Mushpot Records

On behalf of Mushpot Records and affiliated artists:

Upon discovery of copyright issues as well as a breach of contract regarding Laromlab/Brandon Harrod, and his recently released self-titled album, I had no choice but to immediately halt digital distribution and disable all purchase links. The matter resulted in the separation of Laromlab from the Mushpot catalogue. As a person who is heavily invested on both sides of the music industry, I do not condone plagiarism and will not tolerate such behavior.

I am taking steps to communicate with the offended parties. As far as I could gather, here are the original track names and artists that make up the Laromlab album:

Laromlab / Original Title / Artist
1 Rock!! Hard!! / Nightvision / CrazyQ
2 Mission for Glory / Haschkaka / Dubmood
3 C: Dancer / Cybernetic Dancer / DMA-SC
4 Phat and Phunky Pt. 1 / Phat and Phunky Pt. 1 / CrazyQ
5 Zipp Zapp / Zip Zap Space Attack / CrazyQ
6 They’re back!!! / Return of the Fighters / DMA-SC
7 Sid Attax / Atari Attacks / CrazyQ
8 Return of Da Stomp / Local Hero / CrazyQ
9 Punk Funk / Pink Phunk Monster / CrazyQ
10 Nightdrive / Stars of the Night / DMA-SC
11 T-girl Dancing / T-Girl / Lotek Style
12 (Hidden) / Hiapoe / DMA-SC

I manufactured Laromlab with the belief that Harrod was indeed the sole copyright holder. I regret any inconvenience this has caused.

Best,
Jenn de la Vega
Mushpot Records
Mushpot@gmail.com
4/1/2008

My name is Dan Wilcox and I accompanied Brandon Harrod, known as Laromlab, on the Consoles Afire Tour from Jan - Mar 08. This news is shocking to me. I had no idea Brandon’s latest self-titled Laromlab album was stolen from the chiptunes and demo scene in Europe. They have graciously shared their music and software and he decided to pass it off as his own. I will never condone such flagrant plagiarism. I call for him to make a public apology so as not to taint the reputations of his label and associated musicians such as myself and to acknowledge the work of the original artists.

As I distance my reputation from Brandon, I would also like state that I do not distance my friendship. He has made a very bad decision and he will deal with its just consequences. I feel no anger, only disappointment in my friend. He is a good human being with a kind heart and he is better then this. I hope that Brandon will do the right thing and come to terms with whatever demons drove him to plagiarize the works of others. I also hope that all parties involved would seek a peaceful resolution to this matter.

Thank You,
Dan Wilcox
danomatika@gmail.com
robotcowboy.com

3/31/08