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What a shame. Let us not forget that Ofra Haza will always have a special place in electronic music history for the warped use of her vocals by the Coldcut boys in M/A/R/R/S's "Pump Up the Volume". 3 Thursday, 24 February, 2000, 13:37 GMT Singer Ofra Haza dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_655000/655312.stm Israeli pop star Ofra Haza, famous for her haunting voice and blending of Middle Eastern and western music styles, has died aged 42. The singer died from massive organ failure after being in intensive care in Tel Aviv's Tel Hashomer hospital for 13 days. Born in south Tel Aviv as the youngest of nine children, Haza rose from poverty to carve out a musical career that won her accolades worldwide, including a Grammy nomination. Inspired by traditional Jewish-Yemeni culture, Hazar's first international release, Yemenite Songs, was a huge hit when released in 1985. Her dance single Im Nin Alu, based on a devotional poem by a 17th century rabbi, then topped the charts across Europe. She went on to work with performers such as Paula Abdul and in 1998 she recorded the title track to Steven Spielberg's movie The Prince of Egypt. Haza was a national hero in Israel and performed in Oslo when Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. After her death, Prime Minister Ehud Barak told reporters: "Ofra emerged from the Hatikvah slums to reach the peak of Israeli culture. She has left a mark on us all." She was married to businessman Doron Ashkenazi and had no children. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:

quoted 5 lines What a shame.

> What a shame. > > Let us not forget that Ofra Haza will always have a special place in > electronic music history for the warped use of her vocals by the > Coldcut boys in M/A/R/R/S's "Pump Up the Volume".

coldcut does not equal MARRS. MARRS ripped off coldcut's remix of eric b and rakim's 'paid in full' and was henced sued by coldcut which not only was a landmark lawsuit but gave coldcut a good boost in starting ninja tune. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Sorry about the confusion, Coldcut, Colourbox, all the C-bands of my youth are starting to run together in memory. 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 4 lines coldcut does not equal MARRS. MARRS ripped off coldcut's remix of eric b

>coldcut does not equal MARRS. MARRS ripped off coldcut's remix of eric b >and rakim's 'paid in full' and was henced sued by coldcut which not only >was a landmark lawsuit but gave coldcut a good boost in starting ninja >tune.

i had always thought there was a Stock/Aiken/Waterman suit against M/A/R/R/S. so there's two? or was that just an urban legend? ------------ 1642 try 621 ------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 1 line coldcut does not equal MARRS. MARRS ripped off coldcut's remix of eric

> > >coldcut does not equal MARRS. MARRS ripped off coldcut's remix of eric

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quoted 1 line and rakim's 'paid in full' and was henced sued by coldcut which not

> > >and rakim's 'paid in full' and was henced sued by coldcut which not

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quoted 9 lines was a landmark lawsuit but gave coldcut a good boost in starting ninja

> > >was a landmark lawsuit but gave coldcut a good boost in starting ninja > > >tune. > > > > i had always thought there was a Stock/Aiken/Waterman suit against > > M/A/R/R/S. so there's two? or was that just an urban legend? > > i don't know about that but if you own or have heard 'paid in full' it is > quite clear that MARRS did very little but sample huge chunks of the > coldcut remix.

I remember reading that Coldcut only got a couple of hundred quid for 'Paid in full' and consequently released a 'Not paid enuff' mix! S/A/W produced 'Roadblock' which I think nicked bits of MARRS. I think the phrase "Where there's a hit, there's a writ" was coined around this time... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org