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Lenka Clayton
Qaeda Quality Question Quickly Quickly Quiet
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.date Dec-21-2004
.style Speech
.label Accidental
.cat.no. AC14
.source Vinyl
.type Single
.quality VBRkbps 44.1hz Joint-Stereo
.size 26,1 MB
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George W. Bush's State Of The Union Address 2002 (In Alphabetical
Order). 'Nuff said really. There have been quite a few Bush speech
cutups lately (recent efforts by DJ Shadow and Xzibit spring to mind),
but this really is something else. Excellent as a sample tool, or just
as a listen in its own right.
Ripper note: I have carefully merged the A and B side into a single
track to make the transition between the words completely seemless. No
doubt this is how the artist intended the release to be, but due to the
limitations of vinyl, obviously it is not possible.
Boomkat review:
**Please note that when this record was announced by Matthew Herbert's
Accidental label we were shocked to find out that it had been
manufactured in a massively limited edition run of 500 copies only for
the world. We felt that Lenka's work deserved a wider audience (knowing
that this will become an ebay monster in no time at all) and asked
Accidental if they would consider printing up an additional 500 copies
for us to make sure that there were enough copies to go round.
Thankfully Lenka and the super-kind folk at Accidental have agreed and
are making a special run of another 500 copies exclusively for us here
at Boomkat - all hand numbered by Lenka herself.** Be it a labour of
Love or a labour of discontent, Lenka Clayton's "Qaeda Quality Question
Quickly Quickly Quiet" is one of the most painstaking, tireless,
intelligent, noteworthy releases weÆve ever had the pleasure of listing
in our catalogue. Using a recording of George Bush's 2002 State of the
Union address (better known as the 'Axis of Evil' speech), the first
state of the union given after September the 11th, broadcast live to the
American nation from Washington on 29th January 2002. While living in
Berlin, Lenka Clayton took the original 50 minute speech, removed the
dramatic pauses and applause and edited the complete speech into
alphabetical order (18 minutes in total). Apart from the quite
mind-boggling effort and technique applied to the construction of this
recording, what makes it so engrossing and worthy of your deepest
appreciation is the lack of any commentary, though the message is
completely clear. As opposed to other Bush-edits that have been made
over the last few years, LenkaÆs work is not only hugely humorous,
ominous and prophetic, it achieves this without any intentionally
distortive re-arrangement or splicing for effect. The process here is
dictated by the alphabet, the result is massively compelling. To get the
most out of this release you should make use of the beautifully printed
spot-gloss sleeve listing the re-arranged speech in its entirety,
listening to the recording while following the text has proven a very
fruitful, funny, telling experience. The package also comes with a sheet
of images taken from the original speech specially designed for the
construction of a DIY flickbook featuring Bush repeating "Qaeda,
Question, Quickly, Quickly, Quiet". Buy or die.
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01 George W. Bush's State Of The Union Address 2002 20:11
(In Alphabetical Order)
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20:11 min
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