More Than 1000 Artists and Record Labels Commit to Israel Boycott Campaign | The Quietus

More Than 1000 Artists and Record Labels Commit to Israel Boycott Campaign

Caribou, caroline and Hyperdub are among the latest acts and imprints to sign up to geo-block their music from streaming services in the country

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No Music For Genocide, the boycott campaign that is encouraging musicians and record labels to geo-block their back catalogues from streaming platforms in Israel, now has more than 1000 backers.

Launched last month with the backing of more than 400 artists and imprints, the initiative encourages people to remove their music “from apartheid Israel as it commits genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank”. Caribou, caroline, Lorde, Obongjayar, Duval Timothy, Skee Mask, Dry Cleaning, KMRU, Laurel Halo, Orbital and Fatima Al Qadiri are among the latest artists to back the campaign, while labels such as Hyperdub and Planet Mu have also signed up.

They join the likes of Björk, Loraine James, Nadine Shah, Massive Attack, Kelela, MIKE, Fontaines D.C., Erika de Casier, keiyaA, Mogwai, Jockstrap, Julia Holter, Lankum, Sleaford Mods, Primal Scream, Young Fathers and Black Country, New Road in backing the No Music For Genocide initiative.

Find out more about No Music For Genocide, and scroll the current list of participating artists and labels, via its website.

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