AA.VV. (DPRK)

A Various Artists compilation (DPRK) collecting North Korean radio broadcasts, jingles and rare local records, compiled by Christiaan Virant for release via Sublime Frequencies.

Compilation samples KCNA/Voice of Korea broadcasts, TV themes, military and choral music and rare local records; assembled/curated by Christiaan Virant and released in the Sublime Frequencies catalog (as stated in the provided review).

Compilation of North Korean radio fragments, jingles, TV soundtracks and rare local records assembled by Christiaan Virant and issued via Sublime Frequencies. The review describes a mix of propaganda, folk choruses and pop-like TV themes. The coverage is curious and anthropological in tone; the reviewer gives it a 3/5.

For:Collectors of field recordings, world-music listeners, researchers of propaganda and Korean studies