Showtek Accuses Flosstradamus of "stealing their tunes" over Twitter

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Flosstradamus latest hardstyle infused 'X' EP, which is available for free, has apparently landed them in hot water with Showtek accusing them over Twitter for stealing a sample from one of their tracks:

Flosstradamus responds: ​

Flosstradamus started retweeting fans with counter-arguments while receiving a lot of hate from the Hardstyle community which allegedly included two death threats: ​

I'm not at all an expert on this hot topic but while reading about this Twitter flare up it reminded me of a piece Kaskade wrote about the politics of Mash-ups which I found appropriate: ​

"The politicking of a mash up is nothing new. Hip Hop has been having this conversation since its inception. Sampling other people’s work comes with a price. And it makes sense on one hand - why wouldn’t you compensate someone who created something you’re using? A writer can’t just plagiarize another writer and call it inspiration. An artist can’t cut and paste other artwork and claim it as their own. Why would the rules in music be any different? Calling it a mash up, a tribute, a homage or a remix: does it even matter? 

I can tell you that it does. But the devil is in the details, and comes down to intent.

.....​When I bring them [Mash-ups] out, I’m certainly not claiming that they are my brainchild alone and in fact always always give credit to every artist involved." (Source: Kaskade's Tumblr)

​Maybe Headhunterz polite request is the most apt response of them all:

​Hopefully issues like this can be avoided in the future.

Trap Music: 3 DJ/Producers that you should familiarize yourself with

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Seems like almost no one was talking about trap music not too long ago but all of a sudden this new(ish) genre has grown exponentially to a place where someone who wasn't known 4 months ago (UZ) is now signed and booking gigs cross country. Pretty impressive. To familiarize yourself with one of the hottest sounds in EDM, here are three high profile trap music DJ/producers (Flosstradamus, Baauer, UZ) that have risen to early prominence.

Flosstradamus Mix: ​

Baauer Mix: ​

UZ Mix: ​