Amazing label named Sublime Frequencies. Tons of cool stuff (check out their website)--i am sure i will write about them again. They kind of specialize in these amazing records which compile all these rare and obscure tracks from different countries in Asia. There is a whole series called Thai Beat-A-Go-Go, which feature all sorts of 60's and 70's tracks.
Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk And Agit Pop from The Hermit Kingdom
This is possibly the strangest. Its essentially an audiocollage of music off the radio...military marches, strange pop, commercials (i think), karaoke, i think something resembling opera.....all broadcast at some point from North Korea. I suppose some people might like some context to the tracks...but he just assembles them into 8 distinct tracks.
Honestly, its alot of fun. And strange. Very. But from it i think you get this weird sense of the crazy control that goes into the propoganda (thats on here...broadcast in English). Its all so intricately planned...there is no rock on here...it all sounds like....well, for the life of me i couldn't figure it out...
and then i thought..., no not the Hermit Kingdom, but the Magic Kingdom. This sounds like the music played all over the park...there were many moments on this disc where i could imagine a 7 foot tall Tweedledee chasing me. The reference is probably not that far off...is there anyone more controlling of their "propoganda" than Kim Jong-Il and Walt Disney. Oh yeah, Walmart. Very cool.
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