Tinman is the alias of British House music producer / remixer, Paul Dakeyne. In 1994 his single "Eighteen Strings" also written as "18 Strings", became an international club hit. It is widely rumored that the original bootleg recording of Eighteen Strings contained a sample of the riff from Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana and that the usage of the sample was disallowed therefore the guitar riff in Eighteen Strings was reproduced for commercial release.

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  • Tinman is the alias of British House music producer / remixer, Paul Dakeyne. In 1994 his single "Eighteen Strings" also written as "18 Strings", became an international club hit. It is widely rumored that the original bootleg recording of Eighteen Strings contained a sample of the riff from Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana and that the usage of the sample was disallowed therefore the guitar riff in Eighteen Strings was reproduced for commercial release. However, the riff from the bootleg recording and the riff contained in the commercial release of 18 Strings were both produced by Paul Dakeyne. Eighteen Strings was the theme song to popular Australian radio show Martin/Molloy. The track Eighteen Strings was a Top 10 hit reaching Number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.
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  • Tinman is the alias of British House music producer / remixer, Paul Dakeyne. In 1994 his single "Eighteen Strings" also written as "18 Strings", became an international club hit. It is widely rumored that the original bootleg recording of Eighteen Strings contained a sample of the riff from Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana and that the usage of the sample was disallowed therefore the guitar riff in Eighteen Strings was reproduced for commercial release.
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  • Tinman
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