Comments on: Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble performs "Our Factory's Girls"

By: buddhamachine

buddhamachine — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:53:00 +0000

for fans of this “genre”, check out a full album-length mix of the stuff i did a few years back for the label Sublime Frequencies…

http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/item.asp?Item_id=26&cd=Radio-Pyongyang:-Commie-Funk-and-Agit-Pop-from-the-Hermit-Kingdom

By: unaboomer

unaboomer — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:24:00 +0000

I’m a huge fan of PEE. When I’m working late at the factory sometimes me and the other guys get together and let its warmness course down our bodies at high volumes.

I can honestly say that PEE is the best thing to come out of an organ in years.

By: howaboutthisdangit

howaboutthisdangit — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:50:00 +0000

According to Wikipedia, they have released over 150 CDs as of 2007. It takes a special group to be that prolific while still remaining fresh and innovative.

I hear this track is at the top of Dennis Rodman’s playlist.

By: Jonathan Badger

Jonathan Badger — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:47:00 +0000

Is there some kind of rule that says all music made in dictatorships shall be played on Hammond E-100 knockoffs?

It’s more like how the aesthetic sense of isolated dictatorships tends to resemble that of the West of decades past. Compare the East German Trabant, which ignoring the shoddy build quality, rather resembles Western cars of the 1950s and 1960s, despite being made into the early 1990s.

By: DJ Hatfield

DJ Hatfield — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:31:00 +0000

i’m thinking that this sonic dreck fuels a counterdesire–probably provided amply on black markets–for mandopop and kpop from the south. just sayin’

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:13:00 +0000

It reminds me of a tape of ‘pop music’ produced by BYU I had as a kid; like it has that Lawrence Welk quality to it.

By: Thomas Houlberg

Thomas Houlberg — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:18:00 +0000

It seems to lack a certain panache… perhaps they could try adding a hint of reverberation.

By: JohnQPublic

JohnQPublic — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:09:00 +0000

holy crap. Why would you want to (re)-unite with that country? I wouldn’t even invite them to brunch!

By: gorfulator

gorfulator — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:40:00 +0000

My eyes mroisten when I hear this resplendent ballad ….

By: Paul Holt

Paul Holt — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:38:00 +0000

Blow your mind with Reunification Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jhre5q9fzg

By: Paul Holt

Paul Holt — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:33:00 +0000

No I just gotta turn it way up and go for a third. This is DPRK’s answer to Gangnam Style!

By: Paul Holt

Paul Holt — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:27:00 +0000

I’m on my second time through, waving my arms back and forth while sitting in my office chair, filled with love for Beloved Leader.

By: SophieMerry

SophieMerry — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:27:00 +0000

Well, Dick, it has a catchy tune and you can dance to it; I’ll give it a 75.

By: mindfu

mindfu — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:59:00 +0000

I lasted 24 seconds. Anyone else?

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:13:00 +0000

His master’s voice.

By: millie fink

millie fink — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:23:00 +0000

Sadly, you also remind of his written comment, while looking at a crowd of South Korean protesters, that “they really DO all look alike.”

By: spacedmonkey

spacedmonkey — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:21:00 +0000

The E-100 knockoff is an acceptable alternative to bombastic symphonic arrangements of traditional songs selected to express your nationalist fervor.

By: peregrinus

peregrinus — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:11:00 +0000

… oh, and yes, the rule for PRNK NKPD KPDR North Korea is “if you don’t use a Hammond E-100 knockoff, you will be selected as the failsafe manual-operation mechanism for the Republic’s Glory in ensuring its nuclear weapon test proceeds smoothly”

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:11:00 +0000

Do the masses make passes at girls who wear glasses?

By: peregrinus

peregrinus — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:07:00 +0000

Isn’t this the french entry to the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest? I’m sure I remember Terry Wogan commenting on the more oriental aspects of the composition.

By: Nell Anvoid

Nell Anvoid — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:01:00 +0000

Can’t get it out of my head.

By: Werther deGoethe

Werther deGoethe — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:58:00 +0000

I give it a ten because it’s got juche and I can dance to it.

By: Mark_Frauenfelder

Mark_Frauenfelder — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:46:00 +0000

Wikipedia: "They have been reported to be one of the country's most popular groups, although other critics have questioned what it means for a group to be popular in a country where the only music legally available comes from the few state-sanctioned musicians."

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:43:00 +0000

The second slide proves that the DPRK is still number one in the world in production of really, really big noodles.

By: saint_al

saint_al — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:41:00 +0000

Pass the ear bleach, please. Image at 1:00 made me recall P.J. O’Rourke’s comment “Commies love concrete”.

By: MarteGracia

MarteGracia — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:29:00 +0000

The Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble is fucking fantastic. My favorite song of theirs has to be “Reunification Rainbow” It even adds a killer electric guitar solo.