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it has come to my attention that groove la chord on "the art of
vengeance ep"...my first big, and maybe the most important release in
my career has been copied by israeli artist shlomi aber.
after receiving an email from a listener who had noticed a certain
similarity to my track and his track "efrat", i went to check this
guy out on beatport and was surprised of the similarity, allthough
the quality on beatport leaves a lot to wish for.
after checking his myspace page out, and finding out he is a "friend"
of mine and then listening to the track, i cant come to another
conclusion that my original track, not only was being an inspiration
to his track, but also most likely sampled.
on the b-side of "art of vengeance ep" it was a version called "groove
la chord-shuffle mix". on this version the chords are placed not on
the "one" as the original, but offbeat...just like shlomi aber's
version of it. and unlike the original version, my other mix have the
chords just on their on in the end. which means no beats or anything,
unfortunatly all there and easy to sample.
apparently, as so nicely written in his bio...not only has dance music
chosen israel for its vacation. it has apparently also lost its
integrity there. granted i have alot to thank the early detroit sound
for my source of inspiration and 80's music...but i have during my
career never sampled anyone.
during the 10 years groove la chord has been out it has been,
according to colleagues and fans, an inspiration to many tracks and
nothing makes me more proud than that a track i made 1997 in my
bedroom, made such an impact on people and paved the way for where i
am now.
apart from this i have bumped into, lets call them "tributes" to the
original and also bootlegs. i wanted to get the ones that bootlegged
it and released it on vinyl but at least they stole my original track
and bootlegged it...not taking credit for it.
i find this incident a bit over the top where as not only have the
characteristics of my track , with the same chord, in the same key,
played the same way and with filter sweeps....and most likey actually
sampled, is being released as an original track of a person like
shlomi aber. its in my opinion the lowest way of pursuing their own careers.
i hope with this statement only that people that are buying and
supporting his music are aware of this since im not out to get any
money out of this. i just want people, especially the new generation
of listeners to know the truth.
as thom yorke once said..."i might be wrooooong"...but you decide for yourself ;)
regards,
aril brikha / art of vengeange music
9:43 AM
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