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 initially replied with "Who's Matzo?" on a YouTube comment to 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
Various	18 April 2011	Digital download	Anjunabeats	[2]

References

1. "Will.i.am Steals From Arty, Mat Zo, Sandro Silva, Quintino, Mike Candys". Your EDM. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2018. 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 (29 October 2015). "A Glorious Journey". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018. "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 7 April 2018.
5. "A State of Trance Yearmix 2011 (Mixed By Armin Van Buuren) by Armin van Buuren". iTunes Store. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
6. Blistein, Jon (23 April 2013). "Will.i.am Admits to Borrowing 'Let's Go' Beat Without Permission". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
7. Tregoning, Jack (2 March 2011). "Armin readies fans for 'A State of Trance 2011'". inthemix. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
8. Kernan, Brett (23 April 2013). "Will.i.am rips off Arty and Mat Zo's 'Rebound' for latest single [Updated]". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
9. Montgomery, James (5 February 2013). "Will.i.am Didn't Have Permission to Use Arty & Mat Zo's 'Rebound,' Label Says". MTV. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
10. "Arty responds to Will.I.Am stolen track "Rebound"". Stoney Roads. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
11. "Will.i.am Says He Accidentally Stole a Song". Billboard. 23 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
12. Woollacott, Emma (24 April 2013). "Will.i.am Admits Stealing Song - Accidentally". Forbes. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
13. "#willpower (Deluxe) by will.i.am. on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
14. Sachs, Elliot (27 June 2013). "Mat Zo Pokes Fun at will.i.am at Electric Daisy Carnival". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
15. "Rebound - Single by Arty & Mat Zo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
16. "Anjunabeats, Vol. 9 (Bonus Track Version) by Above & Beyond on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
17. Goldenberg, Ross (26 January 2022). "Jason Ross delivers worthy update of Arty, Mat Zo's progressive trance classic, 'Rebound'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.