{"id":111313,"date":"2018-07-10T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/?p=338348"},"modified":"2018-07-10T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:10:43","slug":"solomun-issues-apology-after-playing-track-with-sample-of-islamic-call-to-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/?p=111313","title":{"rendered":"Solomun issues apology after playing track with sample of Islamic call to prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<img alt=\"Solomun issues apology after playing track with sample of Islamic call to prayerSolomun Press Photo 2 WEB\" src=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"RSS Feed\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-400x400.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/diynamic\"  rel=\"noopener\">Diynamic<\/a> label boss <a href=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/solomunn\"  rel=\"noopener\">Solomun<\/a> has publicly apologized for a track misstep during his July 7 Kappa Futur Festival set in Turin, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/127959800604028\/posts\/1805987072801284\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> to address what he&#8217;s called his &#8220;big mistake,&#8221; the globetrotting DJ claimed he was unaware he&#8217;d played a demo that contained a sample of the Islamic Call to prayer, though recognized\u00c2\u00a0that &#8220;something was off&#8221; during the set.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;First and foremost I would like to apologize to all Muslims around the globe for playing a track at Saturday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kappa Futur Festival, which contains a vocal sample of the Islamic Call to Prayer. A big thank you to those pointed out to me that I unknowingly had just made such a big mistake,&#8221; he wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now that I was made aware of the impact of this, I want to ask for your forgiveness: With all my heart I want to apologize for hurting religious feelings. As I am a religious person myself, nothing could be further from my intentions. I am deeply ashamed that this has happened&#8230;. Music is there to connect people, and this is what it has always been for me&#8230; I am devastated and full of sorrow that I did not achieve this last Saturday.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, a Tunisian club was asked to close its doors after the UK techno DJ Dax J played a similar track with a sample of the Islamic Call to Prayer. Just this summer, Beirut&#8217;s G\u00c3\u00a4rten nightclub was closed temporarily by authorities after Acid Pauli played a track that sampled verses from the Quran.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSolomunMusic%2Fposts%2F1805987072801284&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DancingAstronaut\/~4\/GTZmWWmUUE0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Solomun issues apology after playing track with sample of Islamic call to prayerSolomun Press Photo 2 WEB\" src=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-150x150.jpeg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-400x400.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Solomun-Press-Photo-2-WEB-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">Solomun apologizes in the midst of his major Kappa Futur Festival misstep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111313"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111315,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111313\/revisions\/111315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}