Brandon Harrod, aka Laromlab, had begun to receive quite a bit of buzz after the recent release of his new, self-titled album. It now turns out however, that the self-proclaimed “chiptune maestro” only has others to thank for it…

Brandon Harrod has been discovered to have plagiarized every track on his recently released self-titled record from previously released recordings by CrazyQ, DubMood, DMA-SC and Lotek Style, all artists from a collective known as YM Rockerz.

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Harrod has since apologized, writing on his Myspace:

Laromlab as a music making project was a hoax, a complete fallacy, all of the music on the Laromlab “S/T” record on Mushpot was made by the collective known as the YM Rockers, more specifically Crazy Q and Dma-SC. I never once thought it was the right thing to do, and I never was happy with myself for stealing these hard working musicians music but I did and now I will be paying the consequences for it! Whether it be legal action, monetary payment, or humiliation, I am deserving of all three…

The trouble started when people began to notice the “Laromlab music” and a record label was interested and everything got out of hand. All the while, I had this in the back of my head that I was going to get caught but never dreamed that it would get this much attention. And stealing their music was not done as a malicious act but rather a pathetic one. I am a painter by teaching and I would not know what to do if all of a sudden I didn’t know how to make another painting that I liked ever again. That is what happened with my music! It took a lot of gall to do what I did and I take full blame.

Harrod’s (former) label, Moshpot Records, has since terminated his contract and listed a true tracklisting based on the actual material.

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