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Genres: Indie-Rock, Punk, Hip-Hop, Industrial, Electronica, Acoustic-Folk, SynthPop, Power-Pop, PowerNoise. Australian Bands-Groups-Projects-Artists-Producers (Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Gold-Coast Melbourne Newcastle Sydney Perth).
Description:
DJ Robot Citizen: "This album was released in 2003 - a showcase of 12 truly independent underground Australian artists with a progressive political attitude; top quality recordings and song-writing. I was inspired to make this compilation by the wealth of underground music I had received while hosting numerous radio-shows. We printed 500 CDs and sent most of them to other Community Radio stations and shows around the country.
When it was released was roughly in the midst of the 10-year long oppressive right-wing John Howard-led LNP government; a period characterised by political corruption and their socially-divisive strategies aimed at smoke-screen distraction ie. provoking fearful attitudes, scapegoating refugees, getting us involved in unpopular and ridiculous foreign wars, while undermining the living conditions of the working and middle classes in order to boost the wealth of the wealthiest.
Genres of music on this album range from hip-hop to power-pop-punk to industrial to acoustic-folk to electronica to sythnpop-techno-acid-house. Topics include: media and government propaganda, activism, refugees, war myths and lies, aboriginal landrights, nuclear/uranium, class solidarity, reclaim the streets and environmentalism.
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From BMA (Bands Music Action) magazine, Canberra, issue 193 nov 2003, Dan Bigna:
"Considering what a political and socio-economic mess the world is currently in, this release is very timely indeed: 21 tracks of electronica, industrial, power pop and punk rock, each devoted to addressing such important issues as uranium mining, aboriginal land rights, the plight of refugees and war... Each artist on the album provides just enough information, whether through samples or more linear lyrics, to allow listeners to draw their own conclusions. Politics aside, the album is an excellent compilation of contemporary Australian music virtually ignored by the commercial media. Standout track is the sound cut-up by EYE [titled "Our Way of Life"] who demonstrate very simply how idiotic elected governments can be. And as Andrew Bunney so aptly acknowledges "Jesus was an anarchist!"..."
From
Green Left Weekly
newspaper, October 1, 2003, review by Andrew Hall:
"Songs of the political underground...
The Songs of Protest CD is a great collection of Australian music artists with a progressive political bent. The liberating mood of the album is set with the opening track "Our Way of Life" by EYE, a propaganda collage against the federal government's "terrorism" hysteria.
Ranging from hip hop to pop-punk, industrial and electronica to techno-acid-house, the album's contributors comment on issues such as media and government lies, activism, refugees, war, Aboriginal land rights, anti-nuclear issues and uranium mining, class solidarity, reclaiming the streets, environmentalism and many others.
For me, the Non Bossy Posse and the Warrumpi Band's version of "Stand Up" and the EYE's refreshing hip hop-industrial-funk version of the popular slogan of working-class solidarity, "
The Workers United Will Never Be Defeated
" stand out. Ginger Tom's now classic "Hey, Hey USA: How Many Children Did You Kill Today?" is always a favourite.
The album's entire 76 minutes is high quality underground music.
Blatant Propaganda's J Citizen has built a world-wide following for his label, through a simple mail-order business and the outstanding quality of his music projects and those of the other acts he provides an outlet for..."
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