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Ninja Tune and Beggars Group have announced plans to become carbon negative. As part of ongoing commitments toward sustainability, Ninja Tune, home to Big Dada and Technicolour, alongside 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL and Young's parent company Beggars, have shared plans on how they intend to become carbon negative over the next decade. After hiring head of sustainability Will Hutton in March this year, Beggars is pledging to reduce its emissions by 46% by 2030. Speaking about the changes with Music Week, Hutton said: “To get to work on measuring and reducing our impact as quickly as po...

Ninja Tune have unveiled plans to become carbon negative. The independent stalwarts have committed themselves to the new aim, moving from carbon neutral to enact carbon negativity measures. It comes as the music industry looks again at sustainability efforts, with Music Declares Emergency’s Turn Up The Volume week launching today (April 18th). Music Week hosts a special report on the label groups' endeavours, with Beggars Group and Ninja Tune fulfilling their role as ounder members of IMPALA’s Sustainability Programme. Beggars - 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL and the recently re-named Youn...

Yaya Bey has signed to Big Dada and laid out plans for her new EP. The songwriter's excellent 2020 release 'Madison Tapes' rightly won attention, and she's followed this by signing to the freshly relaunched UK stable. Out on April 9th, new EP 'The Things I Can't Take With Me' is a stopping off point on her journey, and it's led by a brilliant new single. Soft and soulful, the supple elements of 'fxck it then' are infused with a jazz sensibility that puts us in mind of those long romantic New York summers. Out now, 'fxck it then' balances nimble beauty with explicit lyricism, as Yaya preens:

A platform for African dance and electronic music has been launched by Apple Music. The new platform, which has been named Isgubhu — the Zulu word for ‘beat’ — features South African DJ/producer Black Coffee as its first cover star, and will shine a light on subgenres like amapiano, gqom, kwaito and Shangaan electro.  Speaking about Isgubhu, Stephen Campbell, Apple Music’s Global Head of Dance and Electronic music, said: “Apple Music has been a long term supporter of the incredible DJs, artists and producers within the Dance and Electronic music community in Africa and we’re v...

Influential UK-based label, Big Dada, is set to relaunch as a platform for Black, POC & Minority Ethnic artists. Pioneering hip-hop label Big Dada was founded in 1997, and has released music from the likes of Jammer, Roots Manuva, Run The Jewels and Sampa The Great, as well as winning two Mercury prize wins.  Now, Big Dada is set to relaunch as a platform for Black, POC & Minority Ethnic artists — run by Black, POC & Minority Ethnic Ninja Tune staff — "to form a community that champions, shines a light on, supports & nourishes the music & artists." In a press release, the team said "Wor...