
Dispepsi

Dispepsi is the eighth album by the American experimental plunderphonics band Negativland. It was released on July 29, 1997, by Seeland Records, Negativland's record label. It is structured as a statement against the major soft drink companies and contains many samples of advertisements from the industry. It is highly praised by critics and often considered one of their best albums by fans.
History.
The album was an attack on the highly competitive soft drink companies Coca-Cola and Pepsi, who are two of many large companies flooding the airwaves with advertisements. The title is a variation of "dyspepsia", which is synonymous with indigestion. The word "Dispepsi" deliberately does not appear anywhere on the album artwork, but a telephone number was set up to provide the proper title. It is scrambled into anagrams including "Pedissip" and "Ideppiss", as the band originally believed they would be sued for trademark infringement if the actual title was shown. Once Pepsi lawyers indicated that they had no intention of suing Negativland, they began referring to it by its actual title. However, on the front artwork, the actual album title could be un-scrambled by reading the red letters in order of their decreasing size, starting with the largest, D, and ending with the smallest, I.
Notes on samples include:
A music video for "The Greatest Taste Around" incorporates clips of Pepsi ads synchronized with the song.