Political music in the present tense, Part II

MC Nxt Gen - 'The Andrew Lansley Rap'



MC Nxt Gen - 'Stuff the Cuts'



Bars for Change project





Akala - 'Fire in the Booth Freestyle'



Dream Cargoes - 'We're in this Together'

http://dreamcargoes.bandcamp.com/track/were-in-this-together

Dream Cargoes

This is not product placement as this isn't designed as product, but something to freely download. No profit is sought; if a single person enjoys it that is sufficient reward.

http://dreamcargoes.bandcamp.com/album/mayhem-in-spring-ep

I'd be interested in what people think. Dream Cargoes is an attempt to make inorganic, avant-pop music. In terms of influences: obviously JG Ballard (from whose short-story the DC moniker is taken), the Real Tuesday Weld, the Clientele, Oddfellows Casino, Darren Hayman, Arthur Russell, Ghost Box records, Mordant Music, Bark Psychosis, Pet Shop Boys. You might hear echoes of Neu!, Brecht/Weill and even Frippertronics (conjured on a Roland Juno-D synth), in 'The Springtime Stomp', which as it evolved demanded a near-10 minute length. Of course this is all an amateur's attempt at conjuring music that matches the above; I am under no illusions that I achieve what I aim to, but hopefully I create something different. Something that people not looking for the run-of-the-mill might just like.