Black Artist Database launches label with VA compilation featuring NIKS, Amaliah, rRoxymore

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  • Synergy is out on June 2nd.
  • Black Artist Database launches label with VA compilation featuring NIKS, Amaliah, rRoxymore image
  • Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) has launched a record label with a VA compilation. Out on June 2nd, Synergy includes tracks from Amaliah, rRoxymore, Lyric Hood, DJ Holographic and B.A.D. cofounder NIKS. The label will "spotlight Black artists from all over the world, both established and newcomers," NIKS and fellow cofounder Tanya Akinola told Resident Advisor. "And will serve as a home for archival releases and reissues." They added: "These are all artists that have in some form been part of our journey, inspired us or represent to us what the future of electronic music looks like." Initially called Black Bandcamp, B.A.D. launched in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter uprisings in 2020. The platform has become the go-to grassroots source for Black underground music, boasting thousands of profiles of Black artists. Listen to NIKS's "Badness, Can't Work."
    Tracklist 01. AFRODEUTSCHE - A New Love 02. rRoxymore - We Can Do 03. Amaliah - Mespo Dance 04. NIKS - Badness, Can't Work 05. Lyric - Don't Need No Help 06. DJ Holographic - Desire 07. Chmba - Bwela Black Artist Database will release Synergy on June 2nd, 2023. Photos: Cicely Ellison Artwork: Miles Takes
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