Final week Calvin Harris launched his new track with Clementine Douglas known as “Blessings” and was met with backlash resulting from its likeness to Chicane’s 1996 track “Offshore.” The English musician and DJ identified the similarities over the weekend, and now Harris is responding.
On Saturday (Could 17), Chicane posted a video on Instagram from the studio the place he performed the 2 tracks collectively in manufacturing software program. “I believe you’ll in all probability agree, it’s actually laborious to decipher when one is available in and one goes,” he mentioned within the clip. “That’s as a result of they’re nearly equivalent, which is a little bit of an issue. I’m defending my copyright and my mental property right here, guys.”
Harris reacted yesterday (Could 18) together with his personal video on Instagram, additionally lining up the songs in his software program. He manipulated the sounds to attempt to hear what Chicane was listening to, and mentioned that even then the chords have been totally different. “That’s what occurs whenever you don’t loop up a tiny little part of monitor, you silly bastard,” he mentioned, rising pissed off. “It’s simply not the identical … and I’m not simply saying that, clearly I’m going to say it’s not, but it surely’s genuinely not the identical.”
So as to add gas to the fireplace, he then placed on Tangerine Dream’s 1983 tune “Love On A Actual Practice,” declaring similarities between it and “Offshore.” “You’re coming at me like I don’t know something about music mate,” he mentioned. “You’re fucking joking. I reside and breathe this shit mate.”
Within the caption he wrote, “Response to the individuals who have loved calling me a plagiarist over the past couple of days, cheers Nick chicane all the most effective to you pal.” Beneath, watch the movies and listen to the 2 tracks.
