Rebound (Arty and Mat Zo song)

"Rebound" is a song by Russian DJ and producer Arty with British producer Mat Zo. It was released by Anjunabeats as a digital download on 18 April 2011.^[2]

"Rebound"
Single by Arty and Mat Zo
from the album Anjunabeats Presents Mat Zo 01
Released	18 April 2011
Genre	Trance[1]
Length	7:45
Label	Anjunabeats
Arty and Mat Zo singles chronology
"Rebound" (2011) "Mozart" (2011)
Arty singles chronology
"Zara" (2011) "Rebound" (2011) "Around The World" (2011)
Mat Zo singles chronology
"Back In Time / Millennia" (2011) "Rebound" (2011) "Frequency Flyer" (2011)

The track was the 200th release of Anjunabeats, and thus considered to be a landmark release.^[3] This track was featured in numerous trance compilations.^[4][5] Later in 2013, the track was illegally sampled in will.i.am's studio album, #willpower.^[6]

Composition and background

The track premiered in February 2011 by Above & Beyond as an ID.^{[citation needed]} Its name was revealed later in A State of Trance 2011^[7] and confirmed in TATW 362 as the 200th release of anjunabeats.

"Rebound" is a progressive trance track of 132 BPM.^[2]

Unlicensed use by will.i.am

In 2013, will.i.am sampled the song for his track "Let's Go" featuring Chris Brown.^[8] Based on Arty & Mat Zo, will.i.am never cleared the track copyrights with label Anjunabeats, although Arty was listed in the track credits for "Let's Go".^[9] From a tweet by Chris Brown, he stated that he didn't know of the track's original source and claimed that he performed the track due to a feature request.^[8] will.i.am also initially feigned innocence by replying with "Who's Matzo?" on a YouTube comment by a listener who pointed out the original track.^[8] Arty confirmed in a Facebook statement that he was never contacted by will.i.am.'s label, Interscope Records, for license agreements considering that the track was made in collaboration with Mat Zo.^[10]

During his first official response on the case, he wrote that he contacted Arty after listening to "Rebound" and asked for a collaboration, in which Arty responded that he would be interested in one. Believing that Arty's response would be enough as an okay, will.i.am recorded a new version of the track for "Let's Go". He also stated that he was unaware that "Rebound" was co-created by Mat Zo.^[9]

"You can't steal if you credited somebody. He and I communicated. ... It's not my fault he didn't tell me about the other guy. So who is to blame? I didn't know."

— will.i.am. in defense to the accusations^[9]

In a later interview with radio station KIIS-FM, will.i.am. admitted stealing from "Rebound" accidentally and that he was confused whether he ever had the rights to use "Rebound" for his song.^[11] He stated, "Arty is a dope producer so I wrote this song to 'Rebound' this last year. I got in touch with Arty and showed it to him, did a different version to it 'cause I asked him [to] make it newer 'cause I don't just wanna take your song and rap over it. But he said that after a year's time, "we preferred writing over and using the [original] rebound. Something happened and the clearance... hopefully we resolved the issue".^[6] He then contacted the song owners for negotiation,^[12] in which the song was removed from the regular edition on his album #willpower and replaced on the deluxe edition with the song "Feelin' Myself".^[13]

Later in May and June 2013, Above & Beyond and Mat Zo, respectively, played the original track on Electric Daisy Carnival and made fun of will.i.am.^[14]

Track listing and remixes

Digital download^[15]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rebound (Original Mix)"	7:45
2.	"Rebound (Radio Edit)"	3:29

Later in November 2011, a remix by Ukrainian producer Omnia was featured on Anjunabeats Volume 9 as a bonus track.^[16]

In 2022, Jason Ross released a remix of the song.^[17]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Reference
Worldwide	18 April 2011	Digital download	Anjunabeats	[2]

References

1. "Will.i.am Steals From Arty, Mat Zo, Sandro Silva, Quintino, Mike Candys". Your EDM. 2013-04-16. Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2018-04-07. Recent buzz on social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook has led to believe that Will's track "Let's go" is a blatant copy of the trance hit Rebound by Arty and Mat Zo.
2. "Rebound [Anjunabeats] :: Beatport". Retrieved 22 October 2014.
3. Raman, Kaavya (2015-10-29). "A Glorious Journey". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-17. "Rebound" was Anjunabeats' 200th single and was a three-time Webvote Winner on Above and Beyond's radio show.
4. "Anjunabeats Worldwide 03 - Arty, Daniel Kandi". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
5. "A State of Trance Yearmix 2011 (Mixed By Armin Van Buuren) by Armin van Buuren". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
6. Blistein, Jon (2013-04-23). "Will.i.am Admits to Borrowing 'Let's Go' Beat Without Permission". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
7. Tregoning, Jack (2011-03-02). "Armin readies fans for 'A State of Trance 2011'". inthemix. Archived from the original on 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
8. Kernan, Brett (2013-04-23). "Will.i.am rips off Arty and Mat Zo's 'Rebound' for latest single [Updated]". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
9. Montgomery, James (2013-02-05). "Will.i.am Didn't Have Permission to Use Arty & Mat Zo's 'Rebound,' Label Says". MTV. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
10. "Arty responds to Will.I.Am stolen track "Rebound"". Stoney Roads. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
11. "Will.i.am Says He Accidentally Stole a Song". Billboard. 2013-04-23. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
12. Woollacott, Emma (2013-04-24). "Will.i.am Admits Stealing Song - Accidentally". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
13. "#willpower (Deluxe) by will.i.am. on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
14. Sachs, Elliot (2013-06-27). "Mat Zo Pokes Fun at will.i.am at Electric Daisy Carnival". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
15. "Rebound - Single by Arty & Mat Zo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
16. "Anjunabeats, Vol. 9 (Bonus Track Version) by Above & Beyond on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
17. Goldenberg, Ross (2022-01-26). "Jason Ross delivers worthy update of Arty, Mat Zo's progressive trance classic, 'Rebound'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-03-07.