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Well, I suppose I could have just dropped this group mention under Ickk's boards as he's one of the few who might appreciate it, but meh.

There are some artists that have made really diasporic music over the years. One of my favorites is Negativland. They got into a big splash in the beggining by sampling U2. Since then they've decried copyright laws and generally just pushed a few people's buttons.

However, they have some free MP3's from a previously label disolution with SST that you all might aprpeciate. They are not so much music as a wierd oratory. Though techincially these are classified as songs:

http://www.negativland.com/guns/then.mp3

http://www.negativland.com/guns/now.mp3

Rather nifty video of Then:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtyZMRJbLq8


Dunno. Either you get stuff like this or you dont. But AO and gun culture seem to go hand in hand more often than not.


(Mods please keep in mind these are definitely PG13 material and the licensing of the material is a free offering for download directly from the Artist's webpage.)



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negativland is a very original group. I've been listening to their stuff for many years, my personal faves being their dispepsi and escape from noise cds, followed closely by live on tour.

Sweet. Finally someone around these parts that knows them.

Something about Free makes it my favorite of their stuff. Probably has to do with timing and exposure though. They had just released it when I first found them.

And there is something about Dispesi that always left me really creeped out. Been trying to figure that one out for years now. Go figure.