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Sony Music has debuted a new artificial intelligence-powered project featuring music by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and The Orb. The Orb and David Gilmour, the guitar and voice of Pink Floyd, recently released Metallic Spheres In Colour, described by Sony Music as “a visionary re-interpretation” of their 2010 ambient album Metallic Spheres. Now, in what Sony calls a “new use […]

SM Entertainment, the K-pop agency behind NCT Dream, aespa and SuperM, has teamed up with UK television production company Moon&Back Media for a new project to create and launch a UK boy band to a global audience. In what the companies described as a “first-of-its-kind partnership” between South Korea and the UK, the pair will

We all knew it was coming – now, suddenly, it’s here. On Thursday (November 16), Google unveiled what it calls its “most advanced music generation model to date”. Dubbed Lyria, and built by Google DeepMind, the tech giant says that the AI model, “excels at generating high-quality music with instrumentals and vocals, performing transformation and continuation tasks, and giving users more

K-Pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, through its venture capital arm SM Culture Partners, took part in the $8 million series A funding round of Modhaus, a South Korean startup at the intersection of blockchain technology and the K-Pop industry. The investment, led by US venture capital firm Sfermion, aims to further Modhaus’ goal of integrating blockchain

CreateSafe, a music tech studio known for helping Grimes launch her Elf.Tech artificial intelligence project, has raised $4.6 million from its seed funding round to introduce a new AI-powered platform. The new platform, called TRINITI, will be designed to help artists monetize generative AI opportunities in music creation and distribution.  The funding round was led

The arrival of artificial intelligence in the music industry has birthed a number of collaboration platforms, each aiming to redefine the creative process.  Baton, which describes itself as a music collaboration platform for unreleased creative material, is one of these market entrants. Founded in New York City in 2021, the startup aims to build a

Video games developer Riot Games has entered into a new strategic partnership with BMG. The companies have also extended their global publishing administration deal. According to the companies, the “collaborative” new venture between Riot and BMG will focus on signing and servicing songwriters to frontline publishing deals with BMG. The partnership sees Riot Games, which is owned by

Sony Music-owned distribution and artist and label services company The Orchard has promoted KGV Kiran Kumar to the role of Managing Director in India. He was previously the company’s Vice President & Country Head, India. As part of his remit, the exec also oversees the company’s operations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. KGV Kiran Kumar joined

Universal Music Greater China (UMGC) has appointed widely respected entertainment industry executive Gary Chan as Managing Director of Universal Music Hong Kong and Senior Vice President of Universal Music Greater China, effective immediately. He will be based in Hong Kong and will report directly to Timothy Xu, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Greater China. Xu was