Comments on: DEAR STREET CARNAGE: KANYE AND CHAIRLIFT BOTH RIPPED IT OFF

By: creativity?

creativity? — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:41:45 +0000

I have heard the same story too many times before to believe it: poor independent creative artists are ripped off by the industry and don’t get the credits…
this way of experimenting with digital video is in the air since latest 2003 ( e.g. tatjana marusic: http://tatjanamarusic.com/flash/woman.html )
and actually everybody sees something similar when videostreams breakdown about everyday. so you could even say the people, who invented this kind of videocompression invented this effect, i’m shure they thought about what would happen if errors occur. It’s still an interesting effect, and the work of murata is great, no doubt. but if he complains about his ideas being stolen, i wonder about his concept of creativity, as he himself seems to use found footage…

By: TAKASHI IS A RIPOFF?

TAKASHI IS A RIPOFF? — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:56:08 +0000

Pastell Kompressor
Owi Mahn & Laura Baginski 2004
WOWOWWOW! i guess he didnt invent it?

By: Nerds House 2/26/09 « To Fear It Is To Know It

Nerds House 2/26/09 « To Fear It Is To Know It — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:54:54 +0000

[...] Artist Takeshi Murata is upset that popstar Kanye West hijacked his method of video compression to create his most recent music video without giving him any credit. Apparently West saw an exhibition of Murata’s work at Deitch and flipped over it and rushed his video out. (via street carnage) [...]

By: Mr. OK

Mr. OK — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:33:52 +0000

hey “ya fuck” read up a couple posts.

By: ya fuck

ya fuck — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:04:09 +0000

Actually the director Nabil does mention Takeshi in a Mtv news article as seen in the quote below.

“Welcome to Heartbreak” director, Nabil Elderkin, told MTV News late Tuesday that the technique is called “data moshing.” It’s been employed by a number of artists in the past, he said, most notably Takeshi Murata. Elderkin explained that for “Heartbreak,” he used it to convey the haunting element of the track, which is the opening number on 808s & Heartbreak.

By: Patricia Richardson From Home Improvement + Jurassic Park raptors

Patricia Richardson From Home Improvement + Jurassic Park raptors — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:40:05 +0000

Antares autotune is more shocking than this shit

By: B_CRINE

B_CRINE — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:03:41 +0000

You can actually get the same effect by playing your video through an ICHAT videochat at a low bandwidth (the dropped packets make the random pixellated effect), and recording it on the other end. I saw the chairlift video and assumed that that was how they did it/the inspiration for it. Because of this fact it’s impossible to deduct whether or not Chairlift and/or Kanye copied Mr.Takeshi’s work (although the fact that Kanye was at one of his shows is rather incriminating) or were inspired by the cool looking freakout of ICHAT.

By: bing bong

bing bong — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:38:24 +0000

this was his life’s work?

By: JuCIFER

JuCIFER — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:02:18 +0000

FUCKING BITERS

By: Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:45:43 +0000

The director of the Kayne video does credit him publicly in that article. This guy shouldn’t be crying about how he’s getting no credit – he should be crying that his life’s work and passion has amounted to a flavor of the week music video gimmick.