Diplo turns MGMT’s “Time To Pretend” into a fidget house stomper
MGMT, “Time To Pretend” (Diplo Remix)
Update: Apparently MGMT’s MGMT are trying to bury this.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Bill H <billh@xxxx.com wrote:
Hey there, Bill here, I handle online stuff for MGMT. The band’s management were wondering if you could take down the Diplo remix as it was not authorized. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
I replied:
Hi Bill–I’m actually not really that inclined to take it down, I must confess.
What’s MGMT’s management’s rationale? How could a free remix by Diplo circulating on the blogs possibly be a bad thing…?
To which I got back:
The fact that the band’s management are asking it be removed is a decent enough reason but in addition to that this is an unreleased remix which only Diplo owns, meaning that it was likely obtained illegally.
It’s not necessarily about whether or not it is a “bad thing” but rather a case where management are asking you to remove it as a courtesy, in much the same way that you would want something of yours removed from a blog if it was something you didn’t want shared.
By the sound of it, they commissioned this, weren’t terribly happy with the way it turned out and now that it’s leaked, the MGMT powers-that-be are doing their darndest to suppress it.
This may be neither Diplo nor MGMT’s finest hour but uh, good luck guys!
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