About Zurück

A DJ creates a set and shares their tracklist. The audience can support the set through a link or QR code.

That support is split between the DJ and the producers whose tracks were played. Zurück handles the split based on the tracklist.

Tracklists are matched to known music data automatically. DJs don't need to manage producers manually.

Create an account, add a set, and upload your tracklist. Share the link with your audience. That's it.

You can see how support is distributed, which tracks were matched, and what your audience responded to. Everything is visible in your dashboard.

If your tracks are played in a set that receives support, you'll see it. The producer portal shows which tracks were played, by which DJ, at which event, and what you earned from it.

My Tracks shows the tracks you're credited on. Supported Plays shows where those tracks earned support in real DJ sets.

Supported Plays only shows sets that received support. If there are no supported sets yet, that section will be empty.

Support is final once it's given. Editing a tracklist later doesn't change past splits. This keeps things stable and honest for everyone involved.

All splits are visible. DJs can see exactly how support is distributed. Producers can see exactly where their earnings come from. If some tracks aren't matched yet, the unattributed portion is shown clearly.

In 2022, DVS1 launched Aslice — a platform where DJs could share a percentage of their booking fees with the producers whose music they played. It worked. It redistributed over $400,000 to more than 27,000 producers across 57 countries.

It shut down in 2024. Not because the idea was wrong, but because it depended on the highest-paid DJs choosing to participate. Most didn't.

Zurück starts from a different place. The support doesn't come from the DJ's fee — it comes from the audience. People who were moved by the music, wanting to reach the people who made it. The DJ doesn't give anything up. They just share their tracklist.

That's a smaller ask. And it opens the door to a different kind of scale.

We're fans first. We've spent years in rooms where the music meant everything and the people who made it were invisible. Zurück started from that frustration — and from watching Aslice prove the idea was right, then fail because it asked too much of the wrong people.

We're testing this in London's underground techno scene — small venues, tight communities, music that doesn't get played on the radio. If it works here, it can work anywhere.

Zurück is not a finished product. It's an ongoing experiment, currently in early testing. No real money moves yet. But the idea is real — and if you're reading this, you probably already know why it matters.