Did Zomby Steal 'Natalia's Song'?

About a year ago, UK bass producer Zomby found himself in some hot water regarding the vocal loop used in his track Natalia's Song, whereby a Russian singer by the name of Irina Dubtsova - the winner of a reality show called 'StarFactory 4' - claimed that the vocals belonged to her. Check out the video of Dubstova's song below.

Now, though, there's a further twist to the story. A producer called Reark claims to have written the loop entirely by himself back in October 2007, which was then stolen from him, and also claims that the vocals are actually of his Russian girlfriend Natalia covering the original song by Irena Dubstova. Reark has listed a chronology of the apparent incident on his Souncloud page, whereby he states that Zomby stole the track from him.

Here is the sequence of events printed on his Soundloud page, plus a stream of the 'original' loop below.

1. I wrote this loop back in October 2007, entirely by myself, posting it on myspace.
2. Zomby, with whom I was communicating, hears the loop and offers to collaborate to finish it. I agree and send him the original Reason song file + Rex file of the vocals.
3. Zomby posts the loop on his myspace without crediting me, I complain, he takes it down.
4. In the next months Zomby suggests where the track might get released. I continue to remind him that it's a collaboration.
5. Without my knowledge, a slightly revised version is aired by Mary Anne Hobbs on Radio 1, you can hear Zomby's revised drum variation from 1:06 -- 1:36. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDLXRtbeLg0 This is the only significant change he's made to the track. The rest is looping, and some slight editing of the vocal cuts.
6. The track gets released on 4AD in May 2011, I notice in August 2011. I complain first to Zomby with no effect, then to 4AD, to whom I send this loop plus an e-mail sent from me to Zomby with the original Reason song file from October 2007. 4AD accept my evidence and change credits to include my name.

Zomby has been vague in interviews when asked about the vocal sample. The singer is Natalia Ladygina (hence the name of the track), a Russian friend of mine. She is singing a cover of Irina Dubcova's song 'O nem'. I have other samples of her, so you can expect to hear more of her in the future.

Thanks to all those who have supported me in this dispute, and all those who were just curious and asked.

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