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Aril Brikha to Shlomi Aber:
Read elsewhere this was posted on Brikha's myspace.
groove la chord
efrat
groove la chord being copied..?
it has come to my attention that groove la chord from "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 aber's track "efrat", i went to check this guy out on beatbport and was surprised of the similarity, although 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 "efrat", but also most likely sampled.
on the b-side of "art of vengeance ep" there 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 has the chords just on their own in the end. which means no beats or anything, unfortunately all there and easy to sample.
apperently, as so nicely written in his bio...not only has dancemusic chosen israel for its vacation. it has apperently also lost its integrity there. granted i have a lot to thank the early detroit sound for my source of inspiration and 80's music...but i have never sampled anyone during my career.
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 had 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. whereas not only a track with the caracteristics of my track , with the same chords, in the same key, played the same way and with filter sweeps....and most likely actually sampled, is being released as an original track of a person like shlomi aber. its in my opinion the lowest way of persueing their own careers.
i only hope that with this statement, people who 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
it has come to my attention that groove la chord from "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 aber's track "efrat", i went to check this guy out on beatbport and was surprised of the similarity, although 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 "efrat", but also most likely sampled.
on the b-side of "art of vengeance ep" there 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 has the chords just on their own in the end. which means no beats or anything, unfortunately all there and easy to sample.
apperently, as so nicely written in his bio...not only has dancemusic chosen israel for its vacation. it has apperently also lost its integrity there. granted i have a lot to thank the early detroit sound for my source of inspiration and 80's music...but i have never sampled anyone during my career.
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 had 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. whereas not only a track with the caracteristics of my track , with the same chords, in the same key, played the same way and with filter sweeps....and most likely actually sampled, is being released as an original track of a person like shlomi aber. its in my opinion the lowest way of persueing their own careers.
i only hope that with this statement, people who 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
groove la chord
efrat
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