J.M.K.E.'s To the Cold Land

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Brigitta Davidjants, Estonia) Davidjants, Brigitta (Researcher, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Fabian Holt

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This book explores the album 'Külmale maale' (To The Cold Land, 1989) by J.M.K.E. – the most legendary punk rock band in Estonia – concentrating on the meaning of the album in different sociocultural contexts from its release until today. In 35 years, the album has not lost its relevance: It was selected by 102 music critics as the best Estonian album of all time in 2014 and is listened to by all generations of punks.The story of J.M.K.E. illustrates the subcultural organization not only in Estonia but in the Soviet Union in general, where pop music and the existence of subculture was more or less censored for 50 years. Broadly, it presents the influential role of pop culture in the transition from a totalitarian society to early capitalism and from subcultural to post-subcultural society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-01-09
Mått126 x 196 x 12 mm
Vikt180 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Serie33 1/3 Europe
Antal sidor160
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9798765103111

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Musiker, sångare och grupper inom Kultur
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

Brigitta Davidjants is a journalist and researcher at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Estonia. She has published countless articles in various Estonian media outlets. In her academic research, she looks at Armenian national identity constructions but now focuses on the marginalities of subcultures. Davidjants has also written fiction and worked for human rights organizations (such as Estonian LGBT Association, Estonian Refugee Council).

1. ‘Jesus Mary, shrieked the hag’: Lyrics, sound, and memoryThe beginning‘To the Cold Land’2. ‘I am the censor!’: Bounded subculturesPrequel: Pop culture under siegePunk arrives in Tallinn!Songs about oppression: Censorship and psychiatry3. To the Cold Land: from war crimes to the fear of disappearanceEscape as a form of protestImmortal sadistsThe fear of disappearance4. ‘They don’t know my name’: pacifistically about anarchismThe butterfly and the atomic bombMilitancy in the sheepskin of pacifismPhosphorite - no thanks!5. ‘Hello Perestroika!’: The Estonian punk movement at its peakPerestroika scepticismHello perestroika!The journey to the album - a view from Finland6. ‘Endless Saturday’: J.M.K.E. in the midst of different ideologiesIllustrationsBibliographyIndex