Electronic Behavior Control System

It's time to celebrate some revolutionary heroes again. This time, EBN, Emergency Broadcast Network.

EBN was formed around 1991, and gained notoriety soon after by "remixing the gulf war" while the war was still developing. In a way even precipitating Baudrillard's focus on the Gulf War as an entertainment phenomena rather than a real war. Who doesn't remember George Bush mouthing the classic line "we will, we will rock you"?

The gulf war was only a starting point and EBN consciously used media and military technology in their counter cultural assault on consensual reality. Their onslaught hit a nerve in the general public, and soon after the comercialist populists in U2 hired them to help create the stage show for the Zooropa tour and other visuals.

Not only were they radical though, they were also radically talented. In a style reminiscent of Public Enemy mixed with Negativland they constructed landscapes of political soundbites, military jargon, media snippets and funky beats. Their album Telecommunications Breakdown (1995) is an instant classic, and your collection should not be without. Download it (or buy it) and listen to it a few times. That's the least you could do.

I'm going to leave you with a link to my favorite track, by way of youtube,
Electronic Behavior Control System, a track that expertly shows off their method. You gotta love the way they mix Clinton, Bush and Perot into a single unit.(long intro)