Release › Distribution & label services
SoundCloud
Berlin-founded streaming platform and creator community, widely used as the first home for unreleased electronic music; its paid Artist and Artist Pro plans (which replaced Next Pro) bundle distribution to other DSPs with 100% royalty pass-through.
- Best for
- Posting demos and reaching hip-hop and electronic communities first.
- Skip if
- You expect organic discovery without promotion.
- First move
- Upload your best demo with proper tags and artwork.
- Watch out
- Treat it as home base, not a growth engine.
- Reach
- Mainstream scale
- When
- Useful from day one.
- Based in
- Germany