A lot of people have asked me about where I stand on the use of AI in music.

It’s really simple. I don’t like it. I don’t support it.

The whole idea of DA has, from day one, been based on the organic roots that music stems from.

Currently there isn’t much to go by, other than Traxsource flagging it. The detection tools at my disposal are questionable at best.

Will tracks slip by? They already have, and probably will continue to do so, until I have the right tools.

For Discoholics Anonymous Recordings, I will be removing any tracks flagged for AI use from my catalogue from this point on. I don’t believe there will be any in my back catalogue.

On the blog I will be labelling tracks using AI.

I am aware that this might upset some and delight others, but I have to stay true to my beliefs.

Discoholics Anonymous doesn’t ask for cookies. It slips them into your pocket while you’re not looking, the way clubs used to slip flyers into your coat lining at 4:37 in the morning. Some of them are harmless — the house keys. They keep the lights on, remember who you are, stop the whole thing collapsing when you hit refresh. Without them the site is just a room with no door. The others are curious little spies. They want to know which mixes you stayed for, which ones you ghosted, whether you