From martin wood Sent Wed, May 12th 1999, 09:06
From martin wood Sent Wed, May 12th 1999, 09:06
An important part of their idea was to present all the negative opinions of themselves as well, whilst they were heavily critical of a lot of society, they allowed themselves to be critiqued and ridiculed as well. Michael Shepherd wrote: > My friend just bought DHR's Bomb20, and I remarked how it's political > stance over hip-hop breaks reminded me of Consolidated. No disrespect to > Consolidated, but Bomb20 sounds a lot more consistent in quality than the > old Consolidated albums I used to own. > > shep. > > <<Consolidated made a distinct effort to produce intensely political > groove-oriented music in the early nineties. > > Basically, their political slant can be described as far-left radical-vegan, > anti-patriarchal and pro-feminist (if you'll permit the hyphens). > > My favorite Consolidated tracks use cut-and-paste sampling to make a > political point by grabbing fragments of dialogue, sometimes from the > enemy...using re-contextualization to make someone look foolish, which > admitedly isn't totally fair, but can be great fun.>> > > xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx|...................... > "...mechanically reclaimed by autechre..."