The green-shaded knight has jumped out of the shadows to add its two cents to the streaming drama …

Winter Olympic curling, the NFL, current women’s soccer and anti-Kardashian websites all combined hold nothing to the online music streaming storyline erupting over the course of the past few weeks. From Soundcloud clinching down on its freebies to that one Apple collusion between two small empires to TIDAL being idiots, it's been a proverbial whirlwind. To add to the mayhem: a green-shaded, Robin-Hood-type knight is jumping out of the shadows to throw its two cents into the game as well.

Beatport — every electronic music lover’s library of everything grand in the dance culture — recently announced its move into the stream-sharing game. It's now offering embeddable music players (like those of Soundcloud) and has added the ability to share songs via social media outlets. The best part: they’re going to PAY ARTISTS FOR EVERY STREAM. Anywhere, from any click, at any time, for any reason — that’s more than Apple promises, more than Soundcloud does and far more TIDAL can ever hope to accomplish.

“Supporting artists has been a core value at Beatport since day one, and that mission remains as we expand to serving fans with our new streaming service,” says Beatport Executive Creative Director Clark Warner. “Our embeddable streaming music player not only helps artists promote their music by making it available wherever their fans live online, but we are also taking the necessary steps to pay rights holders for each listen so artists get paid.”

To try out the new player and watch the embed in action, here’s a few electronic classics from back in the day — 'twas a grand time to be alive indeed …