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An AI-powered virtual rapper, FN MEKA, has been signed to Capitol Records

The "robot rapper" has more than 10 million followers on TikTok and has already released his first major label single

Capitol Records has signed an AI-powered virtual rapper named FN MEKA. He's already released his first single for the major label called 'Florida Water'; listen...

FN Meka

The major label has issued a statement offering its “deepest apologies to the Black community”

Capitol Records has severed ties with the "AI rapper" FN Meka amid backlash over racial stereotyping. The major label announced the signing earlier this month...

With a strong underground scene, and new parties popping up every week, London it seems, is still the capital of clubland.

Despite the emergence of new clubbing hotspots around the world, London is still the best place on Earth to hear new dance music.

In 2006...

Kyiv has a new record store, abo records

"We live in truly dark times, but still try to remain optimistic and are happy to see people visiting us and digging into records for hours," the shop's founders said

There's a new record store in Kyiv called abo records. Set up in an disused liquor factory on Kudryavska Street in the Ukrainian capital, the...

Glasgow named vinyl-collecting capital of the UK

32% of the UK's vinyl collectors live in the city, according to a new study

Glasgow is the vinyl-collecting capital of the UK, according to a new study of collecting habits by The Royal Mint. 32% of the UK's vinyl...

One of the world’s great party cities, Berlin is facing up to the COVID-19 pandemic in its own unique way. How are the clubs getting...

It’s a Sunday afternoon in early October, and the trees in Berlin are clinging onto their leaves. Soon, they’ll fall away, revealing the graffiti-strewn yellows...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

If you happened to gaze into the sky above London this morning, you may have caught a glimpse of Hospital Records heads London Elektricity and...

 The city of lights is getting a new place to source music...

Dizonord, a brand new record store, is opening up in the French capital.

A two-day opening party is planned for this Friday 8th February, with...

DJ and producer Marion Hawkes is behind the shop, which specialises in "sounds that fuel club culture" and more

A new record store, Sound Advice, has opened in Belfast. 

The brainchild of DJ and producer Marion Hawkes, the shop is located at Banana Block...

It's set to open its doors in the Danish capital in early December...

A new record shop focusing on "quality electronic music" is set to open in Copenhagen.

With a main focus on techno, house and electro...

60 vinyl shops are included from across the UK capital... 

A new book takes readers inside London’s independent record stores. 

Logically entitled 'Vinyl London: A Guide to Independent Record Shops', the publication has been written...

Svetlana Maras and Mangulica FM are behind the first two EPs

Belgrade club Dim is opening a recording studio and record label next month. 

The studio space will be located within the venue itself, which is...

One website's mission to catalogue every single record shop...

The United States leads the world with 1482 brick and mortar record shops. VinylHub reporting that the US has more record shops than the UK...

KOKOKO! share two new singles, ‘Polo Muneni’ and ‘Nasali Nini’, on Transgressive Records: Listen

'Elongi na Elongi' is the Kinshasa-based collective's first new release of the year

KOKOKO! are back with a new double single, titled 'Elongi na Elongi', which translates to "face to face". Listen to both tracks from the release...

The Ghost record van closes

After seven years of service the tracks-on-wheels service is no more, and all stock must go

Berlin-based mobile record store van The Ghost has closed, with the eponymous DJ duo that sold vinyl from the 1975 Mercedes 407d finding buyers for...