Within the last couple days, bubbling underneath the surface has been a controversy stemming from trance producer Dave Darell’s complete and utter lack of judgement by posting his remix of BT’s upcoming single Suddenly. We obviously do not endorse people seeking this out, for a myriad of reasons:

1. Leaking of music prior to its release creates unrealistic expectations amongst everyone including the person actually making the music, expectations that are pretty much impossible to satisfy. It’s unfair to the artist and selfish of the listener. Giving non-contributing musicians creative control of any kind is a death knell to your work. Nobody (including you) will ever be satisfied with the final product.

2. BT tends to have a scorched earth policy regarding leaked material. In 2003, an alpha version of Paris—initially a collaboration with Jody Wisternoff of Way Out West—was clipped from a live recording of a set Jody was spinning six months prior to the release of Emotional Technology. BT responded in-kind: by completely changing the track into a final product that contained only trace similarities to the leaked demo. Typical advice for people who work with BT or will in the future: Don’t do it. This isn’t Nike.

3. Dave Darell’s remix of Suddenly is so horrifically awful on uncountable levels, nobody should want to seek this out.

Leaks are inevitable and will continue to be as we get closer to the release of the new album, nobody is denying that. But for God’s sake, if you insist on hearing something, at least make sure it was intended to be heard. All signs point to this being a most definite “No”.

Rageous out.