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Tokyo set to adopt 4-day workweek to spark baby boom

The scheme, set to start in April 2025, aims to boost critical fertility rate & improve work-life balance

Aphex Twin releases surprise 38-track compilation ‘Music From The Merch Desk (2016-2023)’

Released via Warp, the compilation combines the one-off vinyl releases sold at the IDM legend’s recent live shows

Posthumous MC Conrad album to land in 2025, ‘Con*Natural’

All proceeds from the record will go toward the MC Conrad Foundation supporting independent artists

“Producers deserve to get paid for their work”: Music data service KUVO powered by DJ Monitor gets industry backing

The tech means DJs don't need to manually submit set lists for royalties to be paid to producers, and there is also no cost for venues to participate

Ushuaïa Ibiza’s ANTS party to head on winter tour next month

ANTS On Tour will make stops in Brazil, Mexico, Australia, and Bali through early 2025

André 3000 hints at relaunch of '00s cartoon series "Class of 3000"

The idea to revive the show, which originally aired on Cartoon Network between 2006-2008, came following a conversation with Tyler, The Creator

Producers on Kanye West’s ‘Vultures’ albums allegedly haven’t been paid

More than 10 producers claim that they weren’t paid for both 2024-released records

Jay-Z accused of raping 13-year-old girl with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in amended lawsuit

The incident allegedly took place at a party following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, with Jay-Z denying the allegations on social media, describing it as a “blackmail attempt”

Kraftwerk celebrate 50 years of ‘Autobahn’ with North America tour

The tour is set to span almost two months, hitting 27 stops along the way

Music industry workers to lose a quarter of income to AI by 2028, study finds

The “first ever” global study on the impact of AI on music found that revenues of AI services will spike in the next four years

fabric celebrates 25 years with launch of new record label

FABRICLIVE promises to spotlight “both established legends and emerging talents”

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison after 753 days

Salehi was sentenced to death for “corruption on Earth” before having the ruling overturned in court in June

DJ Koze announces first album in 7 years, shares new single featuring Damon Albarn

‘Pure Love’ is available to listen to now, with the album 'Music Can Hear Us' set to be released in April

Putin’s youngest daughter is secretly living as a DJ in Paris

Luiza Rozova is said to be the daughter of an alleged affair

Global value of music copyright has surpassed cinema for the first time

Last year the total revenue from recorded music, publishing and royalties reached US$45.5bn compared to global box office revenues of US$33.2 billion

Dutch police discover “visibly startled” garden gnome made entirely of MDMA

The gnome weighed 2kg, equivalent to around 8,000 pills

Groundbreaking '70s compilation of female electronic artists reissued on vinyl

Containing work by Laurie Spiegel, Laurie Anderson and Pauline Oliveros, the album has been called “a historically significant feminist statement”

Keir Starmer backs plans to make spiking a specific criminal offence in the UK

The plans, which are set to rollout next year, involve training nightlife staff

Drake accuses UMG and Spotify of “illegally inflating” Kendrick Lamar diss track 'Not Like Us'

Drake has issued a double legal filing against Universal Music Group, also claiming defamation

DJ creates web extension to adjust tempo of music on Discogs and Bandcamp

The tool also has a "Master Tempo" feature for users to change a track’s BPM without affecting its pitch

“A financial mistake”: Berlin to cut culture budget by 12% in 2025

Demonstrations took place earlier this month in protest of the budget slash