A band called the Velvet Sundown made headlines last summer. They weren’t the typical headlines associated with rock bands — ...

Fake AI band Velvet Sundown have been banned from the Future Sound Awards, the self-styled ‘Grammys for AI music’. The ‘band’ was described in a statement to MusicRadar as "a multidisciplinary ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: The Velvet Sundown I'm sat here listening to The Velvet Sundown's haunting '70s-rock ...

The band the Velvet Sundown just dropped its new album, “Paper Sun Rebellion.” It’s the group’s third LP since June 4. Of this year. How is it possible that one group of musicians could be so prolific ...

Millions of streams – and an avalanche of publicity – later, is “synthetic music project” The Velvet Sundown facing a streaming crackdown? The question is front of mind following a few curious ...

A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past one million Spotify monthly listeners. Meanwhile, an individual who claimed to represent the allegedly AI-powered “band” has ...

A few weeks ago Timbaland unveiled the not-human artist TaTa, who was the first signee of his AI record label Stage Zero. Now there's a new AI-generated act on the scene called the Velvet Sundown, and ...

TL;DR: The Velvet Sundown is an AI-generated band gaining rapid popularity with their debut album "Floating on Echoes" and follow-up releases. Their music, visuals, and backstory are created using ...

The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a spokesperson and "adjunct" member of the Velvet Sundown, a "band" made with ...

With more than 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, psychedelic rock band The Velvet Sundown is raking in thousands of dollars and has the music industry asking itself tough questions 一 and they're ...

What does it take for a new band to break through in the beleaguered music industry these days? How does about 6 million streams on Spotify in five weeks sound? That’s exactly what The Velvet Sundown ...

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