Western Export Culture

Quotation
by Alan Bishop

«Western export culture is a one-way highway shoving itself down the throats of the entire world. The developing nations do not have a reciprocal avenue to fire back at the West, to promote their culture.»

This quote is taken from the Book «Punk Ethnography: Artists & Scholars Listen to Sublime Frequencies» edited 2016 by Michael Vael and Tammy Kim and published by Wesleyan University Press.

Biography

Alan Bishop is an American musician best known for being the bassist and vocalist of experimental rock band Sun City Girls. Alongside Hisham Mayet, Alan Bishop stands together at the helm of a collective of sonic explorers. Their label Sublime Frequencies is responsible for bringing some of the most extraordinary sounds on the planet to wider attention. Through albums of folk and pop; field recordings, films and radio collages they have documented sounds, from Rio De Janiero's «Forbidden Gang Funk» all the way to «Insect Electronica» from Southeast Asia. Follow him on Spotify, and Youtube.

Published on September 09, 2016

Last updated on June 27, 2022

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