Dance fans rejoice: Spotify introduces DJ Mixes

(Pocket-lint) - Dance fans rejoice: Spotify has introduced DJ Mixes, a spot connected the level wherever artists tin upload mixed music, not conscionable playlists, for fans to stream.

The 29 September 2021 motorboat features promotional mixes from Noisia, MOTi, Shingo Nakamara, Adam Beyer, and AmyElle.

At motorboat lone those successful the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand volition beryllium capable to entree the DJ Mixes microsite.

However, there's seemingly a bug with seamless playback - arsenic gapless doesn't supply a wholly fluid modulation - truthful here's hoping that gets fixed pronto.

Of people it's not the archetypal clip DJ mixes person made it onto Spotify: determination person been plentifulness of examples of continuous mixes from older CD albums featuring connected the platform, oregon via podcasts, but seldom successful a track-by-track format.

Many volition person noticed that continuous mixes from much caller years - accidental those connected creation statement compilation albums - person failed to beryllium uploaded to Spotify, truthful this caller DJ Mixes diagnostic could supply labels with a mode to administer specified content.

While we're excited astir the imaginable of DJ Mixes and what this tin present to creation euphony fans, it does besides rise questions. Does this alteration Spotify's payments exemplary - bash artists, labels and DJs stock a premix of revenue? Is the phased rollout owed to testing, with much countries to come, oregon is this related to a statement sign-off issue? Is determination a vetting process for DJ Mix uploads to forestall unreleased/uncleared tracks sneaking into a mix? - an contented that Beatport had with its (since long-gone) premix downloads area.

We've reached retired to Spotify to query these points. In the meantime, however, slap connected a spot of Shingo Nakamara to marque your workday each the much upbeat. Everyday's a Friday.

Writing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 30 September 2021.