LAROMLAB's album is entirely stolen

I didn't mean to suggest it's not wrong, just wanted to repeat Whiney's point that this news item is probably the first time most people have heard of any of these artists.

It's weird/suspect, yeah, but if true the story is definitely unusual enough to be considered newsworthy.

Doesn't this sort of stuff mostly get distributed for free in the net anyway? Though I guess it's still wrong for someone to put it on CD and sell it under his own name.

Also, note that this thread is started by someone who knows Laromlab. I wouldn't be shocked if this thing was a total hoax.

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Whiney G. OTMgarten

thread started by trusted longtime member of ILX who is personally vouching for him being an ok if confused person

I basically think it's reached the point where the workflow of the software is making this so easy to do, that people are not keeping internal track of authorship the way people used to be able to do, they even fool themselves. Joyce Hatto's career being the most spectacular example (puts this case to shame really)

I have heard of Laromlab before this thread, got some publicist / promo emails about the cd

I can't see this being a stunt --

If I still have friends after this is over they will be the best friends of my life and I encourage anyone who is thinking of writing me off as a friend to please call me on the phone or email me and I will show you that somewhere inside of this lying shell of a music thief is still a good person

"haha lol just kidding april fool's"

wow i like the self-pitying grandiosity of the email: "the lying shell of a music thief".

holy shit man, just get a job at starbucks, go to community college, and make some new friends. in 5 years you'll have a whole new life!

he should have just released it as a mix

I'd heard of dubmood before this; I'd say he was one of the less obscure people in that scene, but that might just be because he's done work in other styles I'm more interested in too. And looking at pouet I'd say he is more pissed off than anyone would pretend to be for a hoax.

I don't know why this in particular is news in non-chipmusic circles, but chipmusic and ex-tracker people are tightknit scenes that like to check out the newcomers and every so often there's an uproar about somebody "ripping" part of a track, so I don't know how this guy thought they might not go crazy at a whole album of entire songs.

But I guess this stuff has never been nearly as big a deal in the US as in mainland Europe, and suddenly chip/game music is supposed to be "cool" to a new audience who's not aware of any history and/or "scene", which might make it seem tempting to a kid just starting out on some live shows or putting demos out locally. Which doesn't begin to explain why someone a bit older (I'm guessing? he's married, looks late 20s) would think it was a good idea to carry on even to the point of an album deal, etc, but it seems to have worked until now if the guy's done a tour of US venues, been played by mainstream DJs, and been written up in CMJ, because that doesn't tend to happen for the original artists.

if it's a hoax, it's news to me. i only brought it here because it was on cmj. i felt that dissolved it from any connection i had. good grief. culture of fear and suspicion. what motivates the ilm shark pit?

anyway, laromlab had two things going for him a) he puts on a show. b) he's making electronic music in the midwest (he's a small town kentucky boy) which is novelty, etc. less to drown in. easier to play shows where most people's experience with electronic music is moby or the chemical brothers. put on a synth beat electroclash party and everybody's yr friend. "yay this music's like the 80s give me beers!"

i guess that's how it worked out... until he really started moving up a bit...

who the penis is laromlab

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/silly/r3.jpg

^^^ This guy

the joyce hatto story is the kind of thing that keeps this all totally worthwhile. hivemind awareness!!

Different kettle of fish though. We're talking about passing off other people's original compositions here.

I don't give a shit about chiptunes or classical piano concertos tbh. the hatto thing was more entertaining because OH NOES ITUNES GRACENOTE DB ATE MY FRAUD

I suppose it was smarter/more likely to succeed. This just seems like a publicity stunt to me, anyway.