Showtek Accuses Flosstradamus of "stealing their tunes" over Twitter

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Flosstradamus latest hardstyle infused 'X' EP, which is available for free, has apparently landed them in hot water with Showtek accusing them over Twitter for stealing a sample from one of their tracks:

Flosstradamus responds: ​

Flosstradamus started retweeting fans with counter-arguments while receiving a lot of hate from the Hardstyle community which allegedly included two death threats: ​

I'm not at all an expert on this hot topic but while reading about this Twitter flare up it reminded me of a piece Kaskade wrote about the politics of Mash-ups which I found appropriate: ​

"The politicking of a mash up is nothing new. Hip Hop has been having this conversation since its inception. Sampling other people’s work comes with a price. And it makes sense on one hand - why wouldn’t you compensate someone who created something you’re using? A writer can’t just plagiarize another writer and call it inspiration. An artist can’t cut and paste other artwork and claim it as their own. Why would the rules in music be any different? Calling it a mash up, a tribute, a homage or a remix: does it even matter? 

I can tell you that it does. But the devil is in the details, and comes down to intent.

.....​When I bring them [Mash-ups] out, I’m certainly not claiming that they are my brainchild alone and in fact always always give credit to every artist involved." (Source: Kaskade's Tumblr)

​Maybe Headhunterz polite request is the most apt response of them all:

​Hopefully issues like this can be avoided in the future.

ITAM: The M Machine Interview

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Here it is. ​

Into the AM (ITAM): So you think that eventually you might get to where Deadmau5 is with his stadium shows, or Amon Tobin is with his iSam 2.0?

A: So from the conception of the project, the entire ethos of what we wanted to do, is to integrate very seamlessly the visuals. We wanted something that was very tight, very tied together, something that we are able to do. Every single light that happens on there we made, we sat down and thought about. What does this look like on the screen? What color is this song?

Every interview I read from these guys is link worthy because you can tell how deeply they think about everything they do. I hope they rise to even further prominence once they've released their Metropolis Pt. 2​ EP.

(Source: ITAM)​

ElectroJams: "Lady Gaga and Zedd are ruining EDM"

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If ElectroJams scenario plays out in the next few years we could potentially see Lady Gaga anointed as the Queen of EDM and Zedd becoming the new David Guetta. Lady Gaga's next musical target will be Madeon with some kind of collaboration probably in the works..... You know that's probably coming right? Brace yourself. 

(Source: Electrojams)​