Beautiful, Dark, Honest. Enlightened artists reminding us of the greatest threa
author: VelvetUnderdog
Intense compilation of talented and passionate artists who provide a wake up call to those who have forgotten the state we are in, as well as a reminder and call to arms to those who still care. Bush is the most dangerous person to rule a country since HItler's reign. Everything he touches turns to shite. This CD is a nice balance of anger, hope, sarcasm, and straight talk. Everything from extreme noise to calming folk music....but it all comes together cohesively to provide us with what we need during these dark times...
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"Voices In The Wilderness" is that perfect reminder that we must not forget this
author: Tom Sekowski, Gaz-Eta
Everyone knows the harm G.W. Bush's years in power have done to the US and the world. If only to point this out, "Voices In The Wilderness" serves as a reminder of the bullshit Americans are forced to put up with. Hour long CD works more like a complete whole, rather than just a collection of disparate songs. Guess who's the target of all the tracks? That's right - G.W.'s inability to "rule" [he's always wanted to be a dictator after all] his nation. Starting off with Marcos Fernandes' "Ready for the Revolution" where we're bombarded with a slew of anti-Bush chants ["Hey, hey, how many people did you kill today?']. We later move to "America, Fuck Your Freedom" by the United Satanic Apache Front, which turns out to be the most biting piece of anti-American commentary I'd heard in the last few years [you have to trust me on this as I won't be quoting from this piece]. These are just the words. The music between is sombre and angry. Electronic experiments by Lance Grabmiller and rough, angular improvisation by Bonnie Kane, Ray Sage & Mambo Mantis all work well. All music is rife with snippets of Bush's famous speeches from the past [you know this man is not a public speaker when he admits he wants to be a dictator!]. With its' black and white drawing of a long-bearded hippie walking through a graveyard carrying an American flag, even the album's cover is overtly bleak. Let's face it, more than two years after this whole war began, the fact is US how now killed tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi people and has lost more than two thousand of their own troops. "Voices In The Wilderness" is that perfect reminder that we must not forget this madness. Part of profits from this CD will be donated to the War Resisters League. Stand up and say no to the horrors of war. Buy your copy today.
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A real conversation-starter!
author: Jon Worley, Aiding & Abettng
Put together by Marjorie Sturm and Ernesto Diaz-Infante, this collection includes many of the usual Pax (and friends) suspects: 99 Hooker, Bonnie Kane, etc. The set is wildly uneven, both in tone and style. Free jazz gives way to loopy pop gives way to loops, period...and so forth. The compilation as collective, if you will. While many of the pieces kinda hit you over the head, there are plenty that make subtle and interesting points. A real conversation-starter.
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produto musical é de grande valia e apresenta-se coerentemente organizado...
author: Eduardo Chagas, Jazz e Arredores
Há umas semanas atrás, à boleia de uma pesquisa que estou a fazer sobre música de intervenção e canção de protesto e resistência, dei com o americano Centre for Political Song, da Glasgow Caledonian University, um centro de investigação que trata de estudar todas as formas de canção política e das suas implicações na vida social, política e cultural das comunidades em que se desenvolve. E canção puxa canção, tema puxa tema, fui dar quase imediatamente com a nova edição da Pax Recordings, Voices in the Wilderness: Dissenting Soundscapes and Songs of G.W.'s América.
Na ressaca da frustração, ansiedade e desencanto que acometeu milhões de almas com a reeleição do tal em Novembro passado, 26 artistas norte-americanos lamberam as feridas e trataram as indigestões provocadas pelo sapo monstruoso que tiveram que engolir (a meias com muitos mais milhões pelo mundo fora, mas pronto), tiraram-se das suas próprias divisões e - há quem diga que o cowboy não tem qualquer mérito... – juntaram esforços num luto colectivo sob a forma de canção de protesto e resistência nas mais diversas formas, rock, folk, electrónica, jazz, improv, hip-hop, field recordings e recitação, que é também um apelo à consciencialização das pessoas para os perigos o belicismo desenfreado do cowboy que manda no Império.
Irmanados neste propósito de aliviar desânimo, Marcos Fernandes, Bonnie Kane, Ray Sage & Mambo Mantis, The Slow Poisoners, Neshama Alma Band, 99 Hooker, Cornelius Cardew Choir, Cheryl E. Leonard, Marina Lazzara, David Slusser, Andre Custodio, United Satanic Apache Front, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Blaise Siwula, mJane, Merlin Coleman, Kate Thompson, Dave Tucker, Jess Rowland, Matt Hannafin, Lance Grabmiller, Dina Emerson, d.elder, Pablo St. Chaos, robert m, Phillip Greenlief, Polly Moller, Aaron Bennett & John Finkbeiner, Stephen Flinn e Famous Last Words.
Uma colagem de palavras de ordem, como «This is what Democracy Looks Like», e outras, umas mais divertidas que outras, abrem o desfile de anti-bushismo que muitos teimam em confundir com anti-americanismo.
Como seria de esperar, de um ponto de vista estritamente musical, o disco é muito rico e variado nas suas propostas e resultados, dependendo em boa parte do gosto pessoal de cada um. Globalmente, no entanto, o produto musical é de grande valia e apresenta-se coerentemente organizado. Tão bom que faz apetecer ouvir os bons velhos Pete Seger e Contry Joe and the Fish.
Voices in the Wilderness fica para a história como um interessante episódio de militância política pela paz e contra a estupidez através da música, neste início de século. Com produção de Marjorie Sturm e Ernesto Diaz-Infante, parte dos proventos da venda do disco vão para a War Resisters League.
E, já agora, Give me an "F"!
Voices in the Wilderness: Dissenting Soundscapes and Songs of G.W.'s América (Pax Recordings, 2005)
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