Thursday, November 18, 2010

Dedicated to John Heartfield

Add Date: November 16 

Artist: Various Artists 

Album: Dedicated to John Heartfield: Metal Postcard 2005-2010 

Label: Metal Postcard

Genre: Compilations/soundtracks, rock

Comments: An incredibly eclectic compilation from Metal Postcard Records, dedicated to John Heartfield (German photomontage artist--Wikipedia tells me one of his works was the inspiration behind Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)", which leads right back to the album and record label name...). Everything from a cover of a '60s Cambodian hit (track 3), to the web-famous mashup of John Lennon's "Imagine" as "read" by George Bush by Australian mashup artist Wax Audio (track 1), to "underground digital punk" by Brooklyn group Never Heard of Brooklyn--this album is literally a juxtaposition of a whole bunch of obscure groups and genres. Read the album's inside cover, where each track and band gets a sentence or two (but watch for the DNPs--1, 4, 11, 14).

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