Phoenix Music is Canada’s flagship house label, a love letter to the genre amidst a changing landscape. Founded as recently as 2013, its roots stretch back further to a simpler time: the 1990’s, when electronic music was exponentially harder to produce. Label manager Andy Reid started off more as a journalist than a businessman, documenting Toronto’s ever growing house scene …
IMPORTANT: Holiday Content Freeze 2018 – 2019
Happy Holidays everyone! With the 2018 winter season upon us, we’d like to update everybody on Content Ingestion Freezes between mid-November and January 2019. All labels releasing material through the end of 2018 will have to be aware of these dates during distribution submission. Label Engine cannot accommodate any release ingestion, updates, takedowns, or other adjustments during this time. Please …
LE Fresh Produce – Nov. 9th
Happy November 9th everyone! Much like the ambush of Byzantium troops by the Hamdanid Dynasty that occurred exactly 1,058 years ago, we have some abrasive noises coming at you today. Dubstep is the name of the game this week and our labels crafted some quality chaos for listeners to sink their teeth into. Forever Music is a relatively young label …
Interview with Jimmy Freer: Audiophile Co-Founder Details Maintaining House Scene in the Southwest
Audiophile Music Group acts as the intermediary between the west and east coast house scenes, outlaws in all ways short of aesthetic, their vibe has been shaking Texas for almost a decade. As if starting a house group in the southwest wasn’t hard enough, co-founders Jimmy Freer and Jacob Buck branched out further than standard label management, forging four more …
LE Fresh Produce – Oct. 17th
Happy October 17th everyone! Too often we forget on this day that the Republic of the Philippines took over the administration of the Turtle Islands and Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom in 1947. However, more importantly, today marks the release of some awesome music right off the Label Engine skillet to enjoy on all streaming services. With ADE in …
Meet Label Engine at Amsterdam Dance Event 2018
Hi Everyone, It’s that time again: the Amsterdam Dance Event will be returning again this year from Oct. 17-21, in doing so, transforming the city into a giant electronic music playground. Andrew Conde and Luis Delgado from the Label Engine team will be representing during the festival. It’d be great to take the time to meet with as many as …
Beatport Introduces New Discovery Tool: Beatport Hype
Hi Label Engine Users! We are very pleased to share a new development from one of our store partners, Beatport, that many of you may find to be a useful tool for further exposure and discovery of your label. Recently announced, Beatport’s brand new Beatport Hype system will “showcase the best boutique labels in the world”. This system is designed to maximize …
GDPR Compliance
As you may have heard, the European Union has drastically changed their privacy laws concerning the way businesses handle personal data. This change, known as the GDPR, is coming into effect on Friday May 25th, 2018. Users can find more information about the GDPR at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-protection-eu_en Label Engine is committed to ensuring it is GDPR compliant and to providing tools to its …
GDPR Concerns
A number of users have reached out to us regarding the EU GDPR laws that are coming into effect on the 25th of May 2018. We are currently working to ensure that we are fully compliant, in addition to adding features to allow our users to ensure their operations are compliant. For distribution and accounting users, this will mean ensuring …