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Photos of NIKS, Coco Em and [M] on a poster for Saffron and Black Artist Database’s new collaborative series

Guest hosts include B.A.D. co-founder NIKS alongside Coco Em and [M]

Saffron and Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) have announced a new collaborative series of online music production workshops for women, trans, and non-binary people worldwide. The...

Purple glitchy collage with photos of Afrodeutsche and rRoxymore

Manchester-based Afrodeutsche has released productions via River Rapid, Skam and Tresor, composed for TV, film and various orchestral performances, and DJs across the UK, Europe and for BBC Radio 6 Music on her show The People’s Party. French artist rRoxymore DJs and performs live and has been a regular on Don’t Be Afraid, alongside putting out music on Timedance, Noise Manifesto, Aus Music and Smalltown Supersound. Here, as part of our series celebrating the artists on Black Artist Database's debut compilation, they discuss the balance of experimental and dancefloor elements across their productions and performances

Afrodeutsche: “My track [on the Black Artist Database compilation] ‘A New Love’ is a combination of all things that I love sonically about hardcore, rave...

Photo of Black Artist Database's Tanya Akinola and Niks sitting on a flight of stairs outdoors. The photo is on an abstract purple and orange background in the same style as the 'Synergy' album artwork

This week, Black Artist Database launches its new label with a compilation of club-ready tracks made by Black women from around the world. Here, kicking off a series of articles and interviews with featured artists, Christine Kakaire speaks to curators NIKS and Tanya Akinola about its inception, and building a new home for Black artists to release their music

Like many of the team calls that take place within the Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) collective, this one needs to straddle a couple of far-flung...

Left to Right: Press shots of artists on the Black Artist Database compilation, Amaliah, DJ Holographic, Lyric Hood, Chmba, Afrodeutsche, rRoxymore, NIKS

The first track, ‘Badness, Can't Work’, is the debut release from co-founder NIKS

Black Artist Database will launch its new B.A.D. label next month with the release of its debut compilation, ‘Synergy Vol 1’, on 2nd June. The...