Crammed with gooey goodness

In honor of my receiving the object of my affection today. Todays entry covers a new label I discovered. A couple days ago, while creeping over the ccmixter site for samples, I discovered that they're sponsoring a new contest (which I will duly enter). Anyway, the artists that we're supposed to remix all come from the Crammed Discs label. I snooped their site and discovered all sorts of interesting artists from around the world.

Their story:

"Ever since its inception in 1981 Crammed Discs has developed a high profile worldwide as one of the leading purveyors of quality music in the independent sector. A resolutely cosmopolitan-minded label based in Brussels, Crammed has been working with artists from all over the world, and has been spreading their music in over 30 countries, through Europe, America and the Far East."

So I'm a little leery of European (or American) labels that promote world music - justifyably so considering world history. And while I'm suspicious of "culture mining" (read stealing), I guess I'm just gonna have to rest my little critical head on the uncomfortable pillow of ignorance.
Ahhhhh.... so sleepy... WAIT. Lets keep going.

I found this band, which made me think about my muzak.

"The musicians come from an area which sits right across the border between Congo and Angola. Their repertoire draws largely on Bazombo trance music, but they've had to incorporate the originally-unwanted distorsions of their sound system. This has made them develop a unique style which, from a sonic viewpoint, has accidentally connected them with the aesthetics of the most experimental forms of rock and electronic music, as much through their sounds than through their sheer volume (they play in front of a wall of speakers) and their merciless grooves."

The band has adopted the inherent distortions in their PA systems into their music. If you check out the site, you'll see how inventive the instrumentation and distortion is. Makes me realize just how much technology is in my music and maybe that I should strip down my technology, and experiment with the limits of the software. Ill let you know if I come up with anything.