King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have adopted the lead of Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu by pulling their music off of Spotify. In a press release posted to Instagram on Friday afternoon, the Australian psych rock band wrote, “A PSA to these unaware: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests thousands and thousands in AI navy drone know-how.”
“We simply eliminated our music from the platform. Can we put stress on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do higher? Be a part of us on one other platform.”
As of publication, just about all of King Gizzard’s discography is not obtainable on Spotify. The lone exception is Satanic Slumber Occasion, a 2022 collaborative EP with Tropical Fuck Storm, which was launched by means of Joyful Noise Recordings. In a press release to Pitchfork, Joyful Noise mentioned it will take down the EP if requested by each acts.
Ek at the moment serves as chairman of Helsing, a German firm specializing in AI navy software program. Final month, he helped lead a brand new funding spherical for the corporate totaling almost $700 million.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are the newest band to drag their music from Spotify in protest of CEO Daniel Ek’s involvement with the AI weapons firm Helsing. They observe acts like Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu, who additionally just lately eliminated their catalogs from the platform for a similar purpose.
