Government Criminal by Mazzy Dee x Coldcut x The People’s Assembly

Hitting the earwaves just in time for the UK General Election 2024, this is a belting slice of agit-pop aimed to end the sorry affair with our current criminal Government. It’s a Motown-style ska belter in a kindof crazy mashup with Betty O’Brien’s 7” ‘She’ll Be Gone’

Vocalist Mazzy Dee rocks it out at the house of original dancefloor hooligans Coldcut. Mazzy is a long-term Extinction Rebellion strong activist voice who sings with Orchestrated Discontent. The tune picks up where Coldcut's 2001 'Re:volution' left off. It seems the lunatics have STILL taken over the asylum, with the 2 major parties taking it in turns to fuck the UK more completely then ever. But its the last bitter 13 years of Tory torture which means the message ‘Government Criminals- Please Be Gone’ must be heard celebrated danced to and shouted by the massive.

So, if this Government do duck off, what then? XR and the Brian Eno-convened Hard Art crew of which Matt is a member have an answer: People’s Assemblies. An alternative to the Houses of co-opted Commons and Lords which have failed the people in these trying times. ‘We know what to do, we’ll take it from here, thank you for your help, now disappear’ sums it up.

The quote from 1691s Bill of Rights (look up your history, we had to, too) states that all magistry and authority proceeds FROM THE PEOPLE. Something which these Tory grandees with their bullying assault on people’s protest rights have conveniently forgotten.

Last word ‘And take your corporate lobbyists with you’- who voted for lobbyists paid to pour poison into the ears of our elected reps? No-one but the corp-rats. Who no doubt are helping the ..uh...high cocaine levels in Westminster’s loos.. Coldcut propose mandatory drug testing for all politicians, as its their job to pilot the country. Would any MPs vote for that? humm…

Released on Ninja Tune sub-label Ahead of Our Time, with a surreal 1min viral clip to illustrate, ‘Government Criminal’ might not be quite as great a track as say The Specials ‘Gangsters’ but it comes from a parallel universe where pop can call on corruption and dance round it. Change is coming…

Most people come into music, do the same thing for a few years, slowly sink back into obscurity and spend the rest of their life collecting publishing royalties and re-forming for tribute tours. Their biographies can afford to be quite short – most of us aren’t that interested in golf or angling.