Steve Aoki Joins The World's Top DJs and Embraces Dubset's MixSCAN® Technology

New York, NY, March 23, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Dubset Media Holdings revealed today that one of the world’s top artists, Steve Aoki, has joined an impressive roster of the world’s top DJs, including superstars like David Guetta, Tiesto, and an exciting array of up-and-comers like Arno Cost, Chainsmokers, Classixx, The Knocks, Jimmy Edgar and MAKJ, utilizing the company’s mix registry and MixSCAN® identification and distribution system. Thousands of DJs are now uploading their live sets, radio shows, and mixtapes to the first technology platform that can identify the underlying rights holders within a mix, clear the rights to stream, distribute to licensed music services, and track streaming consumption.  Dubset then processes royalties to the underlying rights holders of the music sampled as well as the DJ.

“We are thrilled to have Steve Aoki and the team at Dim Mak and Deckstar supporting the Dubset platform.  The response we have received from both superstar DJs and rising stars in the DJ community to MixSCAN® has been fantastic,” said Rachel Springate of Dubset Media Holdings.  “In addition to artists like Guetta and Tiesto uploading their entire history of podcasts and radio shows, we are ingesting a large volume of mixes every day to our MixSCAN® registry, which for the very first time offers a path for artists and other rights holders to get paid for the use of their content in DJ mixes and other derivative works in the streaming universe.”

"As DJs we want to focus on our craft and make great music for our fans. We very much want to compensate the artists whose music we utilize and Dubset makes that happen."

Steve Aoki

“Dubset offers a solution that solves a huge problem for the industry and enables DJs to monetize and distribute their mixes without having to feel like we are taking advantage of other artists or worry about take down notices,” said Steve Aoki.  “As DJs we want to focus on our craft and make great music for our fans.  We very much want to compensate the artists whose music we utilize and Dubset makes that happen.”

Under development and trials for several years, MixSCAN® is currently distributing mix content that generates DJ revenues and rights holder royalties on Thefuture.fm, Facebook and Twitter, with additional partners expected to be announced in the coming months. 

Stephen White, CEO of Dubset added, “DJs are growing weary of take down notices and are beginning to recognize the liability sites like SoundCloud create for them.   We recently partnered with the Association for Electronic Music (AFEM) to help develop their ‘Get Played, Get Paid’ campaign as a means to help tackle this problem.” 

Through this relationship, Dubset and the AFEM will be working to ensure content can be cleared and distributed to legal music services.  Mark Lawrence, Chief Executive of the AFEM commented: “Ensuring rights holders and music creators are paid when their tracks get paid in online mixes is a critical objective for AFEM.  DJs are key curators of electronic music and tastemakers for new music discovery.  Together with Dubset we are working hard to make getting played and getting paid a reality for every DJ, producer and artist.” 

About Dubset Media Holdings, Inc.

Dubset Media Holdings (DMH) is an innovative technology and rights management company, solving the issues associated with clearing and distributing all forms of derivative content.  DMH's proprietary MixSCAN® technology identifies and resolves the complexity of multiple rights commonly associated with mix music content. MixSCAN® enables simultaneous international multi-rights holder clearing and compliant streaming. MixSCAN® powers a registry and distribution and data platform for underlying rights holders and a seamless mix distribution process to authorized music services. Led by the top DJs in the world, registration of this content (radio shows, podcasts, mixtapes, live performances, studio sets) is underway with the registration of over 250,000 mixes.

About STEVE AOKI

STEVE AOKI is a Grammy-nominated international producer/DJ, electronic dance music entrepreneur, and founder of the trendsetting record label, events/lifestyle company, and apparel line Dim Mak. Since launching in 1996, Dim Mak has broken bands such as Bloc Party, The Bloody Beetroots, Klaxons, and The Gossip through deftly marketed single and full-length releases and now has nearly 500 releases to date. As a solo artist, AOKI has become a force of nature averaging over 250 tour dates per year. AOKI’s second artist albumNEON FUTURE I, was released September 30, 2014 via Dim Mak/Ultra Music and features his Gold certified single “Delirious (Boneless)” with Chris Lake and Tujamo featuring Kid Ink, “Born To Get Wild” featuring will.i.am and “Rage The Night Away” featuring Waka Flocka Flame.  The second part of his Neon Future album NEON FUTURE II—featuring collaborations with Linkin Park, Matthew Koma, Snoop Lion, Rivers Cuomo and NERVO--will be released May 12, 2015.