MJ Lenderman, King Krule, Arca, Massive Attack, MIKE, and Yaeji are amongst greater than 400 artists and labels who’ve signed as much as a marketing campaign asking distributors to dam their music from streaming in Israel. An announcement from No Music for Genocide rallies extra artists and labels to affix the cultural embargo, in protest of “Israel’s genocide in Gaza; ethnic cleaning of the Occupied West Financial institution; apartheid inside Israel,” and the repression of pro-Palestine activism, in addition to the music trade’s personal hyperlinks to navy instruments. In a separate assertion, Huge Assault introduced they’d remove their music from Spotify globally.
Different artists to enroll to No Music for Genocide embrace Fontaines D.C., Oklou, Wednesday, Kelela, Faye Webster, Japanese Breakfast, Rina Sawayama, Aminé, Erika de Casier, Kneecap, Primal Scream, Eartheater, Aja Monet, Maryam Saleh, Ana Tijoux, Annahstasia, Amyl and the Sniffers, Nadah El Shazly, Ben Howard, Fats Tony, Model Pussy, Liv.e, Mø, Mechatok, Redveil, Horsegiirl, Chanel Beads, Nick León, Escho, Saul Williams, and Verraco. Bayonet, 10k, and Pan are among the many labels becoming a member of the embargo.
In keeping with the marketing campaign, all three main labels geo-blocked their catalogs from streaming providers in Russia inside a month of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. These labels did close offices and suspend operations in Russia, and Spotify shut down in Russia altogether. However Russians may nonetheless stream the labels’ music on platforms, like Apple Music, that remained in operation. In late 2022, Sony Music Leisure ultimately pulled its catalog from all streaming providers in Russia.
An announcement from No Music for Genocide reads, partially, “Tradition can’t cease bombs by itself, however it might probably assist reject political repression, shift public opinion towards justice, and refuse the art-washing and normalization of any firm or nation that commits crimes towards humanity. This initiative is one a part of a worldwide motion to erode the assist Israel must proceed its genocide. We’re impressed by the escalating efforts in pursuit of that aim, from the current Film Workers for Palestine pledge to Spain’s ban of Israel-bound ships and planes to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard to dockworkers in Morocco who’ve refused to load weapons onto vessels ordered by Tel Aviv.”
