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Are you one of those that find streaming services to be the great revolution of music listening? To access infinite volumes of music today you just need a simple subscription to a major streaming service such as Spotify, Tidal or Deezer, and most music industry experts agree on the positive impact it has had on the overall income in the industry. …

American EBM act Youth Code is continuing their two year-long tour with latest album “Commitment to Complications” with yet a new headliner, in yet a new music scene. After supporting acts as metal band Baroness, post metal act Deafheaven and, for Release readers, well known industrial act Skinny Puppy, Youth Code is back in Europe. This time with the major synthwave act …

It is well-known that streaming services as Spotify, Deezer and Tidal have had a huge impact on the whole music industrial organization, above all how money is earned and how much is earned. However, a recent discovery is that online streaming also influence how music listeners consume music when they easily can access endless libraries of albums and songs at …

Consumer psychologist and researcher Patrick Fagan, Associate Lecturer at Goldsmith’s University, and music venue owner O2 recently carried out a psychometric study comparing the heart rate of volunteers walking with their dogs, participating in yoga sessions or going to a concert – all of which are known stress-busters. The results show those who attended the live concert saw their mood boosted by …

Ex-Sneaker Pimps singer Chris Corner’s alter-ego IAMX returns with his dark electronic fusion of music genres. After releasing his eighth album “Alive in a New Light”, Chris Corner has hope in sight after the dark years and his personal battle against clinical depression and chronic insomnia. Messed!Up met up with the brainchild of IAMX before the show in Hamburg and …

The creative melting pot of Bergen has produced loads of internationally successful Norwegian bands over the years such as Röyksopp, Kings of Convenience and recently DJ artist Kygo, and is also the hometown of one of Europe’s best high-energy bands, Kakkmaddafakka. Messed!Up’s journalist meet two of “the Kakks” for an interview just right after they arrived in Hamburg. Axel and …