and conditions. After further demands for payment, the individual has become increasingly threatening, sending threats via email and social media, and harassing some of our staff's family members. We do not want to go into details about the nature of these threats, but they have escalated to the point that the individual has now been reported to the police, and they are building a case against them. Label Worx will never tolerate threats against our staff, and in this instance we would advise any of our clients who have received messages from this individual not to engage with them. We would also like to reiterate that Label Worx will not be keeping any of the royalties that have been paid as a result of these illegally obtained tracks. We will do our best endeavors to pay the original creators of the music, and anything left in our account will be donated to anti-cyber cullying charity www.cybersmile.org via our GoFundMe page: Donate We would like to thank our clients for their support, and hope that this unfortunate situation is swiftly resolved. Label Worx
Jaden Smith last week quietly dropped Electric, a surprise five-track project. This particular news unsurprisingly didn't generate endless headlines like other major out-of-nowhere album releases, but the method of release should've grabbed some more attention. The project was an exclusive, but not to Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, or even Tidal. No, instead Smith's music could only be heard on Instagram. Last month through a series of announcements, Instagram, the Facebook owned photo-sharing app, emerged ready to become a new monetary force within the music industry, as streaming continues to become the dominant mode of music consumption and revenue. On June 20, Instagram announced IGTV, the company's attempt to compete with YouTube and distinguish itself with vertical video content. Their presentation included former Vine star, Lele Pons, prolific Twitch Fortnite streamer Ninja, while the New York City press event included an intimate live performance by the pop singer Alessia Cara. YouTube might've just launched YouTube Music to better compete in the streaming music marketplace, but Instagram is vying to become to the new dedicated home for all content creators. The fate of IGTV remains to be seen, but according a report by Digiday early experiments by restaurant and retail brands shows a rather loose approach in navigating this new platform - Netflix updated an hour long video loop of a Stranger Things actor eating a burger and got over 600,000 views. Right now there are no advertisements or direct ways to monetize but their arrival is certainly a when, not an if, question. IGTV wasn't the only new feature that Instagram introduced that should excite the music industry. On June 28, Instagram announced that users will have the ability to add stickers to their Stories that play officially licensed music. Earlier this year, Ole Obermann, the Chief Digital Officer of Warner Music Group, said of the deal between the label and Facebook: 'Our partnership with Facebook will help expand the universe of music streaming and create supplementary revenue for artists. Fan-created video is one of the most personal, social and often viral ways that music is enjoyed, but its commercial potential is largely untapped.' This announcement is an even more direct shot at YouTube's role within the music ecosystem. YouTube's content ID system allows for artists to monetize videos on the platform, which feature their work even if they didn't have a hand in its creation. Instagram's music stickers formalizes the creative ways users already interact with music on the platform. The previously organic behavior of recording a video and listening to one's favorite song now holds the potential to compensate their favorite artists. Two years ago, NBA MVP Russell Westbrook uploaded a Twitter video listening to Lil Uzi Vert's 'Do What I Want' and the viral video eventually became the peg for a Nike campaign. Facebook partnered with all of the major labels, Merlin, and other publishing groups to allow for monetization of previously niche direct to follower communication. While services like Pandora and Spotify would like to provide an endless soundtrack to one's day; Instagram's aim is to monetize the parts of the day that your choose to broadcast. One shouldn't overlook that Instagram stories is currently used by over 400 million people, which is double its closest competitor of Snapchat (191 million) and even Spotify (170 million). The proposition for artists is now to give fans a reason to stream one's music but also use Instagram Stories to heighten visible public displays of affection. If streaming severed the connection of fans from physical goods; Instagram discovered a way for Facebook and labels to secure profit from previously genuine sharing of content. The music industry, unlike like other media industries - journalism - never completely relied on Facebook. Though a strong presence on the platform provided a great way to reach fans, as the algorithm shifted, page promotion started to increase in cost, and other digital methods of communication opened up the value proposition of Facebook started to wane. A manager I recently spoke with said that for their biggest artist focus shifted away from Facebook as their audience appears increasingly disengaged. Part of the reason Facebook isn't quite as dominant is because of Facebook's own company: Instagram. The social media giant recently announced that Instagram is now home to over a billion users and these recent moves continues to show meaningful ways of seeking expansion. Instagram is often a place where artists telegraph when a new album cycle is starting: See Miley Cyrus's now empty Instagram page. However, others are experimenting with the form. The rapper Tierra Whack (allegedly signed to Interscope) uploaded her all fifteen videos for her 15 minute-long video onto her Instagram. The novel approach showed that Instagram can offer wholly unique ways of music distribution that aren't being offered by Apple, Spotify, or even YouTube. The platform doesn't have the catalog of YouTube, but it holds nearly endless content of people singing and semi-privately sharing their favourite songs with friends. IGTV will continue to grow, but the addition of music to Instagram Stories opens up a new path for untapped monetization. Instagram has transformed a platform for marketing into a platform where marketing could actually return a profit.Music Business Worldwide
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