hype :: Bush Warfare 2006 (DJ mix)

BUSH WARFARE 2006 (by South Africa's Liberation Chabalala, recorded March 2006 in Atlanta, USA) is militant cut'n paste soundklash, the bastard child of the war against piracy and the war against terror. In 80 minutes the mix samples more than 320 sources, most of them protests against the the new age of war and its most prominent leader. And yet this is only a tiny sampling of the wealth of anti-war material that has recently been recorded by musicians ranging from rock giants like John Mellencamp and the Rolling Stones to the internet only releases of anonymous folkies. Then there is a long history of films and music that have referenced war and terror in the context of US military interventions. The Apocalypse Now soundtrack, for example, is still probably the most vivid aural image of war ever produced, and the Rolling Stone's psychedelic ode to depression, Paint It Black, became an anti-war song by way of Full Metal Jacket. Amidst this sonic collective memory it was important to include our time's voices of conscience: Harold Pinter, Anundhati Roy, anonymous voices from indie-net broadcasts. And then there is the voice of Bush, recorded/remixed here in some of his most mashed-up moments.

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