The Tale Of Flosstradamus’ “X” EP, Part 2

posted by on October 11, 2012 in Audio

X2 The Tale Of Flosstradamus X EP, Part 2

When we last visited Flosstradamus’ X saga, they had come into some issues with the distribution of their X EP via twitter. While the Internet was set ablaze by fans downloading and loving the EP, they got into a couple of back and forths via twitter over the question of the producers they sampled. If you checked the tracks out, the all had a similar formula: taking a massive hardstyle track and flipping it into a Trap tune. And it worked. Showtek was one of the hardstyle producers sampled and was upset about what they perceived as a rip-off of their music:

 

 

You’d think in 2012 producers would know the difference between outright stealing and sampling/remixing a track. None of what Flosstradamus did on X was with malice – hell, it’s more homage than anything. Still, it looks like they wanted to avoid any more twitter rants from producers, as with the release of the X EP2 today, they included the names of the sampled artists as being featured on the tracks, which is what Headhunterz, one of the artists sampled on X EP2, asked for:

 

Will this be enough to get Flosstradamus out of hot water? Did Flosstradamus just sample these tracks without giving proper credit, or are they remixes? If you consider it a sample, and the tracks are released freely, how much of a credit should they give the original artist? Is including the producers as “features” on the MP3 tags enough? Ultimately, with Flosstradamus seemingly on the cusp of hitting that next step in their career, does a dust-up like this hurt or help them? Or does it not even matter in the grand scheme of things? Just some things to ponder while you’re grabbing X EP2, which is available for the price of a tweet.

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  • friendship and poop

    there’s a difference between sampling and just taking someone’s work and throwing crappy 808s on it and i think they’re leaning toward the second here

  • http://www.djtwist1.com/ DJ Twist1

    Doesn’t hurt them if you ask me. Bad press is still press. And it is ultimately about the music. These “remixes” are f’n sick!! Take it as a compliment that they would even sample your sh*t:)

  • http://facebook.com/djcytheria CherieNova

    @Djtwist1…well said man! I totally agree. The remixes are well done and clean. Provides EXCELLENT exposure to hard dance artist.

  • great 8

    what if this is all a master plan..? i know Im about to google hardstyle.

  • Goldkind

    Sick remixes you guys say?
    BULLSHIT!
    I#d do that in 10 minutes man… grabing a bunch of low quality 909 drums and doing a standard beat with it.
    This is, right after scooter, the most pathetic try to gain fame out of someone elses work in a long long time.

    #SHAME

  • Age 19

    Lost a little respect for Flosstradamus. But there still up and above the trap movement and the EP still bangs.

  • Goof

    @Goldkind I hate people like you. “I#d do that in 10 minutes man…” Truth is you probably don’t do anything of relevance. Hate it or not, Floss is making a thriving off this wave and people love it. Listen to music don’t argue about it tool

  • Gez

    Man, theres a difference between sampling and remixing.
    Every EDM genre uses samples, but they’re usually a couple of seconds, or a vocal sample.

    Flosstradamus just takes the whole song, removes the 4×4 distorded kick drums, and puts different drumloops (wich are probably samples too) under it. Done.
    All these songs should be ‘Artist – Title (Flosstradamus Remix/Bootleg)”. Not an entirely new title.

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