Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento

Bamonte parted ways with The Cure in 2005, but he reunited with his bandmates in recent years.

He performed his last concert with the group in the fall of 2024.

The Cure shared the news of Bamonte's death on its website, writing that he was, quote, quiet, intense, intuitive, constant, and hugely creative.

Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.

Perry Bamonte was a roadie and guitar tech for The Cure for years, before he became a full-time member of the band in 1990.

He played keyboard and six-string bass on several albums, including the 1992 commercial hit, Wish.

Bamonte parted ways with The Cure in 2005, but he reunited with his bandmates in recent years.

He performed his last concert with the group in the fall of 2024.

The Cure shared the news of Bomante's death on its website, writing that he was, quote, quiet, intense, intuitive, constant, and hugely creative.

Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.

Electronic music has officially been added to France's intangible cultural heritage list.

Spanning across house, electro, disco and rock,

The country's electronic music scene goes back more than half a century.

It includes artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Justice, Air, and Daft Punk.

Electronic music's addition to the list marks the first step towards gaining UNESCO cultural heritage status.

Earlier this year, French President Emmanuel Macron voiced his support for the recognition.

says it extracted metadata for 256 million tracks from Spotify, all of which is now available online.

Metadata typically includes information like a song's artist, title, genre, producers, and other identifying information.

The activist group also said it scraped 86 million music audio files, which it plans to release at a future date.

The group says its goal is to create the largest publicly available music archive.