Spotify gets its first four artist apps

We’ve had Spotify apps from discovery services, media, brands and labels. Now it’s time for some artists to get involved. Four have launched apps on Spotify’s desktop platform: Quincy Jones, Tiësto, Rancid and Disturbed (SUPERGROUP KLAXON!). Spotify says more are coming. Jones’ app mixes audio anecdotes with playlists from his career as a producer; Tiësto is curating his favourite dance tunes; Rancid is doing the same thing for punk; and Disturbed for rock and metal. An interesting idea, focusing on artists as genre-curators, rather than simply pushing their own music. The first three are available globally, but we can’t spot the Disturbed one here in the UK just yet.