Hello,

On 04/06/12 22:53, Alex Mauer wrote:
> On 06/04/2012 02:48 PM, Staffan Vilcans wrote:
>> The way to credit mashups (a mix of two or more different tracks) is not
>> consistent. At
>> http://musicbrainz.org/release/93cfdc1b-b7b5-496f-aab9-aa46bf891601 the
>> remixer is used as artist while on
>> http://musicbrainz.org/release/497e688a-809b-4292-b124-3861e6f6a442 the
>> remixer is credited as album artist, but the tracks to the artists of the
>> source tracks.
>>
>
> I think crediting it to the remixer makes sense; I always find it weird
> to see recordings credited to an artist when it’s only samples of their
> music…

If they're credited like that on the release, the artist credits for the 
track should not deviate from that.  For the recording however I think 
it makes sense to always credit that to the remixer/mashup artist, and I 
would support a guideline which recommends or even mandates that.

-- kuno / warp.

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