MDLSKL

Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji

About the show

Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji bring you MDLSKL - Putting the spotlight on the intersection of music and technology in the modern streaming era.

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Episodes

  • S1E10: Our Crystal Ball - 2020 and Beyond!

    December 31st, 2019  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 56 secs
    2020, awards, charts, data, future, jayz, media, music, musictech, piracy, podcasts, royalties, sales, social, spotify, streaming, tech, tiktok, timbaland, tour, trends

    This week, we put the spotlight on 2020. We explore active trends, our predictions and what we're expecting to see in the decade that lies ahead. We apologise for the poor audio quality.

  • S1E9: Wrapped 2019

    December 15th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  21 mins 56 secs
    awards, billie eilish, bts, charts, data, dr dre, eminem, game, halsey, jayz, kanye, minutes, music, musictech, podcasts, reggaeton, sales, spotify, streams, tech, weeknd, wrapped

    This week, we put the spotlight on MDLSKL's year in review, unpacking the data behind our listening habits. Furthermore, we discuss the strategic intent of modern day release cycles, and the effect on back catalogue sales. We apologise for the poor audio quality.

  • S1E8: Lyrics & Law

    December 1st, 2019  |  Season 1  |  34 mins 53 secs
    6ix 9ine, american music awards, art, artist, billboard, camila cabello, case, charts, court, court case, dr dre, eminem, grammy, griselda, halsey, hiphop, jail, jury, jusad priest, law, legal, lyrics, mtv, music, musictech, nwa, ozzy osbourne, post malone, prison, rap, rock, soundcloud, taylor swift, tech, tekashi, the game, travis scott, us, ynw melly, youtube

    This week, we put the spotlight on the controversial use of song lyrics as evidence. From rock & roll to rap, we discuss what it really means to separate the art from the artist.

  • S1E7: Expectations VS Reality

    November 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 23 secs
    apple music, billboard, camp flog gnaw, chance the rapper, charts, concerts, country, dj khaled, drake, eminem, hiphop, itunes, kanye west, kendrick lamar, migos, music, musictech, nf, nicki minaj, rankings, sales, schoolboy q, soundcloud, spotify, streams, tde, tech, tickets, tiktok, tyler the creator, youtube

    This week, we put the spotlight on popular opinion and how this translates into sales numbers. We discuss the relevance of chart positions in the modern streaming era, sales strategies and the artist disputes that arise on the back of these.

  • S1E6: Rhythm + Flow

    November 3rd, 2019  |  Season 1  |  35 mins 22 secs
    aftermath, cardi b, chance the rapper, d smoke, gangstarr, hiphop, idol, jon connor, kendrick lamar, music, music competition, musictech, netflix, rhythm&flow, sir, snoop dogg, sounwave, t.i, tde, tech, the voice, x factor

    This week, we put the spotlight on Netflix's hip-hop competition show, Rhythm + Flow. We discuss music competition shows, and their role in launching the careers of past, present and future music artists.

  • S1E5: China's Streaming Revolution: Paying VS Pirating

    October 20th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 29 secs
    analytics, baidu, bennythebutcher, china, click farms, conway, copyright, data, digital, facebook, gangstarr, hiphop, instagram, ipo, music, musictech, netflix, piracy, post malone, rhythm&flow, ringtones, royalties, spotify, streaming, sza, tech, tencent, tencent music, the game, tunecore, vas, wechat, westsidegunn, yelawolf

    This week, we put the spotlight on China's piracy-stricken music industry. From its origins to the rise of the game-changing Tencent Music (NYSE: TME).

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    S1E4: The Dawn of Online Piracy

    October 13th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 13 secs
    audiogalaxy, blubster, copyright, dell glover, fraud, irc, kazaa, limewire, metallica, music, musictech, napster, p2p, piracy, rabid neurosis, royalties, stream-ripping, streaming, tech, winamp, winmx

    This week, we unpack the origin story of digital music piracy in the 2000s, new-age piracy and fraud in the streaming era and general industry buzz.

  • S1E3: Death of the Record Store

    October 4th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 32 secs
    a&r, ai, apple music, brand partnerships, cassette, cd, concert, data-driven, experience, hmv, independent artists, live music, live nation, ml, music, musictech, record labels, record store, shazam, signings, spotify, startup, streaming, tech, tower records, umg, vc, venture, vinyl, virgin megastore, wmg

    This week, we unpack what led to the death of the record store and how it can be saved, the case for data-driven A&R and general industry buzz.

  • S1E2: Copyright VS Creativity

    September 30th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 58 secs
    copyright, creativity, dj premier, dr dre, hip hop, joyner lucas, kanye west, metro boomin, music, musictech, producer, production, rick ruben, royalties, scott storch, startups, super producer, tech, timbaland, tully

    This week, we unpack the effects of copyright on creativity, the relevance of the super producer, Kanye West and general industry buzz.

  • S1E1: The Minimum Viable Album

    September 30th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 38 secs
    album, creativity, detox, dr dre, eminem, finance, hip hop, labels, leaks, lil wayne, mixtapes, music, music rights, musictech, producer, production, royalties, startups, streaming era, super producer, tech, venture capital, vezt

    This week, we unpack the concept of the 'minimum viable album', disruption in the royalty space and general industry buzz.