How Spotify – and its playlists – are evolving
Director of Streaming Strategy for [PIAS], Justin Barker, gives his view
Peter Quicke on 25 years at Ninja Tune
Kenny Gates talks to the Ninja man about independent successes, cultural identity and… cheesemaking
Meet The Team: Laneway Festival / Lunatic Entertainment
Australian festival’s key players tell us about the day job
The problem with physical music fulfilment
Why consolidation in the warehousing world is putting pressure on physical independent releases
‘We sign music we love. We’re not sniffing around to find the new thing all the time’
You can’t always derive much about a record label’s identity from its name. Matador founder Chris Lombardi, for example, pinched his company’s brand from a Pedro Almodóvar movie in a snap decision spurred on by design deadlines. Yet there are certainly characteristics of the bullfighter which rather suit the history of Matador, which turns 28 this year – […]
‘Independents have no less opportunity on streaming services than the majors’
Merlin CEO Charles Caldas sits down with [PIAS]’s Kenny Gates
‘We need to believe what we’re working on is making the world better’
Darius Van Arman of Secretly Group on growing your business while keeping your soul