Streaming giant Spotify, arguably a horseman of the distilling-music-into-vibes-only-pocalypse, wants to bring back the radio DJ. They, uh, just don’t want those DJs to be human. More algorithms for ...

Humans want fundamentally incompatible things from music services. "We want to listen to all the stuff that everyone likes, but also only the stuff that we like," said New Yorker staff writer Kelefa ...

Song selections and transitions can be streamlined with in-the-moment input. But organically mixing beats is something only a human really gets right. Rachel is a freelancer based in Echo Park, Los ...

Spotify has put a robot DJ into its app — a computerized song-spinner with a “stunningly realistic” voice that queues up music based on your musical tastes and listening history. The beta version of ...

Remember the nights at the club when you requested a certain song to a DJ and, when they start playing that song, your friends would get upset at you for it? Spotify has announced that Spotify DJ will ...

It has never been easier to become a DJ or musician, and it only keeps getting easier as mobile technology increases in capability each year. Whereas a singer would once have needed to find ...

On Thursday, 29 January 2026, DJ Maphorisa shared a snippet of his first official release of 2026, days after announcing he was leaving Amapiano He announced when the new single, which features four ...

The track is a potent, laid-back ode to all things West Coast, centered around a classic Preemo scratch sample — “Welcome to California… life is a bitch out here.” Over a beat that blends classic boom ...