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RE 017LP
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"Escape-ism -- the found-sound dreamdrama -- are back in action and out in front. And this time, they're leading a Charge of the Love Brigade. This 'charge' isn't the traditional scramble across a muddy, bloody field though, like in the days of yore. This one is a furtive insinuation into the senses of the tuned-in listener. Their fifth record, and fourth 'sound' record -- (the third one was A Protest Against Sound -- an entirely silent LP) -- Charge of the Love Brigade is revolutionary in its own right. Besides being packed with tunes -- super-hits such as 'Black Gold,' 'Last Of The Sellouts,' 'The Rebel Outlaw,' and 'Fire in Malibu,' for example, Charge of the Love Brigade proposes a reformation of the traditional notes and scales; an entire new sound alphabet! That's right, Escape-ism -- the 'act of musical vandalism' -- famous for their development of new prototypes for stomping and smashing, are reforming the scales, chords, and notes (e.g. A, B, F#, etc) that comprise musical literacy to achieve the group's primary aim: the repurposing of music as we know it. Though many musicians of note have operated their instruments with 'alternative tunings,' up until now no one has obliterated tuning absolutely or abolished letter-notes for the destruction of bourgeois society. According to Escape-ism, this will have a very profound effect: 'Music will no longer be cordoned off from the rest of experience as a commodified, specialty freak show, but instead be a pastime which can be practiced and enjoyed -- not only by non-musicians and amateurs -- but also by plant life, wild animals, and even inanimate objects such as rocks.'"
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