A massive attack suppresses Spotify’s music to protest against the investment of CEO Daniel Ek in the AI ​​army | Massive attack

A massive attack has become the last act – and the first Grand -Label – to withdraw their catalog of Spotify to protest against the founder Daniel EK investing 600 million euros (520 million pounds Sterling) in the military company of IA Helsing.

In June, the venture capital company of EK, Prima Materia, led the last financing tour of the Defense Technology Company. Helsing software uses AI technology to analyze data from the Battlefields sensor and weapons to inform military decisions in real time. He also manufactures his own military drone, the HX-2. EK is also president of Helsing.

The group made the announcement at the same time that they have signed up for a new initiative, no music for genocide, in which a group of more than 400 artists and labels blocks their music from streaming services in Israel.

In a press release, the group said:

Not connected to this initiative and to the light of investments (reported) important by its CEO in a company producing military munition drones and an AI technology integrated into fighter planes, Massive Attack made a separate request to our label that our music be removed from the Spotify streaming service in all territories.

In our opinion, the previous history of the action of artists effective during apartheid in South Africa and apartheid, war crimes and genocide which are now committed by the State of Israel make the imperative of the Genocide campaign without music for genocide.

In the separate case of Spotify, the economic burden that has long been placed on artists is now aggravated by a moral and ethical burden, by which the money harshly won fans and the creative efforts of musicians ultimately finance fatal dystopian technologies.

Enough it is more than enough.

Another way is possible.

​A spotify spokesman said: “Spotify and Helsing are two completely distinct companies.”

They added that Helsing was “not involved in Gaza” and that his efforts were “focused on the defense of Europe in Ukraine”.

Helsing said in a statement: “Currently, we see disinformation spread that Helsing technology is deployed in war areas other than Ukraine. It is not correct.

“Our technology is deployed in European countries to dissuade and for defense against Russian aggression in Ukraine only.”

Massive attack join the Australian psychological group King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, the Canadian post-rock group Godpeed you! Black Emperor, The Third Man Signed Band Us Band Hotline TNT, US Group Deerhoof and Manchester Band Wu Lyf to remove their music from Spotify following EK’s investment in Helsing.

Unlike these acts, Massive Attack will not be able to host their music on the widely used alternative Bandcamp, which is only available to acts on independent record companies. After having moved to Bandcamp-and that the creation of their albums was paying you, including 0 £-the whole catalog of King Gizzard 27-Album took the first 27 places on the platform.

The No Music for Genocide initiative also includes artists such as MJ Lenderman, Amyl and The Sniffers, Rina Sawayama, Jockstrap, Keiyaa, John Glacier, Erika de Casier, Smerz, Wednesday, nourished by time, Mike, Yaeji and Faye Webster. The artists involved either published their liberation territories or asked their distributor or their label to geo-blocker their outings.

A massive attack has developed their participation in an Instagram publication:

In 1991, the scourge of the violence of apartheid fell from South Africa, helped at a distance by public boycotts, demonstrations and the withdrawal of the work of artists, musicians and actors. The complicity with this state was considered unacceptable. In 2025, the same thing now applies to the genocidal state of Israel. To date, there is the equivalent of the musician of the campaign recently announced @ Filmworkers4Palestine (signed by 4,500 filmmakers, actors, workers and institutions of the industry) – it can be found @nomusicforgenocide and supports wider seekers of growth @ BDS. Movement. We would like to all musicians to transfer their sadness, anger and artistic contribution to a coherent, reasonable and vital action to end the inexpressible hell visited the Palestinians hour after hour.

Massive Attack previously formed a Syndicate for Artists Speaking Out in Support of the Palestinian People AlongSide Brian Eno, Kneecap and Fontaines DC, To Protect Musicians from Being “Threatened Into Silence or Career Cancellation” by organizations Such as Uk Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) Vylan to police for leading a song of “Death to the Idf” at Glastonbury, as well as reporting the bbc to broadcast the whole.

From the union, a massive attack said to The Guardian: “This collective action really consists in offering a kind of solidarity to artists who live day after day in a screening genocide, but who are worried about using their platforms to express their horror to that of the level of censorship in their industry or of strongly organized and evidence, the terrifice and their management teams with aggressive teams.