Various Artists / Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk & Agit Pop
| Album: | Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk & Agit Pop | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Sep 2005 | |
| Label: | Sublime Frequencies | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-03-19 | Pull Date: | 2006-05-21 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | May 14 | Apr 30 | Apr 16 | Apr 9 | Apr 2 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 03, 2015: | Plumbotectonics
Pride Of The Nation |
4. | Mar 26, 2014: | Sublime Frequencies 10 Year Anniversary
New Model Army |
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| 2. | Jan 20, 2015: | Plumbotectonics
Pride Of The Nation |
5. | Nov 30, 2010: | Gamma Radiation [with Kremit]
Numbers Game, New Model Army, Motherland Megamix |
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| 3. | Jan 13, 2015: | Plumbotectonics
Numbers Game |
6. | Apr 10, 2009: | Emphysema For Emphasis
Pride Of The Nation |
Album Review
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Reviewed 2006-03-14
Reviewed 2006-03-14
[coll]: RADIO PYONGYANG
Sublime Frequencies, 2005
NORTH KOREA – Here’s yet another entry in Sublime Frequencies’ series of travel pastiches, blending live recordings, radio and TV snippets, and hard-to-find music releases into a mind-numbing audio collage. But this time it’s from North Korea, which means lots and lots of over-the-top heroic propaganda in praise of dictator Kim Jong Il! You don’t have to speak the language to know these singers are trying to manipulate/brainwash/browbeat you, but taken out of context it’s just like a big ball of fun.
The tracks are all pretty much the same, so just start any old place. Expect to hear plenty of cheesy synths, peppy melodies, large choruses alternating with high-pitched warbly lead voices, and bits of radio speeches.
2 sounds like a toothpaste commercial; 4 is more militaristic; 5 features little kids; 6 has a great English-language speech at the end.
[Fo] - 3/14/06
Sublime Frequencies, 2005
NORTH KOREA – Here’s yet another entry in Sublime Frequencies’ series of travel pastiches, blending live recordings, radio and TV snippets, and hard-to-find music releases into a mind-numbing audio collage. But this time it’s from North Korea, which means lots and lots of over-the-top heroic propaganda in praise of dictator Kim Jong Il! You don’t have to speak the language to know these singers are trying to manipulate/brainwash/browbeat you, but taken out of context it’s just like a big ball of fun.
The tracks are all pretty much the same, so just start any old place. Expect to hear plenty of cheesy synths, peppy melodies, large choruses alternating with high-pitched warbly lead voices, and bits of radio speeches.
2 sounds like a toothpaste commercial; 4 is more militaristic; 5 features little kids; 6 has a great English-language speech at the end.
[Fo] - 3/14/06
Track Listing
| Artist | Track Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | - | Motherland Megamix | ||
| 2. | - | New Model Army | ||
| 3. | - | Numbers Game | ||
| 4. | - | Pride Of The Nation | ||
| 5. | - | Start 'em Young | ||
| 6. | - | Arirang | ||
| 7. | - | Commie Funk? | ||
| 8. | - | Motherland Redux |