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(Warning - this can be harsh on the eyes and ears with rapid video cuts and loud sounds.)
After only finding two Emergency Broadcast Network videos on the Sift, I thought it proper to introduce a favorite piece from one of the earlier video mashup pioneers (consider that they did these mashups with little digital editing, if any!). EBN was a performance group originating in the Providence, RI area in the early 1990s. I'm told from fans that they used to drive a Ghostbusters-like station wagon around the city and play their music (reinforced by the Wikipedia entry) until they were eventually asked to stop and/or moved on to bigger projects.
Much of EBN's work is of course a commentary, be it TV, politics or anything in-between. "Get Down ver 2.2" is about as wild a remix of the Kool song as you can get, and is from their 1995 album.
And who ever would think to turn Mariah Carey into a perpetually boiling and screeching kettle? Seriously.
After only finding two Emergency Broadcast Network videos on the Sift, I thought it proper to introduce a favorite piece from one of the earlier video mashup pioneers (consider that they did these mashups with little digital editing, if any!). EBN was a performance group originating in the Providence, RI area in the early 1990s. I'm told from fans that they used to drive a Ghostbusters-like station wagon around the city and play their music (reinforced by the Wikipedia entry) until they were eventually asked to stop and/or moved on to bigger projects.
Much of EBN's work is of course a commentary, be it TV, politics or anything in-between. "Get Down ver 2.2" is about as wild a remix of the Kool song as you can get, and is from their 1995 album.
And who ever would think to turn Mariah Carey into a perpetually boiling and screeching kettle? Seriously.
Some extra info:
Telecommunication Breakdown
Contributing artists: Bill Laswell, Brian Eno, Grandmaster Melle Mel
Producer: Jack Dangers
Distributor: TVT Records
quotes of
-Get down! (Harrison Ford in "Patriot Games")
-"Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
Does anyone know who are the politicians in the video?
Thanks for the extra info! I'm happy to note some of the other interwoven clips:
- Video of the Reagan assassination attempt from 1981
- "Keep your mouth shut" - Dan Rather (night-time news personality)
- "Stay away, this thing will hurt someone"... This is the Budd Dwyer (Pennsylvania state treasurer) on-camera suicide in 1987.