Synth Pop Artist Recovers From Near Death Bout With Electrical Blowout

That just has to be the headline of the week over on Mi2n.com. The other headline of the week has to be the one we found yesterday on Biggie. 'TMET signs con artist Silver Stream' it screamed, with a lurid tale of lies, deception, and greed.

Apparently, the two tracks TMet Recordings signed by young 17 year old Silver Stream, may actually be the work of other artists. It seems he has a history of doing this under other aliases. He still maintains they were both his tracks and there is currently no proof either way. We were kindly informed of this yesterday morning by the UK dance community, and immediately removed the tracks from sale pending further investigation. Our eternal thanks to Damo and Rich Thorne for bringing it to our attention.

It's been an interesting challenge for all of us the fledgling digital dance industry. How much can we trust someone's claim of copyright ownership if they are trying to pass off someone else's track? We were all shocked by the lad's audacity, and weren't the only label to be taken in. Thankfully in the circumstances we've not had time to sell any, and I was able to tell journalists with review copies before press days. But it's kicked off a great online debate and made us some new mates.

When TMet Recordings signs a track the artist still owns the copyright, and it's their contractual responsibility to make sure the work is really theirs. We're now working with the other MP3 sites to try and find the producers of these tracks. They may well be by Silver Stream, but if you recognise these 1 minute previews then please email me.

Mystery Track no. 1 / Mystery Track no. 2

I believe Silver Stream's actions were out of naivety, and let's face it dumb stupidity. It may be easy to sneak other people's work out on mashups and white labels, but it shows how quickly you can be caught in the digital world. He may have been going the wrong way in chasing his dream, but hell we all did dumb things at 17!