The War Still Rages / MLK Day
January 21, 2008 at 12:21 pm
On some positions a coward has asked the question is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
– Martin Luther King Jr., November 1967. (via dkos)
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“ New Form ”
01. Martin Luther King - Apathy (Peter Gabriel remix)
(Internet release)
02. Medeski Martin And Wood - Bloody Oil (web)
End Of The World Party (Just In Case) (2004)
03. Joshua Redman’s Elastic Band - Blowing Changes
Momentum (2005)
04. Aughra & Mosh Patrol - The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Is There Anyone Else OutSide? (Magic Bullet Records, 2007)
05. DJ Cam - Sang-Lien
Mad Blunted Jazz (Shadow Records, 1996)
06. Digable Planets - Pacifics
Beyond The Spectrum The Creamy Spy Chronicles (2005)
07. Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms
New Forms Disc 1 (1997)
08. Dalek - Abandoned Language
Abandoned Language (Ipecac Recordings, 2007)
09. Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Trioon II
Vrioon (Raster Noton, 2002)
10. Spanish Prisoners - Some Among Them Are Killers (myspace)
Songs to Forget (Exit Stencil, 2007)
note: Well here we are. Another MLK day, and the war still goes on. Anyway, I tried to combined different hip-hop texture. Minimalist, electronic and rhythm flow. There is still rhyming, lyrics and tracks, but with different proportion, sparse and far more focus on words itself rather than clever rhyming. It underlines the message. Overall the list is tense and unsettling, at least I think it is. Cheers, and keep the words out. -sq
see also: Martin Luther King (wiki)
Image: christine allan
