NEGATIVLAND@cafe OTO on the 26th & 27th of October, London

[iococoi]

https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/negativland-2023/

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It's probably easy today to dismiss Negativland's activities as trifle, banal or plain stupid. They probably wouldn't be too uncomfortable with that, as they rarely claimed to go beyond the softest platitudes of the entertainment biz. But despite some recognition in some circles and some notoriety due to the famous copyright battle with U2 and Pepsi, the band is perhaps still to be acknowledged as one of the most relevant and prophetic projects in the 80s. In fact, from their first surrealist works on alienated concrète to their later sample-based beat palimpsests, Negativland paved the way for much of today's collage-centered pop culture as seen, for instance, in the increasingly common televised montages of political events and commercial samples for critical or humorous purposes.

https://ubu.com/sound/negativland.html

Edited September 25, 2023 by iococoi

[chenGOD]

Man that will be a trip. All london-ish watmmers should check them out.