![]() This was verrry entertaining! A listener doesn't need to understand the language (although it would help) because radio, jingles, PSAs and Top 40 music is virtually the same no matter what the source. ![]() Captured within are rare live recordings from various performances and mass games demonstrations, sounds lifted from People’s Army television dramas, samples from hard-to-find CD releases obtained in the capital, and of course, news reports from the "real" Radio Pyongyang, which continues to broadcast to this day, albeit under the new, strikingly anodyne moniker "Voice of Korea". Christiaan Virant has visited this mysterious land and has assembled this amazing audio collage. If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in North Korean music, this is your vehicle for exploration. Boasting a heady mix of Stalin opera, Tokyo karaoke and brooding impressionism, the sound of present-day Pyongyang distills into warped agit-pop and lost-in-time commie funk. Note : Schmaltzy synthpop, Revolutionary rock, Cheeky child rap, and a healthy dose of hagiography for Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, this is the now NOW sound of North Korea! A hermit kingdom with a rich folk history and an even richer tradition in over-the-top praise for the ruling House of Kim, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea remains a diplomatic thorn and a culture never Neverland. ![]() Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk and Agit Pop from the Hermit Kingdom Tellement peu de choses, d'images ou de sons, parviennent à filtrer de ce pays, on ne passera donc pas à côté de cette occasion. Je crois que cete fois-ci, le titre de l'album me dispense de commentaires superflus : commie funk et agit pop en provenance d'un goulag à ciel ouvert.
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