"America is Waiting" - Byrne/Eno, 1986
This compilation contains funky guitars, drums, and synthesizers accompanied by obscure, indignant radio or television broadcasts. Throughout the sounds we here a robotic "America is Waiting". There are no images or videos with the piece, but the message suggests that America needs to make some sort of change but the content addressed is unclear.
"Get Down, Get Down" - Emergency Broadcast Network, 1995
Both sound excerpts portray a sense of urgency. However, unlike "America is Waiting", this video consists of looping broadcasts, amongst them a short clip before Bud Dwyer's suicide, and a movie clip featuring Harrison Ford, to create a rhythmic audio track. Both pieces are chaotic in nature and could be hard to get into but become more unified as they progress.
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