Blatant Propaganda CD:

::: Various = "songs of protest" (2003) BPCD017

punk electronica industrial pop-rock

76 minutes of high-quality underground Australian political music.

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A showcase of 12 truly underground Australian artists with a progressive political bent - top quality recordings and super song-writing. Genres range from hip-hop to pop-punk to industrial to electronica to techno-acid-house. For ages we have wanted to put together a compilation of the very best political songs around by d.i.y. artists with the highest credibility and integrity. That's just what we've done. Issues include: media and government propaganda, activism, refugees, war myths and lies, aboriginal landrights, nuclear/uranium, class solidarity, reclaim the streets, environmentalism and much much more.

Release date: July 2003.

TRACK-LIST:

#. Artist : "Track" : Genre : Issue

1. EYE Vs The Commonwealth Government : "Our Way of Life" (1:16) : collage : propaganda
2. Non Bossy Posse & The Warrumpi Band : "Stand Up" (6:05) : techno : aboriginal land rights
3. Future Native : "Mr. Coward" (2:19) : punk-rock : uranium/nuclear
4. EYE : "Workers' United" (3:19): hip-hop-industrial-funk : workers/class solidarity
5. Ginger Tom : "Hey, Hey USA: how many Children did you Kill Today?" (3:22) : punk : war
6. Combat Wombat : "White Australia" (5:28) : hip-hop : aboriginal land rights
7. DeepSeaPlaza : "Beverly & Honeymoon (uranium mines)" (4:06) : rock : uranium/nuclear
8. Escape From Toytown : "Leave it in the Ground" (4:15) : punk-rock : uranium/nuclear
9. Psyburbia : "Carmageddon" (6:56) : electronica-dub : cars/oil industry
10. Andrew Bunney : "Jesus was an Anarchist" (2:19) : power-pop : anarchy/religion
11. Canopy : "Remix the World" (4:38) : synthpop : activism
12. The View From Here : "World Divided" (3:15) : acoustic-pop : refugees
13. C-Scan : "Global Compliance" (4:10) : noise : war/imperialism
14. Non Bossy Posse : "Plan It" (6:38) : acid-dub-hip-hop : eco-activism
15. Future Native : "Protest Song" (2:40) : pop-rock : activism
16. Combat Wombat : "Miraculous Activist" (4:14) : hip-hop : activism
17. DeepSeaPlaza : "Pioneer Aviators" (2:06) : rock : capitalism
18. Escape From Toytown : "If You're Sick" (4:03) : punk-rock : fascism/war
19. Andrew Bunney : "Freedom Fighter" (2:38) : pop : activism
20. Non Bossy Posse (& Activate video crew) : "Dick ÔLogger' Head" (0:45) : spoken : forests
21. EYE : "[Refugees] Detention Without Trial" (3:08) : power-pop : refugees

PRICE:

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REVIEWS:

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 opening sound cut-up by EYE who demosntrate very simply how idiotic elected governments can be. And as Andrew Bunney so aptly acknowledges on track 10, "Jesus was an anarchist!"