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By Norient on May 16, 2013
By Norient on 16 May 2013 in
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The two day festival “Lusotronics“ in Berlin celebrates the digital, urban music lifestyles of the four main countries of the Portugese speaking world: Angola, Brasil, Mozambique and Portugal. Not to be missed!
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Angola, baile funk, Batida, Belém, Bonde Do Rolê, Brazil, Cibelle, Dama Do Bling, Daniel Haaksman, DJ Comrade, DJ Marfox, Edu K, Funana, Gretchen, João Brasil, ku house, kuduro, Lisbon, Man Recordings, Maputo, Portugal, Rio de Janeiro, Tecno Brega, Throes & The Shine, Titica |
By Theresa Beyer on May 14, 2013
By Theresa Beyer on 14 May 2013 in
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In der Gemeinde Entlebuch im Kanton Luzern wird Volksmusik in zahlreichen Musikvereinen und in 17 Jodelklubs gepflegt. Einer davon ist der 1932 gegründete Jodelklub Schüpfheim, der seit 1984 von Bernadette Roos-Stadelmann dirigiert wird.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Äschlismatter Jodlerterzett, Bernadette Roos-Stadelmann, Eidgenössischer Jodlerverband, Entlebuch, Jodel, Jodelklub Schüpfheim, Robert Fellmann, Schüpfheim, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, UNESCO, Volksmusik, Zentralschweizerischer Jodlerverband |
By Frank Von Niederhäusern on May 8, 2013
By Frank Von Niederhäusern and Giulia Meier on 8 May 2013 in
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Hören statt schauen: Die Ausstellung «tü ta too» im Zürcher Landesmuseum präsentiert Klänge aus der Sammlung der Fonoteca Svizzera in Lugano – zu deren 25. Geburtstag. Ein Bericht in Bild und Ton.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Archiv, Erika Hebeisen, Fonoteca, Hörspiel, Immaterielles Kulturerbe, Landesmuseum, Nationalphonothek, Pio Pellizzari, Radio Bern RaBe, Schweiz, Schweizer Nationalphonothek, sound art, Soundscape, Subkutan, UNESCO, Zurich |
By Norient on April 19, 2013
By Norient on 19 April 2013 in
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Chicha Libre aus Brooklyn spielt die peruanische Cumbia mit den kalifornischen Surf-Gitarrensounds der 1970er Jahre. Eine Band für Retro-Fans.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 1970s, Barbès Records, Chicha, Chicha Libre, Cumbia, Latinamerica, Peru, Psychedelic Music, Retro, Retromania |
By Christopher Kirkley on April 12, 2013
By Christopher Kirkley on 12 April 2013 in
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Mammane Sanni Abdoulaye played the possibly first synth organ in Niger and recorded his only album in 1978. Christopher Kirkley from Sahelsounds not only found one of the rare copies in an archive in Niamey, he also found Mammane himself.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Aftrica, arcade, archive, avantgarde, cfpm, Electronic, Mammane, mammane sani, Mammane Sanni Abdoulaye, niamey, niger, organ, Orlo, Sahel, synth, terryriley, tuareg |
By Tanya Traboulsi on April 9, 2013
By Tanya Traboulsi on 9 April 2013 in
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Photography from Irtijal 2013, our favorite festival for experimental music in the Middle East. Plus two comments by festival co-organizer and musician Sharif Sehnaoui.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Alexandre St-Onge, Alvise Seggi, Anthony Von Seck, Arab World, Balazs Pandi, Beirut, Dao, Dossier Arab World, Gert-Jan Prins, Irtijal Festival, Jim Quilty, Lebanon, Lukas Ligeti, Mazen Kerbaj, Miles, Omar Dewachi, Osman Arabi, Paed Conca, Piero Bittolo Bon, Rabih Beaini, Sam Shalabi, shalabi effect, Sharif Sehnaoui, Thomas Burkhalter, Tommaso Cappellato, Upperground Orchestra, Will Eizlini |
By Theresa Beyer on March 29, 2013
By Theresa Beyer on 29 March 2013 in
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Manuel de Falla aus dem andalusischen Cádiz fällt aus dem Kanon der europäischen Kunstmusik. Sein Ruf scheint sich nach wie vor an dem zu orientieren, was Kritiker vor 100 Jahren für zeitgemäss und «spanisch» hielten.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Cante Jondo, Claude Debussy, Concurso del Cante Jondo, Federico García Lorca, Flamenco, generación del '98, Igor Stravinsky, Interlaken Classics, Kunstmusik, Manuel de Falla, Maurice Ravel, Nationalmusik, Sergei Diaghilew, Spanien, Traditional music, Volksmusik |
By Milena Krstic on March 26, 2013
By Milena Krstic and Norient on 26 March 2013 in
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Auf einer Reise durch Afrika hat die in Berlin lebende Schweizghanaerin Joy Frempong Tonextrakte gesammelt, die sie auf ihrem 2. Album «Kokokyinaka» seziert.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged bee-flat, Berlin, Bern, Burkina Faso, Creaked Records, Filewile, Ghana, Joy Frempong, Lleluja-Ha, Mali, Oy, Radio Bern RaBe, Sonic Traces, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, «Kokokyinaka» |
By Daniel Künzler on March 19, 2013
By Daniel Künzler on 19 March 2013 in
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Kenyan musician Bamzigi was flying ahead of the current electronic dance music craze from South Africa and Angola. However, his eclectic mix Mizuka resonates more abroad than in Kenya where he is not invited for performances.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 3050 Muzik, Africa, Bamzigi, Global Ghettotech, Harrison Munio, Mizuka, Mombasa, Necessary Noize, Transnationalism, Wawesh, World Music 2.0 |
By Milena Krstic on March 15, 2013
By Milena Krstic on 15 March 2013 in
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Die Band Skip & Die lässt Elektro mit Volksmusik aus aller Welt kollidieren – und will damit die Apokalypse verhindern. Kann das mehr als nur gut gemeint sein?
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Amsterdam, baile funk, Balkan-Beat, Cata Pirata, Catarina Aimée Dahms, Cumbia, Electro, Johannesburg, Jori Collignon, Manu Chao, Skyp & Die, South Africa, Südafrika, World Music 2.0 |
By Regula Gattiker on February 26, 2013
By Regula Gattiker and Ricardo Torres on 26 February 2013 in
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Les Voy a Contar la Historia is a sonorous and audiovisual compilation of the historical memory of the farmer community of Las Pavas, Colombia – sung and told by its main characters.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Colombia, Edwin Torres, Ethnomusicology, intangible cultural heritage, Las Pavas, Latin America, Les Voy a Contar la Historia, Orlando Ospino, «El monchi Pavero» |
By Norient on January 18, 2013
By Norient on 18 January 2013 in
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Das 4. Norient Musikfilm Festivals nahm sein Publikum mit nach New Orleans, in die Black-Metal-Abgründe nach Norwegen, nach Bulgarien und in die imaginäre Republik Kadebostany. Ein nicht ganz nostalgiefreier Rückblick.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell, bee-flat, Big Freedia, Bounce, Bury The Hatchet, Chalga, Children of the Bible, Club Bonsoir, Desi Slava, Documentary Film, Duboka Ilegala, Gay Culture, GayBern, Jeremy Cool Habasch, Kadebostan, Kadebostany, Kino der Reitschule Bern, Liquid Land, Little-Big, Metal, Miz Mockingbird, Motherland Soundsystem, National Fanfare of Kadebostany, Nebojsa Despotovic, Norient 012, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Out of the Absurdity of Life. Globale Musik., Queer, r3s3t, Renee Moncada, Satanism, Tam Tam Motherland, Trash, Until the Light Takes Us, Wildlife, Yassen Grigorov |
By Thomas Burkhalter on January 5, 2013
By Thomas Burkhalter on 5 January 2013 in
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Eine kleine Geschichte des Norient Netzwerks – oder: Eine kleine Vor-Geschichte auf das 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, das vom 10.1-13.1.2013 in Bern stattfindet.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Balkan, Balkan Beats, Banda, Disco Palma, Lö Trösenbeck, Mexico, Michael Pfister, Müslüm, Norient, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Taste, Technobanda, Traversion |
By Louis Schornoz on January 2, 2013
By Louis Schornoz on 2 January 2013 in
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Früher stellte man sich den Heavy-Fan auf dem Lande männlich vor, weiss, zwischen 14 und 18 Jahre alt, geistig etwas minderbemittelt, sozial auffällig. … Gedanken zur Metal-Kultur.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Manowar, Metal, Taste, Van Halen |
By Pierre Hecker on December 24, 2012
By Pierre Hecker on 24 December 2012 in
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Im portugiesischen Wallfahrtsort Fátima denkt Pierre Hecker über die Verstörungen der Öffentlichkeit gegenüber Black Metal nach – mit spannenden Literaturtipps!
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Bathory, Black Metal, Caroline Lucas, Celtic Frost, Fátima, Karl Spracklen, Keith Kahn-Harris, Laura Wiebe Taylor, Metal, Mikael Sarelin, Portugal, religion, Satanism, Venom |
By Michael Spahr on November 22, 2012
By Michael Spahr on 22 November 2012 in
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Two Australians send Cumbia to the moon and back. New album and new video clip by the Cumbia Cosmonauts.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Australia, Cumbia, Cumbia Cosmonauts, Cumbia Electrónica, Melbourne, Moses Iten |
By Eckehard Pistrick on November 6, 2012
By Eckehard Pistrick on 6 November 2012 in
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Zwei neue Alben zeigen zwei unterschiedliche Bearbeitungsformen von Soundscape-Aufnahmen: Das Porträt eines Hupen-Orchesters aus Accra oder ein mystisches Klangkunstwerk aus flüchtigen und ewigen Sounds von den Schwarzmeerküsten.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Accra, Black Sea, Bulgarien, Dossier Soundscape, Ethnomusicology, Georgien, Ghana, Jazz, Klanganthropologie, Klangkunst, Krim, La Drivers Union Por Por Group, Medea, Medea-Collection from the Black Sea, Musikethnologie, New York, Por por, Rumänien, Russland, Schwarzes Meer, sound art, Soundscapes, Soundwalk, Soundwalk Collective, Steven Feld, Türkei, Ukraine, USA, VoxLox |
By Christian Werthschulte on October 25, 2012
By Christian Werthschulte on 25 October 2012 in
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Schwule im HipHop – das war mal ein Tabu. Nun geht eine neue Generation queerer Rapperinnen und Rapper an den Start – offensiv und glamourös. Im Unterschied zu den Anfängen des Queer-Rap sind diese Musikerinnen und Musiker viel sichtbarer.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged A Rocky, Barack Obama, Global Bass, House, Jay-Z, Kingdom, kuduro, Le1f, Lil'B, Mad Decent, Mykki Blanko, Nas, Nguzunguzu, Pick up the mic, Q-Boy, Queer, Queer Rap, Sookee, Titica, Trap, Venus X, Yo Majesty!, Zebra Katz |
By Thomas Burkhalter on October 21, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 21 October 2012 in
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Duboka Ilegala (“Deep Illegal”) perform trash-hop, a genre that mixes low and dark, live played trip-hop, with symbols and markers of Serbian trash-turbo culture.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Andrija Pavlović, Belgrade, Biftek Zdravkovic, Duboka Ilegala, Nebojsa Despotovic, Parody, Serbia, ShazaLaKazoo, SKC Radio, Sobot Suhi, Studio Shtayga, Trash, Trash Hop, Turbo Folk |
By Pan An on October 12, 2012
By Pan An on 12 October 2012 in
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It was almost 17 years ago, when techno and electronic music arrived in Athens. Many years in a row, «the new genre» and contemporary subculture was shaking the night life of Athens, where until today there is always a desire for a creative escapism.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Astron bar, Athens, Breakbeat, Breakcore, coti K, Drum'n'Bass, dubstep, Electronic Music, Greece, ION, Jungle, n-drop recordings, Rave, Stereo Nova, Techno, trance, UK |
By Mark Duffett on September 24, 2012
By Mark Duffett on 24 September 2012 in
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Fans celebrate the unwrapping of the new Elvis Presley box “A Boy From Tupelo” on YouTube.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged A Boy from Tupelo, collectors, Elvis, Ernst Jogenson, Fan Culture, Fans, Mark Duffet |
By Thomas Burkhalter on September 17, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 17 September 2012 in
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Producer and DJ Faisal M Khan started the Facebook-organized platform «Dhaka Electronica Scene». In the interview he and his musical combatants are talking about the fast-growing network and the search for an identity of a young scene.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Asia, Asian electronica, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bhangra, Buy More Incense, DES, Dhaka, Dhaka Electronica Scene, Explorations, Fahad Zaman, Faisal M Khan, Farzan Hassan, India, Indian Beat music, Live Square, Omer Nashaad, SAE College, Sathil Rahman, Sunburn Festival, The ‘B’ Regiment, Vru Patel, Zayed Hassan |
By Theresa Beyer on August 31, 2012
By Theresa Beyer on 31 August 2012 in
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Am 26. und 27. August fand in der Tonhalle Zürich die dritte «Stubete am See» statt. Unter den 40 Konzerten der 27 Ensembles sagten besonders die 13 Premieren viel über den aktuellen Umgang mit Volksmusik aus: es darf mehr gewagt werden.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Camerata Schweiz, Christian Zünd, Fabian Müller, Florian Walser, Fränzlis da Tschlin, Hanneli-Concerto, Hanni Christen, Helvetic Fiddlers, Johannes Schmid-Kunz, Kristina Fuchs, Ländler, Ländlerorchester, Marcel Oetiker, Marcel Oetiker Trio, Marco Zappa, Markus Flückiger, Neue Volksmusik, Pirmin Huber, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Stegreif GmbH, Stubete am See, Thurgauer Kammerorchester, Tonhalle, Zuger Sinfonietta, Zurich |
By Markus Ganz on August 27, 2012
By Markus Ganz on 27 August 2012 in
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Auch Schweizer Musiker müssen sich unter dem Druck der im Internet herrschenden Gratismentalität anpassen und Eigeninitiative entwickeln. Ihre Situation unterscheidet sich in mancher Hinsicht von der ihrer ausländischen Kollegen.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Audiovision Schweiz, Balthasar Glättli, Christoph Trummer, DJ Antoine, Gerd Leonhard, Luc Recordo, Petzi, Pirate Bay, Reto Burrell, Schweiz, Urheberrecht |
By Norient on August 13, 2012
By Norient on 13 August 2012 in
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Rap is perhaps the most immediate and powerful way to rebell and voice views on life. In part four of norient’s thematic dossiers we face different rap styles from the arab world over Switzerland to South Africa. Word up!
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