Jay Z's newly launched TIDAL music streaming service is looking to be the knight in shining armor for the music industry, but it has already stumbled. The service that claims to be for artists apparently used a song in its star-studded trailer TIDALforALL video released earlier today, March 30, without permission from the artist. Björk's musical collaborator The Haxan Cloak took to Twitter to explain the situation and explain that the track may not be exactly his but an imitation, which is just as large a problem. His label Tri Angle Records has backed him up in this as well. The ad appears to reference two Haxan songs "Mara" and "The Mirror Reflecting, Pt. 1" from his 2013 studio album Excavation. Check out the tweets below.

Listen for yourself to see if the theft is as blatant as The Haxan Cloak is making it out to be via Pigeons and Planes.

Jay Z and TIDAL have not commented at this time, but it is an inauspicious start to the massive campaign that includes Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Calvin Harris, Kanye West, Usher, Daft Punk, Madonna and many others.

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