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Omo Akin ft. Skales – Pasa Pasa
Check out this brand-new song coming from Omo Akin ft Skales – Pasa Pasa. Nigerian singer, Omo Akin joins forces with rapper, Skales in this great tune dubbed Pasa Pasa. Omo Akin is quite the new hotshot in the block and he makes his attempt for a solid stance in the industry even more serious with a collaboration. After having dropped the single “Waist” in 2020, the singer is not resting on his oars this season as he backs it up with another tune to mark his first entry for the year. Behind the production of this fantastic track, is the rising star producer and beats maker, Ibacki and you just have to listen to this track to validate his artistry in the game. Listen and enjoy Omo Akin ft Skales – Pasa Pasa below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for D...
Aloe Blacc Says Additional Collaborations With Avicii Are Pending Approval
In an interview with the Daily Star, Aloe Blacc referenced that he still has several unreleased collaborations and ideas that he started working on with Avicii—projects he hopes will eventually see the light of day. The powerhouse singer-songwriter behind two of Avicii’s biggest hits, “SOS” and “Wake Me Up,” has been vocal in years past about having several works with Avicii in progress. He indicated that he’s been in contact with Avicii’s team about the unreleased tracks in question, but they are ultimately still pending approval for official release. “I have a few tracks but I am not certain if his record label or family will release them,” Blacc told The Star‘s “Wired” column. “It’s really up ...
New Google Arts & Culture Exhibit Explores 126 Years of Electronic Music History
A new exhibit from Google and YouTube titled “Music, Makers & Machines,” takes viewers on a walk through the history of electronic music from genesis to present day. Over 50 industry experts, festivals, labels, and power players from the electronic music world were consulted in order to bring the project to fruition. The multimedia endeavor combines photography, video, 360° tours, and augmented interactive objects to create an immersive user experience. The totality of the exhibition aims to cover 126 years of dance music history, highlighting the genre’s icons, landmarks, and watershed moments that took place since the invention of the world’s first electromechanical musical instrument in 1895. One function of the exhibit utilizes Google Street View, putting fa...
SEC Filing Reveals Elon Musk Will Now Be Known as “Technoking of Tesla”
Elon Musk has been given a unique promotion of sorts. A recent Tesla filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that Musk has been given a new title, “Technoking of Tesla.” As Tesla’s new Technoking, the billionaire tech mogul and “Don’t Doubt ur Vibe” producer will continue to fulfill his duties as the electric vehicle and clean energy company’s CEO. Musk wasn’t the only leader within the company promoted. The same filing disclosed a new title for Tesla’s CFO, Zach Kirkhorn, who will now be known as the “Master of Coin.” Kirkhorn’s title is especially appropriate given the recent reveal that Tesla has made a substantial $1.5B investment into Bitcoin, an estimated 8% of the co...
DJ and Author of Transgender Inclusion Policies Kicked Out of Melbourne Nightclub Bathroom
This week at the Melbourne venue Yah Yah’s, Simona Castricum, a renowned DJ and transgender woman, was booted from the club’s restroom after being accosted by security. “A male security guard stood in the doorway of the women’s bathroom and pointed at me and yelled at me quite aggressively ‘out of the bathroom,’” she recounted in a statement to The Age. “I said, ‘I’m a woman, I’m a trans woman.'” Despite Castricum’s response, the security guard continued to yell until another woman came to the musician’s aid. The club has a gender-neutral restroom policy on Thursday nights, the evening of the incident. Castricum is credited for having written the city’s guidelines for inclusion of transgender and gender-diverse individuals at l...
CANNIBAL CORPSE Drummer Declines To Comment On Former Guitarist PAT O’BRIEN
Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz of Florida death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE has declined to publicly address his current relationship with the band’s former guitarist Pat O’Brien. O’Brien was arrested in Florida more than two years ago on charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and burglary of an occupied dwelling with assault. Deputies said he burglarized a house and charged at a deputy with a knife. He has since been replaced in CANNIBAL CORPSE by Erik Rutan, one of the death metal’s most acclaimed guitarists who is known for his time as part of MORBID ANGEL throughout the ’90s and early 2000s, as well as handling vocals/guitars for HATE ETERNAL. Asked in a new interview with Pierre Gutierrez of Rock Talks what his relationship with Pat is like n...
MICHAEL ANTHONY Says ‘There Has Been Some Talk’ About Releasing Career-Spanning VAN HALEN Box Set
In a new interview with “The Jeremy White Podcast”, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony confirmed that there has been talk of putting together a career-spanning box set from his former band, including rare and previously unreleased bonus material. “I know Warner has brought up the question, would we like to do that, as far as like a box set,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “Obviously, it all happens after Eddie [Van Halen, VAN HALEN guitarist] passed, and it’s, like, ‘Hey, let’s cash in on this and that or whatever,’ which I don’t want any part of that… But I know there has been some talk about doing a box set and redoing some stuff, but I think it’s kind of in the early works, and nobody’s really talke...
SKINDRED Signs With EARACHE RECORDS
Welsh ragga metallers SKINDRED have inked a new global four-album deal with Earache Records, with each bandmember signing the deal in a different endangered music venue across the U.K. Earache Records have long been one of the most exciting, forward-thinking and important rock labels in the world, having pioneered many extreme metal bands and, in recent years, enjoying Top 40 success with bands such as BLACKBERRY SMOKE, BUCKCHERRY, MASSIVE WAGONS, RIVAL SONS and THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. Once upon a time they also released the first two DUB WARS albums, the first band fronted by SKINDRED singer Benji Webbe. Earache Records MD Digby Pearson says: “We could not be more thrilled to be signing SKINDRED. They are such a truly unique and much-loved band. We have all been huge fans of them s...
HEART’s ANN WILSON Talks To CHRIS CORNELL’s Daughter About Struggles With Body Shaming (Video)
Iconic HEART singer and songwriter Ann Wilson was a guest on the latest episode of “Mind Wide Open”, the IGTV series and podcast hosted by Chris Cornell‘s daughter Lily Cornell Silver. “Mind Wide Open” aims to “help destigmatize the conversation around mental health,” according to a press release. Guests will include mental health professionals, public figures, peers, and others who will share their stories and struggles, as well as provide knowledge and insight. Wilson and Silver talk about struggles with body shaming, specifically Ann‘s experience as the singer of a band during the 1980s MTV era when most female artists felt pressure to not only be great singers but to look like models. Ann discusses one of the moments that had a huge impac...
Lin-Manuel Miranda to Chronicle 20 Years of ‘In the Heights’ in New Book
Readers will have a chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at In the Heights in a new book. Random House announced Tuesday that it will publish In the Heights: Finding Home, which will give a look at the beginnings of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 breakout Broadway debut and journey to the soon-t0-be-released film adaptation directed by Jon M. Chu. After working together on the New York Times best-seller Hamilton: The Revolution, Miranda and co-author Jeremy McCarter reunite here, with Quiara Alegría Hudes, the Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist of the book for the Tony-winning Broadway musical and screenwriter of the motion picture, also an author. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back powe...
Blackpink’s Rosé Lifts Off for Debut TV Performance of ‘On The Ground’: Watch
Shot in black and white, Rosé is framed with eye-catching angles and a support cast of slick dancers. There’s more energy on screen than you’ll find in a triple-shot latte. Born in Born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Rosé is a founding member of the record-setting four-piece that is Blackpink. Last October, their full-length The Album bowed at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, for the highest-ever ranking in history by a female K-pop group on the all-albums tally. The Album went on to shift 1.5 million total global units, according to the IFPI, for a No. 5 ranking on the 2020 Global Album Sales Chart. Watch Rosé’s late-night performance below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. I...
UMG Signs Expanded Licensing Deal with African Streaming Service Boomplay
Under the deal, UMG content will now be available via Boomplay in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea- Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tchad, Togo and Zimbabwe. Markets covered under the 2018 agreement were Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. “Since our original deal with UMG, the African music industry has seen exponential growth and made huge strides towards being the next powerhouse that it should be,” said Boomplay dir...
