Updated: The Situation Between DJ Snake And Breaux Was A Misunderstanding

Updated: It seems to us that the situation that occurred between DJ Snake and Breaux has been solved, sort of. Earlier today we learned that the two artists were “on the same page,” however, we weren’t really sure what they meant.

Then we found out, through Mercer, that DJ Snake had asked him for the stems of “Breath” to create an edit for his sets. Though, that’s when the confusion set in because DJ Snake’s cut sounded exactly like Breaux’s. This had listeners assuming the worst – a.k.a that DJ Snake was a fraud and uses a ghost producer.

Well, through thorough investigative reporting by DoAndroidsDance.com we finally found that all of this was simply a misunderstanding:

“In speaking about this, Snake wanted to be real with us, and broke the situation down as such: he’d “heard Breaux’s version four months ago on SoundCloud,” and while he “loved his trap version on Mercer’s remix,” when he played it live, “it sounded terrible.” This prompted him to hit up his friend Mercer for the stems, which he says he used to make his own version. He pointed out that, just like Breaux, he kept Mercer’s melody and “added some 808s” to his Parisian version, which he then decided to drop on his SoundCloud “just for fun.” When we asked him if his plan was to make an entirely different version of Mercer’s remix, or if he was just trying to make Breaux’s bang better in the club, he only replied that he didn’t like Breaux’s mix/master, so that’s why he asked for Mercer’s session and added his own drums.

We asked about the difference in time between Breaux’s tweet about them being on the “same page” and his own tweets about the situation, and Snake said he was sleep while reiterating that Breaux was his boy and he’d never do that to him; he mentioned that “it was a mistake to drop it” on his SoundCloud, but when we asked why it was a mistake, we did not receive a reply; regardless, this “mistake” is why he took it down. Elektro says that Snake was never supposed to release this, but that’s not what he told us. Some listeners pointed out that the vocal drops in both Breaux’s remix and Snake’s remix hit in the same places, and when we asked Snake about the similarities, his reply was “808?s + Mercer drop.” He also mentioned that Breaux being his ghost producer “makes no sense,” citing his current hit “Turn Down For What” as proof. Snake did ultimately offer to have us to a studio session when he’s back in the States; as we learned with the claims of Martin Garrix using a ghost producer on “Animals,” an hour-long video explaining how you created the tune can go a long way…” – via DoAndroidsDance.com

At the end of the day DJ Snake claims, in so many words, that his version of “Breath” was simply a remake and remastered version of Breaux’s original remix idea. Yes, it was wrong of him to upload it without crediting Breaux, however, the two are on good terms so we’ll leave it at that.

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January 6th, 2013 – There’s been a lot of talk about ghost producers lately, but none may be as severe as the article just posted on Do Androids Dance, Complex Media’s EDM blog.

The author DJ Nappy alleges that he’s been hearing rumors of DJ Snake using ghost producers, but was unable to act on the information without solid evidence.

Now however DAD claims that a track that they’ve received was actually produced by Seattle based artist Breaxxx.

From the post:

The sequencing is exactly the same, and less some minor changes and added drums, these sound like the same exact record that was somehow produced by two different people.  Even the vocal samples land in the same place.

After listening through – it looks like Nappy has broken a story that deserves serious media attention and a response from both artists. The two tracks are too similar for it to be coincidence.

Original:

DJ Snake Remix:

What does this mean about all of his other music? Especially the AlunaGeorge remix that was one of the best sounds that came out in 2013?

It’s too early to make any rash judgements, but don’t expect this to go away anytime soon.

DJ Snake was recognized as one of 2013’s breakthrough artists by a ton of different blogs. It’s an award that he may not have actually earned.

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