The Scottish artist has been in the eye of the hurricane lately since the release of his latest single.
This one is no new topic. It’s an ongoing theme in the music scene that new songs will often sound similar to older releases, sometimes too similar. And the current debate takes place between two titans of Electronic music — Nick Chicane and Calvin Harris. The subject being the latter made a melody too close to the former’s hit ‘Offshore‘.
Since the release of ‘Blessings‘, Calvin Harris’ collaboration with Clementine Douglas, the Internet started pointing out that his riff shares similarities with Chicane’s 1997 golden classic. People began taking sides, some downplaying this claim, and others pointing it out even more. Until Chicane himself stepped in and made a video transitioning from one track to the other, claiming a striking coincidence of notes and rhythms.
In a video uploaded to his socials, Chicane states “This is my right to reply to all the comments online about the new Calvin Harris record ‘Blessings”s similarity to my 30 year old ‘Offshore’“, once again heating up the debate. With people for and against all over the place, recently Harris himself stood up and defended himself against the claims.
In a somewhat satirical video, he mentions how there’s no easy way to make ‘Blessings’ sound like ‘Offshore’ without resorting to cutting loops and rearranging stuff. He also fires at Nick mentioning how he took that melody from an earlier release from Tangerine Dream. As expected, the Internet went up in flames all over again.
Which side are you on? Do you think Chicane is right to call this a copyright infringement case? Do you think it’s a bit of a stretch? Let us know. And stay tuned to our page as we cover the newest chapters of this and many other stories.
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