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By David-Emil Wickström on April 29, 2013
By David-Emil Wickström on 29 April 2013 in
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When drawing on music from far away places musicians have often focused on “otherness” and “difference”. The 3rd volume of the Norient Academic Online Journal (NAOJ) aims to explore these representations that have emerged in the 21st century.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 3. Norient Academic Journal, call for articles, David-Emil Wickström, Jeroen De Kloet, Jesse Wheeler, Julio Mendivil, naoj v3, norient academic online journal, Oliver Seibt, Thomas Burkhalter |
By Norient on January 9, 2013
By Norient on 9 January 2013 in
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Das erste Norient-Buch diskutiert Zeitfragen und Trends im globalisierten Musikschaffen zwischen Europa, Afrika, Lateinamerika, Asien und den USA.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged 2012, Africa, Afrofunk, Ali Al Deek, Alois Lüönd, Alpentöne, Ana Tijoux, Anja Brunner, Aubrey Edwards, Barbara Mürdter, Beirut, Ben Harbert, Benedikt Sartorius, Bikutsi, Cameroon, Cumbia, daggering, dance, David Rovics, Die Antwoord, DJ Marcelle, Dossier World Music 2.0, Duboka Ilegala, Ethnomusicology, Field Notes, Filastine, Flurina Rothenberger, FOKN Bois, Free Pussy, Ghana, globalization, Grey Filastine, grime, Highlife, Hip Hop, Hiplife, Hyperpop, Indonesia, Irtijal Festival, Jamaica, Jay Retludge, Jeremy Wallach, Joahnnes Rühl, Julio Mendivil, Kadebostany, Karin Scheidegger, Kink Gong, Laurent Jeannau, London Riots 2011, Marcel Ötiker, Mario Venzago, Milena Krstic, Moses Iten, Mosibuebä, Musiqa Sha'biyya, National Fanfare of Kadebostany, Neo-Tropicália, Neue Volksmusik, New Orleans, New Wave Cumbia, New Wave Dabké, Norient012, Occupy, Outhere Records, Perreo, Philipp Rhensius, Popular Music Studies, Portia Seddon, Pussy Riot, record digging, Refpolk, Retromania, Sampling, Schweiz, Selina Novak, Senegal, Shayna Silverstein, Shonegrad O'Connor, Sissy Bounce, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Sookee, Stefan Franzen, Stubete am See, Syria, Tanya Traboulsy, Tanz dich frei, Taraf de Haïdouks, Theresa Beyer, Thomas Burkhalter, Thomas Haferlach, Togo, Traversion, Voodoohop, Vuvuzela, Wayne Marshall, Weltmusik, Weltmusik 2.0, Wildlife, Woody Guthrie, World Music 2.0 |
By Thomas Burkhalter on December 18, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 December 2012 in
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This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music in Beirut.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Abu Arab, Aks’ser, Arab World, Assy Rahbani, Ayat, Beirut, Bellydance, Charbel Haber, Charbel Rouhana, Civil War, Cynthia Zaven, digitalization, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Elias Rahbani, ethnography, Ethnomusicology, Exoticism, Fairuz, Garo Gdanian, Ghada Shbeir, globalization, Hizbullah, Joelle Khoury, Katibe 5, Khaled al-Habre, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mahmoud Refat, Mahmoud Turkmani, Mansour Rahbani, Marc Codsi, Marcel Khalife, Mashrou’ Leila, Mazen Kerbaj, Munma, Muslimgauze, Norient, Paed Conca, Popular Music Studies, Praed, Propaganda, Psychedelic Music, Raed Yassin, Rayess Bek, Raymond Azoury, Ruptured Sessions, Sabah, Scrambled Eggs, Sharif Sehnaoui, Soap Kills, Tarab, Tarek Atoui, The Arcane, The Kordz, The New Government, The Sea-ders, Thomas Burkhalter, Toufic Succar, Trauma, Weeping Willow, World Music 2.0, Yasmine Hamdan, Zad Moultaka, Zeid Hamdan, Ziad Sahhab, Ziyad Rahbani, Ziyad Sahhab |
By Irina Cvijanović on November 26, 2012
By Irina Cvijanović on 26 November 2012 in
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The Macedonian songs «Raise Up Your Hand» shows how traditional Roma music is used in electronic dance music today.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Balkans, Brass Bands, cross-cultural communication, electronic dance music, Electronic Music, Esma Redžepova, Ethnomusicology, Hip Hop, intermusicality, Kiril Džajkovski, Kočani orchestra, Macedonia, new sound spaces, Performance, performing organism(s), Popular Music Studies, Ras Tweed, Reggae, Roma, Roma music, Serbia, Serdžuk orchestra, the Balkans, travelling concpets |
By Norient on October 8, 2012
By Norient and David-Emil Wickström on 8 October 2012 in
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The Norient academic online journal offers peer-reviewed cross-cultural (case) studies of diverse aesthetical approaches to music and sound in our increasingly transnational and digitalized world.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged norient academic online journal |
By Sarah Ross on September 7, 2012
By Sarah Ross on 7 September 2012 in
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Die Geschichte des jiddischen Tangos ist eine Geschichte der Anpassung, der Grenzverschiebung und -überwindung. Aus den Einwanderer-Quartieren in Buenos Aires reiste er ans New York Yiddish Theatre und bald auch nach Europa.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Abraham Brudno, Abraham Ellstein, Alberto Gerchunoff, Argentinien, Brodman-Alfaro Sextett, Buenos Aires, Candide, Eduardo Makaroll, Franz Ruttner, Gauchos, Hermann Jablokow, Jacob Kalichs, Jevel Katz, Jiddischer Tango, Jose Schumajer, Juan Carlos Cohan, Katriel Brydo, Klezmer, Llioca Czackis, Max Perlman, Molly Piccon, Mordechaj Gebirtig, Mosesville, Moshe Broderson, New York, Orquesta Tipica Bachicha, Osteuropa, Pablo Aslan, Philippe Cohen-Solal, Pinchas Goldfarb, Pole Paul Godwin, Rikle Gleser, Shmerke Kaczerginski, Tango, Tango Argentino, Yiddish Tango, Zully Goldfarb |
By Marcus Maeder on August 8, 2012
By Marcus Maeder on 8 August 2012 in
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Mit Impulsen aus der Performance-Kunst und dem Klangbewusstsein von Industrial, New Wave und Elektropop wurde elektronische Musik auch in der Schweiz Teil der Popkultur. Teil I: Geschichte und Kontext.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Acid, Acid-House, Alvin Lucier, Amon Düül, Andres Bosshard, Andy Guhl, Arvo Pärt, Autonomes Jugendzentrum AJZ, Berlin, Bernhard Günter, Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Chris Carter, Christian Marclay, Cluster, Coil, Cosey Fanny Tutti, COUM Transmissions, cultural studies, Dada, DAF, Death Factory, Depeche Mode, der Plan, Die Form, Donna Summer, Düsseldorf, EBM, Einstürzende Neubauten, Elektropop, Ernst Thoma, experimentelle Musik, Fad Gadget, Franziska Lingg, Freejazz, G*Park, Genesis P-Orridge, Giorgio Moroder, Grauzone, Günter Müller, György Ligeti, Hafler Trio, Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Iannis Xenakis, Industrial, Industrial Records, Jaques Widmer, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, London, Luc Ferraris, Luigi Nono, Magda Vogel, Mani Neumeier, Mark Terkessidis, Matterhorn Project, Monte Cazzaza, Musicstore 2000, Musique Concrète, Nachtluft, Neofolk, Neue Deutsche Welle, Neue Musik, New Order, New Wave, Nitzer Ebb, Noise, Organum, P16.D4, Peter Christopherson, Philipp Glass, Pierre Schaeffer, Pop, Popkultur, Post-Industrial, Punk, Ralf Wehowsky, Ratinger Hof, Rock, Rote Fabrik, Selektion, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Sound, Stephan Eicher, StuZ, Tangerine Dream, Techno, Thomas Groetz, Throbbing Gristle, Tom Holert, Touch el Arab, Unknownmix, Voice Crack, Yello, Young Gods, Zoviet*France |
By Norient on July 16, 2012
By Norient on 16 July 2012 in
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“Down to the Underground: Popular Music and Society in Central Europe” is the title of the new book by EastBound. Norient wants to make you curious about reading it online for free and posts the abstracts and videos related to its contents.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged abstracts, Botond Vitos, Central Europe, cultural studies, Czech Republic, Down to the Underground: Popular Music and Society in Central Europe, East Europe, EastBound, Ethnomusicology, Gábor Vályi, Gergő Havadi, Hungary, IASPM, Indie, Jazz, media studies, Psytrance, R. Emília Barna, Slovakia, sociology of music, subcultures, Tamás Tófalvy, Trever Hagen, Vinyl, Zuzana Kepplova |
By David-Emil Wickström on May 23, 2012
By David-Emil Wickström on 23 May 2012 in
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From bikutsi over funk carioca and gospel to the urban soundscapes of mp3-blogs this issue presents four fascinating articles spanning fieldwork in Germany, Ghana, Cameroon, Brazil and the virtual mp3-blogsphere.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged cosmopolitanism, Global Ghettotech, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, reflexive ethnography |
By Anja Brunner on May 23, 2012
By Anja Brunner on 23 May 2012 in
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Encountering Cameroonian Pop Music in Yaoundé and the Challenge of Similarity. // In this paper, Bikutsi pop is discussed within the framework of collective “aesthetic cosmopolitanism” as proposed by Motti Regev.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged aesthetic cosmopolitanism, Africa, Beti, Bikutsi, Cameroon, cosmopolitanism, K-Tino, Lady Ponce, Majoie, Majoie Ayi, Motti Regev, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, World Music |
By Florian Carl on May 23, 2012
By Florian Carl on 23 May 2012 in
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Ghanaian Gospel Music, Born-Again Christianity, and the Nonconformity of the Ethnographer. // This discussion of the gospel phenomenon in Ghana will be framed by a critical reflection on ethnomusicological methodology.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Africa, Christianity, ethnography, Ghana, gospel, gospel highlife, Highlife, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, Pentecostal, Popular Music |
By Portia Seddon on May 23, 2012
By Portia Seddon on 23 May 2012 in
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Within the past decade, African-, Latin American-, and Caribbean-centered popular music weblogs have emerged as complex mediated spaces of cultural debate and transformation. // Notes on the Ethnography of Mediated Music.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged aesthetics, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Brian Shimkovitz, digital ethnography, DJ Chief Boima, Dossier South Africa, Dossier World Music 2.0, ethnography, ghettotech, Global Ghettotech, MP3, MP3 blogs, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, Reccord Digging, record digging, Soundscapes, South Africa, Strut Records, Urban Music, Wayne Marshall, World Music 2.0 |
By Gregory Scruggs on May 23, 2012
By Gregory Scruggs and Alexandra Lippman on 23 May 2012 in
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Re-Sounding Space For a New Rio de Janeiro. // As an anthropologist and urban planning researcher with specialties in music and sound, we have combined our backgrounds to examine the politics of reconstructing soundscapes in Rio de Janeiro.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Brazil, Dossier World Music 2.0, funk carioca, Ghetto Culture, Global Ghettotech, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, Rio de Janeiro, Soundscapes, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on April 19, 2012
By Norient on 19 April 2012 in
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Notions of Prospective Musics in Utopian Movies and Literature. – Call for Articles for norient academic journal Vol. II.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged call for articles, norient academic online journal |
By David-Emil Wickström on January 30, 2012
By David-Emil Wickström on 30 January 2012 in
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In order to maintain a consistent style within the Norient Academic Online Journal these submission guidelines should be followed.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged norient academic online journal, style sheet |
By Norient on December 26, 2011
By Marc Dietrich and Martin Seeliger on 26 December 2011 in
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Zur Inszenierung von deutschen Rappern im Spannungsfeld von kultureller Tradition und politischem Diskurs. – «Bitte erzählt mir nix von Gangstarap, meine Jungs da draußen würden 50 Cent erstechen.»
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 4 4 da mess, 50 Cent, A-zad, afro-american culture, Aggro Berlin, Azad, Bambi, Boogie Down Productions, Bushido, Conscious Rap, Da Fource, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Gangsta-Rap, Gangster, Ghetto Culture, ghetto tech, Global Ghettotech, globalization, Hip Hop, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Migration, Mobb Deep, Moses P, N.W.A., Niggaz With Attitude, PA Sports, prostitution, Public Enemy, Rap, Realness, Schoolly D, Snoop Dogg, USA, Violence, Warheit, weapons, Westside Connection |
By Norient on November 21, 2011
By Norient on 21 November 2011 in
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The Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology (PRE) changed its name to Ethnomusicology Review (EMR). The articles are online. Read this in-depth study of Congotronics bands like Konono No 1.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Africa, Congo, Congotronics, Dossier World Music 2.0, EMR, Ethnomusicology Review, UCLA, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on June 6, 2011
By Stefanie Alisch and Nadine Siegert on 6 June 2011 in
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This article explores the role of Kuduro, the popular Angolan electronic music and dance style in the process of updating the national Angolan identity called angolanidade to the conditions of the new millennium.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Africa, Agostinho Neto, Angola, Angolanidade, António Ole, Batida, Brazil, Buraka Som Sistema, carnival, dance, DJ Mpula, DJ Sebem, Dog Murras, Dossier World Music 2.0, Frédéric Galliano, Gerhard Kubik, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, Ikonoklasta, Jorge António, Killamu, kizomba, kuduro, Kuduro - Fogo no Museke, Kwame Appiah, Les Princes de Kuduro, Lisbon, M.I.A, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Marissa Moorman, Muana Po, Ngola Ritmos, O ritmo do Ngola Ritmos, Portugal, Puto Prata, Radio Fazuma, Rainha Ginga, semba, Tony Amado, Viriato da Cruz, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on May 4, 2011
By Jeroen Groenewegen on 4 May 2011 in
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After twenty years of frustration and marginality, Zuoxiao Zuzhou recently reinvented himself as trickster and became a cult-hero.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Ai Weiwei, Asia, Badhead, Beijing, Beijing East Village, China, Cui Jian, Gu Changwei, Jia Zhang-ke, Li Zhanyang, Modern Sky, Rock Music, sheng, Wang Xufang, Xie Tianxiao, Yang Fudong, Yang Shaobin, Zuoxiao Zuzhou |
By Norient on March 29, 2011
By Norient on 29 March 2011 in
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«Wanbani»: Die neue CD von Kamilya Jubran und Werner Hasler ist das eindrückliche Resultat einer langjährigen Zusammenarbeit.
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By Michael Spahr on February 9, 2011
By Michael Spahr on 9 February 2011 in
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Nikos Papastergiadis speaks about the globalization of culture and its meaning for people and institutions involved in the world of the arts.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged art, art and the contemporary imaginary, digitalization, globalization, Nikos Papastergiadis, trans-cultural, Transcultural flows |
By Thomas Burkhalter on January 27, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 27 January 2011 in
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Musiker aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika formulieren selbstbewusste nach-koloniale Positionen. Ihre Parodien auf Exotika und der Fokus auf Gewalt zeigen aber: Alte Abhängigkeiten haben weiterhin Bestand.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Adham Hafez, Avant-Garde, baile funk, baltimore club, beat research, Beatniks, Beirut, Cairo, Charbel Haber, Checkpoint 303, Cumbia, Cynthia Zaven, detroit ghettotech, Die Antwoord, digitalization, Diplo, DJ Rupture, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Dubsided, dubstep, Exotica, Favela Chic, Gazelle, Ghislain Poirier, glitch, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, globalization, grime, Halim al-Daph, Hassan Khan, Jagwa, K'Naan, Kode 9, kuduro, kwaito, Luigi Russolo, M.I.A, Mad Decent, Mahmoud Refat, Major Lazer, Man Recordings, Mazen Kerbaj, Music 2.0, Nortec, Omar Souleyman, Osman Arabi, Outhere Records, Pastiche, postcolonial, postmodern, Raed Yassin, Ramsi Lehner, reggaeton, Schlachthofbronx, Scrambled Eggs, Secousse, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, Steve Goodman, Tam Tam Motherland, Tarek Atoui, Tashweesh, Terry Lynn, The Hardcore Continuum, Thementage2012, UK Funky, Veit Erlmann, War, Wayne Marshall, Werner Jauk, Wildlife, World Music 2.0 |
By David-Emil Wickström on January 15, 2011
By David-Emil Wickström on 15 January 2011 in
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Norient is looking for academic articles on popular music in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This call for articles will result in the first volume and issue of the norient academic online journal.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged call for articles, norient academic online journal |
By David-Emil Wickström on June 29, 2010
By David-Emil Wickström on 29 June 2010 in
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David-Emil Wickström, by drawing on his fieldwork in St. Petersburg, discusses the emergence and practice of reggae and ska in St. Petersburg (Russia) from the perspective of transcultural flows.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Ackee Ma-Ma Urban Reggae Band, Europe, Leningrad, Post-Soviet popular music, Reggae, Reggistan, Russia, Ska, Ska-punk, St. Petersburg, Svoбода/Svoboda, Transcultural flows, Ulf Hannerz |
By Norient on June 1, 2010
By Norient on 1 June 2010 in
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Der Transcript-Verlag macht einen grossen Teil der veröffentlichten Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung kostenlos im Volltext verfügbar.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged ASPM, Popular Music, Popular Music Studies |
