An important part of their idea was to present all the negative opinions of
themselves as well, whilst they were heavily critical of a lot of society, they
allowed themselves to be critiqued and ridiculed as well.
Michael Shepherd wrote:
quoted 20 lines My friend just bought DHR's Bomb20, and I remarked how it's political> My friend just bought DHR's Bomb20, and I remarked how it's political
> stance over hip-hop breaks reminded me of Consolidated. No disrespect to
> Consolidated, but Bomb20 sounds a lot more consistent in quality than the
> old Consolidated albums I used to own.
>
> shep.
>
> <<Consolidated made a distinct effort to produce intensely political
> groove-oriented music in the early nineties.
>
> Basically, their political slant can be described as far-left radical-vegan,
> anti-patriarchal and pro-feminist (if you'll permit the hyphens).
>
> My favorite Consolidated tracks use cut-and-paste sampling to make a
> political point by grabbing fragments of dialogue, sometimes from the
> enemy...using re-contextualization to make someone look foolish, which
> admitedly isn't totally fair, but can be great fun.>>
>
> shepherd@sirius.com|......................
> "...mechanically reclaimed by autechre..."