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'Synergy Vol. 2' is out on 5th April

Black Artist Database is set to release the second instalment of its 'Synergy' compilation series. Due out on 5th April, 'Synergy Vol. 2' features 12...

R3 Soundsystem announces mobile anti-racism protest rave, House Against Hate

Yazmin Lacey, Niks, Midland, Eliza Rose, DJ Paulette, and Jamz Supernova, are just some of the names performing at the March protest

R3 Soundsystem is hosting a new mobile anti-racism protest rave, House Against Hate, in London next month. The mobile protest unit will once again be...

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...

NIKS posing under a soft orange light holding her hands around/near her face

The Black Artist Database co-founder hits the sweet spot between tough techno propulsion and wiggly melodic euphoria on her second-ever solo release

NIKS releases her latest single, ‘Riding Senses’, this Friday. Have an exclusive first listen below. The London-based DJ, producer and Black Artist Database co-founder hits...

Press shots of Amaliah and Niks. The photos are on an abstract purple and orange background in the same style as the 'Synergy' album artwork

Following the path of so many DJs before them, London’s Amaliah and B.A.D co-founder NIKS have both started to produce their own music in recent years. The former has released invigorating, hybrid club tracks via her Borne Fruits label, Nehza Records and Earful Of Wax, while the latter drops her debut track via the new ‘Synergy’ compilation. Here, as part of our series celebrating the artists on Black Artist Database's debut compilation, they discuss their production journeys

Amaliah: “I’ve only been producing for the past two and a bit years. I’ve been record collecting since my late teens and was heavily into...

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...

RP Boo

Attendees will also have late-night access to the current exhibitions by SERAFINE1369, Gallery 31, and Sin Wai Kin

RP Boo, NIKS, Nazar, and more artists are set to play Somerset House Studios' annual AGM event – the access-all-areas event at the London institute...

Selections: NIKS

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, NIKS spotlights ‘90s techno, vocal house and percussive club bangers

NIKS is the co-founder of the Black Artist Database — a website and initiative that promotes Black musicians around the world in all genres, and...