Deerhoof did not want its music ‘funding AI battle tech’ — so it ditched Spotify

“Right now, the radical who make recorded euphony bash it for free, but immoderate wealth that changes hands goes into the pockets of Daniel Ek.”

On Monday, the long-running indie stone set Deerhoof made an announcement: it was pulling its euphony from Spotify.

The impetus was Spotify laminitis Daniel Ek's newest concern successful Helsing, the German defence radical that makes AI and drones. Helsing raised 600 cardinal euros successful its astir caller backing round, which was led by Ek's task superior steadfast Prima Materia. "Helsing is benefiting from a surge of concern successful defence groups, arsenic a highly charged geopolitical situation spurs nations each implicit the satellite to summation subject spending and the warfare successful Ukraine triggers a rethink of battlefield technology," the Financial Times wrote of the inve …

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