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# Midemlab Names 2018 Finalists: The Future Of Music Tech
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/midemlab-names-2018-finalists-the-future-of-music-tech/
- Published: 2018-05-04T09:20:59.000Z
- Updated: 2018-05-04T09:20:59.000Z
- Description: Midemlab has named 20 finalists for 2018. Now that SXSW has downgraded the category, this startup competition is, along with a handful music tech incubators like LA's Techstars Music, Nashville's. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/05/midemlab-names-2018-finalists-the-future-of-m
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Startups & Funding, Apple Inc., Artificial Intelligence, Deep learning, Google, Machine learning, music industry, Spotify, United States, United States Department of Defense, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:05

[![image from cdn.pixabay.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20223c8487ade200c-250wi "image from cdn.pixabay.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20223c8487ade200c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Midemlab has named 20 finalists for 2018\. Now that SXSW has downgraded the category, this startup competition is, along with a handful music tech incubators like LA's Techstars Music, Nashville's Project Music and London's Abbey Road Red, the best early indicator of what's coming next in music tech. 

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[![Midem 2018](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20224e0371fb7200d-350wi "Midem 2018")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20224e0371fb7200d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

[](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20224df3025d5200b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The 11th annual edition of world-leading music startup competition Midemlab will this year during the massive Midem global music industry convention in Vannes, France June 5-8\. This year's competition is sponsored by music streaming platform Deezer.

The 20 Midemlab nominees for 2018 are divided into four categories.Music Creation & Education
- [AIVA](http://www.aiva.ai/?ref=hypebot.com) (France) uses artificial Intelligence to compose “the music of the future”[](https://www.mxxmusic.com/?ref=hypebot.com)
- [MXX (UK)](https://www.mxxmusic.com/?ref=hypebot.com) is an AI engine which atomises and re-constructs stereo music[](https://www.skoove.com/fr??ref=hypebot.com)
- [Skoove](https://www.skoove.com/fr??ref=hypebot.com) (Germany) is a music learning platform offering interactive online piano lessons[](http://www.taplyrica.com/?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Taplyrica](http://www.taplyrica.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (UK) teaches languages through the power of music[](http://www.voicemagix.com/?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Voice Magix](http://www.voicemagix.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (Spain) automates synchronisation between lyrics and recorded singing voices
**Music Discovery & Distribution** 
- [Boreas](http://www.goboreas.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (USA) is a discovery platform for emerging musicians which mimics natural selection
- [Laylo ](http://laylo.fm/?ref=hypebot.com)(USA) sees fans compete to find music first and spread it around the world[](https://lickd.co/?ref=hypebot.com)
- [LICKD](https://lickd.co/?ref=hypebot.com) (UK) offers commercial music licensing for social video
- [Listen!](https://www.listenetwork.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (France) is an app for personalised and global musical curation[](https://www.louiseapp.com/?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Louise](https://www.louiseapp.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (France) – is an app for sharing music live with your friends
 **Marketing & Data/Analytics**
- [](https://asaiitech.com/?ref=hypebot.com)[Asaii](https://asaiitech.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (USA) uses machine learning to identify the industry’s next big hits (no video provided)
- [Gigz ](https://gigz.fr/?ref=hypebot.com#/)(France) offers personalised and geolocalized recommendations of concerts & more
- [Muso.AI ](http://muso.ai/?ref=hypebot.com)(USA) presents itself as “LinkedIn for music”[](https://www.numbereight.me/?ref=hypebot.com)
- [NumberEight](https://www.numbereight.me/?ref=hypebot.com) (UK) predicts user context through sensors and artificial intelligence
- [Seated](https://www.seated.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (USA) empowers artists to take control of their ticketing experience (no video provided)
**Experiential technologies – VR/AR, High Resolution, IoT & Hardware**
- [Enhancia](http://www.enhancia.co/?ref=hypebot.com) (France) is the maker of Neova, the MIDI Ring controller which allows artists to express their creativity
- [Flexound](https://flexound.com/?ref=hypebot.com) (Finland) is an audio-equipped pillow which “lets your skin do the listening”[](https://fr.jooki.rocks/?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Jooki](https://fr.jooki.rocks/?ref=hypebot.com) (Belgium) is a smart music player for families
- [Landmrk](https://landmrk.it/?ref=hypebot.com) (UK) describes itself as “Pokémon GO for branded content”
- [WowTune](http://www.wowtune.net/?ref=hypebot.com) (Hong Kong) allows you to create VR voice & song-selfies… like in this Trump/Obama spoof video
The winners will be chosen in June in Cannes by a jury that includes artist and entrepreneur Ryan Leslie; Deezer‘s Aurélien Hérault; Kima Ventures’ Eléonore Oudea; Tencent Africa‘s Brett Loubster; StartHer‘s Joanna Kirk; Sony Music‘s Guillaume Quelet; The BBC‘s Kate Russel; Midemlab 2017 winner Soundcharts‘ David Weiszfeld and more.

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