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Splice & MIDiA Research unveil “Sounds of 2025”, 2024’s Genre Shifts Provide Key Insights Into What We’ll Hear in 2025

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What will the music of tomorrow sound like? According to the latest report from Splice, the global music creation platform, and MIDiA Research, the leading global authority in music, the creator economy and cross-entertainment, the answer is already being written.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — What will the music of tomorrow sound like? Global music creation platform Splice and MIDiA Researchhave today released “Sounds of 2025,” a deep dive into the music trends of 2024 and the genres, sounds, and creative shifts that are set to define the musical landscape in 2025.

“Splice is uniquely positioned to see the sounds that are driving music production globally. This report gives us a sense of how music producers are bending and blending genres in real time and just what genres and regions will define what we hear in 2025 and beyond.” Kakul Srivastava, CEO of Splice

The “Sounds of 2025” report reveals that music will be characterized by genre fusions and global influence. Among the hundreds of genres across Splice, one is raising its volume louder than the rest: “pluggnb“. Fusing the trap sub-genre “plugg” with ’90s R&B and gospel harmonies, “pluggnb” is the fastest-growing genre on the platform with downloads spiking 342.8% in 2024. Unofficial “pluggnb” remixes dominated TikTok in 2024 and led to adoption of the genre by K pop heavyweights like LE SSERRAFIM and ILLIT.

The report also takes a look at the top sample creators on the Splice platform, where KSHMR and Oliver continue to be leaders. Grabbing the number one spot in the Top Ten Sample Packs of 2024 is Sounds of KSHMR Vol. 3. Oliver’s Power Tools series (which features prominently in the Julian Bunetta-produced Sabrina Carpenter hit “Espresso”) continues its reign with three volumes in the Top 10.

Creators in LA drive the most Splice downloads by far, 30.7 million in 2024, with New York creators driving roughly half as many, 15.2 million. And while American cities make up half of the ranking for Splice’s top ten cities, the Splice user base is increasingly global. Australia has both Sydney and Melbourne in the Top 10, while Tokyo and Berlin are also included.

According to Splice CEO, Kakul Srivastava, “Splice is uniquely positioned to see the sounds that are driving music production globally. This report gives us a sense of how music producers are bending and blending genres in real time and just what genres and regions will define what we hear in 2025 and beyond.”

“The music industry is always trying to get ahead of trends, but there is perhaps no more forward-looking cultural trend than sample usage,” says Mark Mulligan, Managing Director and Music Analyst, MIDiA Research, the leading global authority in music, the creator economy and cross-entertainment. “The sounds that producers use to create today give us a window not only into the genres that will be big tomorrow but also early indications of entirely new genres that will emerge from the process of mixing samples across styles and cultures. The genres that stand out in this report also underline wider trends: the growing importance of scenes and fan remixing in shaping the sounds of the future.”

Key Highlights The Leading Genres of 2025

● Pluggnb: The Fastest Growing Genre of 2024

Pluggnb—a fusion of trap’s plugg subgenre with ’90s R&B and gospel harmonies—rose an incredible 342.8% in downloads. Artists like Summrs and Autumn! are leading the charge, while Seoul has emerged as a key hub for this genre’s growth. TikTok and digital culture are driving its global rise, making it a key contender for the mainstream in 2025.

● Jersey Club: From Underground to Global Phenomenon

Jersey club, the high-energy hip-hop/house hybrid, saw exponential growth in 2024, particularly in Berlin, where it became the city’s fastest-growing genre on Splice. Its influence is growing worldwide, with artists like UNIIQU3 and Cookiee Kawaii bringing it to new audiences. Expect Jersey Club to continue its global domination as 2025 progresses.

● Rage: The New Sound of Hip-Hop

Rage,” a harder, experimental offshoot of trap, made major strides in 2024. With nearly 1 million downloads, it’s clear that artists like JELEEL! and YoungBoy Never Broke Again are introducing this sound to the mainstream. This genre is likely to continue its rapid rise, blending intense energy with a more experimental, aggressive approach to hip-hop production.

● A New Era of Dance Music: Melodic House & Techno

As house music continues to thrive, its subgenre, “melodic house” has emerged as a growing force, with artists like Ben Böhmer and Solomun defining its softer, atmospheric sound. Similarly, “melodic techno” is expected to rise in prominence, with its minimal, cinematic approach gaining traction globally.

● Afro House and the Global South’s Influence

The global rise of “Afro House“, particularly from South African creators like Black Coffee, continues to push boundaries in 2024. As international audiences increasingly embrace the genre’s fusion of African rhythms and house beats, it’s expected to play a significant role in the sounds of 2025.

● The Rise of Drift Phonk in Brazil

In Brazil, drift phonk—a faster and harder-hitting style of the popular “phonk” genre—became the country’s fastest-growing genre on Splice. As this genre grows in popularity, it highlights the emergence of ‘Brazilian phonk’, which was made popular by European producers who fused “phonk” with the sounds of Latin America, and its reclamation by Brazilian producers.

The New Sound Capitals of the World

While Los Angeles and New York remain the top cities for Splice downloads, the rise of international hubs is undeniable. Tokyo and Berlin are two of the fastest-growing music production cities globally, with new sounds and genres emerging from these places.

Los Angeles: Dominating trends like K-pop and pluggnb, LA continues to be a hotbed for genre experimentation and cross-cultural influence.

● São Paulo: Home to the rapidly growing drift phonk sound, this Brazilian city is becoming a critical center for phonk’s evolution.

Johannesburg: As Afro House continues to soar, South Africa is establishing itself as a global powerhouse for innovative, rhythm-based music.

Berlin: Jersey club’s unexpected rise in Berlin exemplifies the city’s place in the global music scene.

To read the full report – click here

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John Vlautin, Splice, 1 818-763-9800, jv@spinlab.net, www.splice.com

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In the news release, Applied Intuition Collaborates with Heidelberg Materials to Advance Innovation in Quarry Operations with Autonomous Haulage Fleets, issued 30-Apr-2026 by Applied Intuition, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that changes have been made. The complete, corrected release follows, with additional details at the end:

Applied Intuition Collaborates with Heidelberg Materials to Advance Innovation in Quarry Operations with Autonomous Haulage Fleets

Deployment brings intelligent, vehicle-based autonomy to Australia, establishing a new operating model for construction and mining environments.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2026 /CNW/ — Applied Intuition, Inc., a leader in physical AI, today announced its collaboration with Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions, to deploy autonomous haulage systems for Heidelberg Materials’ quarry operations, starting at a site in Australia.

Applied Intuition will provide its Self-Driving System (SDS) for Construction to support autonomous haulage operations within Heidelberg Materials’ fleet of construction and mining vehicles in Australia. The deployment marks the next real-world application of Applied Intuition’s autonomy platform in industrial environments. Upon successful completion, it will support the expansion of autonomous operations within Heidelberg Materials’ broader Australian network.

The collaboration also challenges the standard industry model. While autonomy solutions traditionally target the largest quarry sites, this system is designed for smaller operations, including those running just two 40-ton trucks, making it deployable across quarry sites of varying size worldwide.

“No two quarry or construction sites operate the same way, with different layouts, constraints and economics,” said Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. “We’ve built our platform to adapt to that reality. This partnership shows we can take the same core system used in large mining operations and apply it to smaller, infrastructure-constrained quarry sites, scaling it across hundreds of unique locations.”

For Heidelberg Materials, the partnership is aimed at enhancing safety and operational performance. It also reflects the need for an autonomy solution that can operate at large sites and smaller ones too, whereas traditional autonomous haulage systems are often too infrastructure-heavy or costly to scale. For Applied Intuition, it serves as a proof point that its autonomy platform is designed not just for one-off deployments, but for global scale across construction, quarry and mining environments of any size.

Applied Intuition’s system runs directly on the vehicle, with integrated perception, decision-making and safety systems onboard, enabling reliable operation without constant connectivity or heavy site infrastructure.

The collaboration builds on Applied Intuition’s growing presence in construction and mining autonomy and reinforces its broader physical AI strategy. The same core platform has already been deployed in other industries, including trucking and defense, with learnings from each domain contributing to continuous system improvements. Applied Intuition’s SDS platform strategy also enables the company to bring technologies proven in other domains into construction and mining, helping accelerate development and deployment.

Through this project, Applied Intuition demonstrates the range of its autonomy platform, from some of the largest mining trucks in the world to smaller quarry vehicles operating in constrained, lower-infrastructure environments. Together, these deployments highlight the company’s approach to building scalable autonomy for construction and mining from the ground up.

To learn more about how Applied Intuition is building the future of construction autonomy, visit applied.co.

About Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Gothenburg, Sweden; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co.

Correction: An earlier version of this release incorrectly stated the location of the site noted in the first paragraph.

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MOREH Demonstrates Production-Ready LLM Inference on Tenstorrent Galaxy, Achieving DGX A100-Class Performance with Improved Cost Efficiency

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Reduces HBM Costs with GPU–Tenstorrent Heterogeneous Distributed Serving
First unveiled at Tenstorrent’s launch event, TT-Deploy, in San Francisco on May 1

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Moreh, an AI infrastructure software company, led by CEO Gangwon Jo, announced that it has successfully validated LLM inference performance on the Tenstorrent Galaxy Wormhole system using its proprietary ‘MoAI Inference Framework.’

Based on tests across leading Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models—including GPT-OSS, Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek—Moreh achieved LLM inference performance on Tenstorrent Galaxy Wormhole matching or surpassing NVIDIA DGX A100-class systems, demonstrating a compelling alternative to conventional GPU-centric AI infrastructure.

Moreh also improved cost efficiency by implementing a disaggregated serving architecture that combines GPUs with Tenstorrent Wormhole chips. By utilizing Tenstorrent processors as dedicated prefill accelerators, the company reduced reliance on high-cost HBM and lowered overall infrastructure costs.

The results were first unveiled at Tenstorrent’s launch event, TT-Deploy, held on May 1 in San Francisco.

As a strategic partner of Tenstorrent and a major external contributor to Metalium, Moreh showcased a live LLM inference demo at the event. Building on its experience operating AMD GPU-based production environments in real-world data centers, the company presented its latest technical achievements in ‘Production-Ready LLM Inference on Tenstorrent Galaxy.’

MoAI Inference Framework is a disaggregated inference solution that enables unified operation of heterogeneous GPUs and NPUs—including NVIDIA, AMD, and Tenstorrent—within a single cluster. This allows enterprises to build flexible AI infrastructure strategies without vendor lock-in.

Moreh CEO Gangwon Jo stated, “Achieving production-grade LLM inference performance and stability on Tenstorrent-based systems marks a significant milestone,” and added, “We will continue to enhance performance through deeper optimization across heterogeneous architectures and closer integration with Tenstorrent NPUs.”

Moreh is developing its own core AI infrastructure engine and, through its foundation LLM subsidiary Motif Technologies, is building end-to-end capabilities spanning both infrastructure and model domains. Simultaneously, the company is making its mark in the global market through collaborations with key partners such as AMD, Tenstorrent, and SGLang.

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US Startup PerZeption Inc. Announces Collaboration with Alcon Research

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BOSTON, MA, May. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Advancements in vision correction evaluation require methods that offer both precision and efficiency in detecting clinically meaningful visual differences. Addressing this need, PerZeption is set to present new data validating its AIM+ CSF modeling technology at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting.

Attendees are invited to learn more about this innovative approach during the poster session on May 4, 2026, from 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM, at posterboard #0941.

“We are very excited to collaborate with Alcon, one of the largest companies within the Ophthalmology sector worldwide. “, Dr. Jan Skerswetat said. “The results, presented by Dr Derek Nankivil, indicate that our technology enables rapid, repeatable, and highly sensitive assessment of contrast vision.”

The abstract, titled ‘AIM+ CSF modeling enables efficient detection of clinically meaningful visual differences,’ outlines how PerZeption’s technology supports sensitive, low-burden visual assessment for vision correction evaluation. Data indicates that with approximately six adaptive displays of stimuli and two repeats, studies show around 20 subjects can achieve 90% power to detect a 1 JND (Just Noticeable Difference) change in AULCSF (Area Under the Log Contrast Sensitivity Function). This research also demonstrates AIM+ CSF’s stable repeatability in less than 3 minutes, absence of bias, and robust performance, validating its role as an effective tool for objective visual performance evaluation.

This joint effort highlights a shared dedication to advancing ophthalmology research and developing precise tools for visual assessment. The ARVO annual meeting serves as the world’s foremost event for ophthalmology research, offering a vital platform for sharing scientific breakthroughs and fostering dialogue within the global vision science community.

“In addition to all the exciting research presentations that leverage PerZeption technology at this years’ ARVO meeting, we are also proud to be showcasing PerZeption’s battery of functional tests at our booth, #4027.” Dr. Skerswetat added and noted that there will be opportunities to try out our technology.

This presentation at ARVO represents a significant step in the validation and recognition of PerZeption’s contributions to advanced visual assessment technologies.

About PerZeption Inc
PerZeption delivers vision testing with a rapid, self-administered, and adaptive psychophysical platform delivered via cloud-based software on standard tablets or all-in-one computers. Our flagship platform, Angular Indication Measurement (AIM), enables testing of over 20 visual functions. Our novel approach equips researchers and clinicians with a comprehensive range of visual functions and introduces new tests for which there are no currently available devices. We reduce chairtime. Self-administered tests on a single device in combination with proprietary methods that rapidly assess vision, reduce user’s burden and require minimal training or space, unlike bulky, specialized single-use devices. Finally, cloud-based delivery supports secure in-clinic and remote testing, ensuring consistent, trackable results for clinicians and pharmaceutical companies. 

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