>> Also this came up on the list a while back: does anyone >> know the story behind Cari Lekebusch alledgedly being >> compelled to drop the name of his Hybrid Productions at >> the insistence of the Welsh breaktrance outfit called >> Hybrid? > >Simple bad luck of not registering the name correctly, so >when the major-label behind Hybrid found that out that he >didn't register the name, they simple registered the name. >Forcing Cari to change name, real shame as it hade been >around for so awhile and was quite connected to him.
Well this is what Hybrid said in their interview: The only flaw on Hybrid's otherwise impeccable record could be their alleged efforts to compel Swedish techno stalwart Cari Lekebusch to change the name of his label, Hybrid Productions. Reports suggest that Lekebusch, who subsequently renamed his concern H Productions, found himself unable to release its back catalogue - leaving a big dent in the finances of an underground set-up. Mullins is evasive when broached on the issue. "When you come up with a name, you always try to come up with something original and well thought out," says Lee, "but obviously other people have the same idea... We have tried to make the name ours, if you like. Obviously where other people are using it in a very similar vein, then there are legal issues." I don't know how you would confuse a breaktrance outfit and an underground techno label, but there you go. C
