> What's particularly amazing about this
> (now the second time UR seems to be
> involved in sampling/covering issues with
> a major label) is the majors managed to find
> probably the techno producers most opposed
> to such practices....
I haven't heard the track in question, so I don't know how much it
borrows from 'Sonic Destroyer'. But I have to say that I'd feel uncomfortable
if they got sued for just using the intro stabs. Electronic music has always
been intensely self-consuming and self-referential. In other words,
producers have always nicked little synth and drum sounds from other tracks.
If you're recognizably ripping off someone else's track, that's bad.
If you're using a little synth sound, I think that's part of the music.
There's a grey area here - I think all the jungle tracks that used Kevin
Saunderson's 'Reese' bassline are fine. They took a little sample and flipped
it. On the other hand, I think that Dave Clarke's Kevin Saunderson samples
on Red 3 were pretty cheeky. There was a lot of controversy over that. And
the whole Jaguar thing is obviously over the line.
Joe
