Spotify has acquired the sample-sourcing web site WhoSampled. The streaming service announced that it’s rolling out a brand new function referred to as SongDNA, which can mixture and centralize samples and covers of songs based mostly on the WhoSampled database. In accordance with a statement from WhoSampled, the location will proceed to function “as a standalone platform and model.”
As of at present (November 19), Spotify can also be increasing its tune credit function to incorporate all personnel who labored on a given tune. The platform first launched tune credit in 2018—a yr after Tidal started publicly displaying tune and album credit—however beforehand solely listed topline performers, songwriters, and producers.
“Each tune is a collaboration, and each contributor ought to be seen,” mentioned Jacqueline Ankner, Head of Songwriter & Writer Partnerships at Spotify. “With expanded Track Credit, SongDNA, and Concerning the tune, we’re giving followers a deeper have a look at the folks and artistic threads behind the music they love and giving creators the popularity they deserve. It’s one other step in Spotify’s work to champion the folks, connections, and tales that convey each observe to life.”
Current months have seen an exodus of artists from Spotify, with many citing the navy investments made by CEO Daniel Ek by means of his enterprise capital fund Prima Materia. (Since 2021, Prima Materia has been investing in Helsing, a protection firm that sells AI-using software program to tell navy choices.) Among the many acts to tug their music from the platform are Massive Attack, Angel Deradoorian, Hotline TNT, Young Widows, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, WU LYF, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Xiu Xiu, and Deerhoof.
