EBN
    Telecommunication Breakdown

    EBN call themselves a multi-media group and have a reputation for making off-the-wall, audio-video presentations (they made the puppet-like George Bush singing We Will Rock You on U2's Zoo-TV tour). This CD is no exception and features lots of scratch video taken from thousands of hours of US TV broadcasts.

    The (thankfully) sax-less Bill Clinton
    on Telecommunication Breakdown
    Telecommunication Breakdown is nicely packaged in a long gate-fold sleeve, and there is even a Macintosh floppy disk for buyers without a CD-ROM drive - a nice touch . This is a Track Zero disc and so there is no track one data to worry your music CD player. The CD-ROM data can be played on Mac or PC drives and QuickTime is the preferred software video format.

    The audio tracks last for over 70 minutes and the CD-ROM data includes an interactive video wall and three videos. The video wall consists of a matrix of 16 tiny TV screens which you can click on to see a full screen presentation (Bill Clinton makes a guest appearance in several of them). There's a good help guide and it's very easy to find your way around the disc.

    If you have nothing to do, why
    not sit in front of the EBN test card?
    The music is best described as ambient/techno and the video presentations are fast-moving, in-your-face productions. You'll either love it or hate it, but you certainly won't be able to ignore it.

    Verdict: A good package and an interesting concept. The price is very reasonable and a lot of care has gone into the production.


  • Sarah McLachlan
    The Freedom Sessions
  • The Cranberries
    Doors and Windows
  • Various
    Don't Play Track One
  • The Duratti Column
    Sex and Death
  • Mike Oldfield
    The Songs Of Distant Earth
  • Nyack
    11 Track Player
  • The editors choice
  • The technology