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By Anna Raimondo on May 7, 2013
By Anna Raimondo on 7 May 2013 in
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Brandon LaBelle from Los Angeles is a sound artist, writer and theorist and known for his installations and intervention in public spaces. Anna Raimondo talked with him about his messages, the chances of sound and the listener’s perspective.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Adrian Piper, Adriana Cavarero, Berlin, Body Sound, Brandon LaBelle, Diary of a Stranger, Diary of an Imaginary Egyptian, Dirty Ear, Dirty Ear Forum, Edouard Glissant, Errant Bodies, Ken Ehrlich, Octavio Camargo, Oslo, Salome Voegelin, sound art, Soundscape, Transmediale |
By Neelika Jayawardane on April 23, 2013
By Neelika Jayawardane on 23 April 2013 in
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Hindu festival Holi has recently become popular outside of India, so in South Africa. But these huge open-airs haven’t anything to do with adopted traditions, but with selling escapism to privileged white youths.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa is a country, Cape Town, carnival, Christianity, critical theory, Durban, Hindu, Holi, India, Jersey Shorites, Johannesburg, Jozi, Krishna, Lata Mangeshkar, Mikhail Bakhtin, post-racial, Raj Kapoor, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Shiva, South Africa |
By Carl Melchers on April 5, 2013
By Carl Melchers on 5 April 2013 in
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Nashville, im US-Bundesstaat Tennessee, ist seit den fünfziger Jahren bekannt als »Music City, USA«. Ein Reisebericht und ein Versuch, das Phänomen des Country zu enträtseln.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Bluegrass, Brandon Giles, Country, Country Music Hall of Fame, Elvis, Grand Ole Opry, Hillbilly, Jonny Cash, Layla’s Bluegrass Inn, Loretta Lynn, Memphis, Nashville, Rock, Rock'n'Roll, Speed-Billy, Sun Records Company, Tennessee, Thompson, Willie Nelson. |
By Ralph Kronauer und Luca Tommasini on March 25, 2013
By Ralph Kronauer und Luca Tommasini on 25 March 2013 in
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15 years ago Egyptian metal-heads were indicted with Satanism and accordingly controlled – since then little has been heard from Egypt’s metal scene. Insight into a scene that is stranded somewhere midst assimilation and throw-off.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Ahl Sina, Alexandria, Bassam, Brutus, Cairo, Crescent, Dark Philosophy, Doqi, Egypt, El Sawy Culture Wheel, Enraged, Gizeh, Heavy Metal, Heliopolis, Hosni Mubarak, Kairo, Marzaban, Mascara, Massive Scar Era, Metal, Metal Blast, Morsi, Noor, Samadie, Satanismus, Scarab, Sepultura, Shafiq, Shang, Sherine, Tahrir, Tarek, Timur, Vibe, Wael, Worm, Zamalek |
By Thomas Burkhalter on March 22, 2013
By Thomas Burkhalter on 22 March 2013 in
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Boris Previsic organisiert Kompositionswettbewerbe in Südosteuropa und im Kaukasus. Im Gespräch äussert er sich zu Herausforderungen interkultureller Austauschprojekte.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Aliser Sijaric, Armenia, Avant-Garde, Balkan, Balkans, Belgrade, Boris Previsic, Bosnia, Caucasus, Darija Andovska, Emre Sihan Kaleli, Ensemble Sonemus, Firudin Allahverdi, Funding, globalization, Intercultural, Kulturförderung, Ottoman Music, place, pre-art, Roland Moser, Sonemus, Soviet Union, Stepan Rostomyan, Tribina kompozitora, Vardapet Komitas, Zagreb |
By Susanna Petrin on February 21, 2013
By Susanna Petrin and Julian Voloj on 21 February 2013 in
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Vor gut vierzig Jahren schlossen Gangster in der Bronx Frieden und schlugen sich fortan Reime um die Ohren. Ein ehemaliger Gang-Boss, eine Gangsterbraut und ein junger Rapper begleiten uns durch New Yorks berüchtigtsten Stadtteil.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa Bambaataa, B-boying, Benjamin Melendez, Black Benjie, Black Spades, Breakdance, Bronx, Bronx Boys Crew, Cornell Benjamin, DJ Kool Herc, Djing, Gang, Ghetto Brothers, Grandmaster Flash, Graphic Novel, Hip Hop, Hoe Avenue, Horseshoe Playground, Jazzy Jay, Johan Kugelberg, Lorine Padilla, Madison Square Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Mc, Melle Mel, Nelson Seda, New York, Rap, Savage Nomads, Savage Skulls, Seven Immortals, Slum, South Bronx, Young Sinners, Zulu Nation |
By Michael Spahr on January 22, 2013
By Michael Spahr on 22 January 2013 in
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Visuals-Kultur und dem Versuch, Klänge zu verbildlichen.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Andy Warhol, Coldcut, Hexstatic, Kadebostany, Louis Bertrand Castel, Nam June Paik, National Fanfare of Kadebostany, Ninja Tune, Optickle, Optophonische Klavier, Supermafia VJ's, Visuals, VJ, Wladimir Baranov Rossiné |
By Philip Vlahos on January 8, 2013
By Philip Vlahos on 8 January 2013 in
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Revolutionshymnen sind nichts für die Electro-Szene in Kairo, lieber will sie alternative Clubs zum kochen bringen. Aber auch nach Mubarak sind Subkultur-MusikerInnen staatlichen Reglementierungen ausgesetzt.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 100copies, Ägypten, Artistic Professions Syndicate Law, Asem, Breakbeat, Cairo, Cairo Jazz Club, Cairokee, Egypt, Electro, Electronic, Epic 101 Studio, HipHop, Kairo, Mamdouh al-Leithy, Melouk Bar, Nader, Neobyrd, Nile FM, Shaaby, Swag Lee, Tahrir, Vent, Wake ’n’ Bake, Wetrobots, Workers for Art Profession, Ya Al Midan, Zuli |
By Jonathan Fischer on January 4, 2013
By Jonathan Fischer on 4 January 2013 in
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Do 10.1 // Sieben Jahre nachdem Hurrikan Katrina New Orleans verwüstet hat, sind fiebrige Brassbands und tanzende und trommelnde Mardi Gras Indians populärer als je zuvor – und das weit über Louisiana hinaus.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Blues, Bounce, Brass, Chuck Perkins, Clubs Istanbul, Corey Henry, Creole Wild West, David Simon, Donald Harrison, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Folk, French Quarter, Funk, Hot 8, Irving Banister, Irving «Spyboy Honey» Baniste, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Mardi Gras Indians, Neville Brothers, New Orleans, Phil Frazier, Rap, Rebirth Brass Band, Second Lines, Soul Rebels, Spoken Word, Stooges Brassband, The Meters, Treme, Trombone Shorty, Uganda Roberts, USA, Voices of New Orleans, voodoo, Wynton Marsalis |
By Alison Fensterstock on December 1, 2012
By Alison Fensterstock on 1 December 2012 in
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Katey Red, Sissy Nobby, Big Freedia: These successful Sissy Rappers turn New Orleans around. Plus many other cities as well.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Big Freedia, Bobby Marchan, Bounce, Cheeky Blakk, Chev off the Ave., Crunk, Dirty South, Gay Culture, Gender, Globale Nischen, Juvenile, Katey Red, Lil Jon, New Orleans, Partners-n-Crime, Patsy Vidalia, Queer, Rap, Sex, Sissies With Attitude, Sissy Nobby, Soulja Slim, Tupac Shakur, USA, Vockah Redu, Ying Yang Twins |
By Marina Bolzli on November 1, 2012
By Marina Bolzli and Lucia Vasella on 1 November 2012 in
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Ein Popstar mit aussergewöhnlichem Kultstatus: Seit seinem Tod vor fünf Jahren pilgern Tausende von Menschen in Todor Proeskis Heimatort in Mazedonien. Ein Augenschein in Kruševo.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Kruševo, Macedonia, Makedonium, Mazedonien, Todor Proeski, Todor Proeski Memorial House |
By Marcus Maeder on October 22, 2012
By Marcus Maeder on 22 October 2012 in
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Teil II der Geschichte der Elektronischen Musik in der Schweiz beginnt in der Zürcher Kunst- und Partyszene Ende der 80ger Jahre und verfolgt die wilden Verästelungen von Techno, Ambient und Experimenteller Musik.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 16-17, Acid, AJZ, Alboth, Alex Buess, All, Ambient Music, AMEG, AMEG22, Andres Lutz, Aphex Twin, Art Zoyd, Association pour la Danse Contemporaine, Attitudes, Autechre, Bang Goes, Bernd Schurer, Bernd/das Erdwerk, Bierfront, Blixa Bargeld, Bourbonese Qualk, Brian Eno, Brisant, Bruchstücke, BRUIT, Bruno Müller-Meyer, Cabaret Voltaire, Cave 12, Cave du Manoir, Centre d’informatique musicale et d'électroacoustique, Chris & Cosey, Christian Marclay, Christoph Fringeli, Cornell Windlin, Damien Schmocker, Daniel Löwenbrück, Daniel Waldner, Destruct, Die Form, Digital Music, DJ Lichtzwang, DJ Petit Prince., domizil, Douglas McCarthy, Drone Records, Due Process, Electron, Electronic Body Music, Electronic Listening, Elektrip Events, Energy, Erfrischungsraum, Erik Satie, Expo.02, Fad Gadge, Farmers Manual, Félix Guattari, Fernando Sixto, Filial, for4ears, François Chalet, Franz Treichler, Franz-Fritz Vogel, G*Park, Gefäss, Gerotsunami, Gilles Deleuze, Golden Boy, GRM23, Günter Müller, H.A.A.G., Henry Cow, Herr Fliwatuet, Hirnschlag, Hohlstrasse, Ilôt 13, Industrial, Insomnia, Institut für Feinmotorik, Institut für Psycho-Hygiene, Integral, Jason Kahn, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jérôme Soudan, Karo Cerbaro, Kitaro, Kombirama, Kuba21, La Bâtie, La Fura dels Baus, Label Uhlang, LoRa, M. L. Stromprod, Marc Matter, Markus Unterfinge, Martin Woodtli, Mego, Melx, Mental Groove, Mille Plateaux, Mischa Suter, Musicstore 2000, Negativland, New Wave, Nitzer Ebb, Noise, Noldi Meyer, oil, Oval, P16.D4, Patrick Huber, People Like Us, Person, Peter Kraut, Philipp Meier, Phonotaktik Festival, Pipilotti Rist, Post-Punk, Présences Electroniques Festival, Radio 24, Radio Psychic Rally, Reitschule Bern, Republic, Residents, Rhiz, Rhizom, Roger Rotor, Roland Jupiter 8, Rolf Aeschimann, Rote Fabrik, Rudolph Eb.er, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, Ruth Kunz, Schwarzbar, Schweiz, Seelenfinder, Selektion Akustik, Skug, So21, Softland, Sonar-Festival, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Sparagmos, Spezialmaterial, Stattmusik, Stefan Altenburge, Stefan Banz, Steinbrüchel, Steinfels-Areal, Stern/Blau, StuZ, Styro2000, Sudden Infant, Synchron, The Ex, The Haters, Touch, Umberto Eco, Vangelis, Vehikel, Veit Stauffer, Voice Crack, White Noise, Young Gods, Zabriskie Point, ZKM30, Zurich, Z’ev |
By Sebastian Prothmann on October 9, 2012
By Sebastian Prothmann and Sandy Haessner on 9 October 2012 in
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Rapper in Senegal setzen auf gesellschaftskritische Rhymes und Beats: hart, anklagend und subversiv. Ein Bericht aus den Vororten Dakars.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 100% Galsen, Africa, Amadou Barry, Didier Awadi, Duggy Tee (PBS), Ghetto Culture, Griot, Ismaël Lô, Mbalax, Pikine, Positive Black Soul, Rap, Rap Galsen, Senegal, Youssou N’Dour |
By Barbara Mürdter on October 5, 2012
By Barbara Mürdter on 5 October 2012 in
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Denkt man an Protestsongs und musikalische Rebellen, fallen einem die Folkies der frühen 1960er und die Punks der 1970er ein. Deren Übervater wäre dieses Jahr einhundert geworden: Woody Guthrie.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Alan Lomax, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Bronco Billy Anderson, Brownie McGee, Bruce Springsteen, Cisco Houston, Country, Decca, Dust Bowl, Folk, Harry Smith, Hillbilly, Hobo, J. Edgar Hoover, John Ford, John Steinbecks, Maxine Crissman, Maybelle Carte, Moses Asch, New York, Oklahoma, Old Timey-Music, Pete Seeger, Senator McCarthy, Sharon Jones, Sonny Terry, Tea Party, The Clash, This Land Is Your Land, Tom Morello, USA, Weavers, Woody Guthrie |
By Didi Neidhardt on September 19, 2012
By Didi Neidhardt on 19 September 2012 in
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Der Sampler «Personal Space. Electronic Soul 1974–1984» vereint 17 Schätze aus der Geschichte des elektronischen Soul, kontert dem kanonbestimmenden Mythos der ‹Blackness› und zeigt, dass auch Soul einmal afrofuturistische Visionen hatte.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Adele, Aloe Blacc, Amy Winehouse, Blackness, Blues, Bootsy Collins, Congotronics, Deborah Washington, Destiny’s Child, Digi-R&B, Disco, dubstep, Dyson & Company, Eddy Hazel, Electro, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Flying Lotus, Funk, George Clintons Parliament/ Funkadelic, Gonjasufi, Grace Jones, Greg Tate, Guitar Red, Herbie Hancock, House, James Brown, Janelle Monáe, Jeff Phelps, Jimi Hendrix, Johnnie Walker, juke, Kelis, Kodwo Eshun, Kraftwerk, Lady Blacktronika, Leiber & Stoller, M.I.A, Marvin Gaye, Missy Elliott, Norman Withfield, Otis G. Johnson, Outkast, Patrick Adams, Paul Gilroy, Pete Cosey, Pharrell Williams/Neptunes, Rhythm’n’Blues, Santigold, Shabazz Palaces, Shangaan Electro, Shuggie Otis, Slavoj Žižek, Sly Stone, Soft Cell, Soul, Space-Funk, Steve Elliott, Stevie Wonder, Sun Ra, Techno, THEESatisfaction, Timbaland, Timmy Thomas, USA, Woo Woo |
By Theresa Beyer on September 11, 2012
By Theresa Beyer on 11 September 2012 in
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In ihren Mixes bürstet Dj Marcelle aus Amsterdam verschiedenste Genres und experimentelle Sounds gegen den Strich. Ihr neues Album begleitet eine Minidoku und am 14. September legt die radikale DJane im Berner Dachstock auf.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Afrobeat, Amsterdam, Avant Garde Techno, Breakcore, Cumbia, Dampfzentrale, Dj, DJ Marcelle, Djing, Drum 'n Bass, Dub, dubstep, Duo Fodderstompf, Dupstep, Free Jazz, grime, Holger Mertin, Industrial, John Peel, Klangbad, Netherlands, Postpunk, Punk, Radio Show, UK Funky, World Music |
By Philipp Rhensius on July 30, 2012
By Philipp Rhensius on 30 July 2012 in
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Dubstep’s philosopher Rob Ellis aka Pinch from Bristol keeps alive the sound of early dubstep. In the interview the founder of the label Tectonic speaks about embryonal well-being, and dance music patience and pressure.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Author, Bristol, Croydon House, Cyrus, Distal, Distance, Djing, Drum & Bass, dubstep, electronica, Fabric mix, Farringdon, FWD >>, Loefah, London, Pinch, Pursuit Groove, Rinse.fm, Rob Ellis, Sam Shackleton, Shackleton, Skream, Skrillex, Skull disco, Techno, Tectonic, UK, Vex’d |
By Katrin Wilke on July 9, 2012
By Katrin Wilke on 9 July 2012 in
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Wenn die jungen Cantautores ihre Stimmen gegen Staatschef Piñera erheben und der Studentenbewegung den Soundtrack liefern, strömt Revolutionsgeist durch Chile. Nach der «Nueva» nun die «Novísima» Canción?
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Ana Tijoux, Bots, Camila Moreno, Camila Vallejo, Cantautores, Chabuca Granda, Chico Buarque, Chile, Emociones Clandestinas, Fauna, Francesca Ancarola, IntiIllimani, Manuel García, María Colores, María Magdalena Ortiz, Milton Nascimiento, Nano Stern, Neues Glas aus Alten Scherben, Novísima Canción, Nueva Canción Chilena, Pascuala Ilabaca, Quilapayún, Santiago de Chile, Sebastian Pinera, Silvio Rodríguez, Valparaíso, Víctor Jara, Viña del Mar, Violeta Parra, Violeta Parras, Yogui Alvarado |
By Ahmad Zatari on July 5, 2012
By Ahmad Zatari on 5 July 2012 in
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Using folk songs from Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, and Kuwait, Yasmine Hamdan’s self-titled new album revives the music of the region with an unheard of frankness and freshness.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Ahmad Qaboor, Arab World, Beirut, Darine Hamze, Dossier Arab World, Elia Suleiman, In Kana Fouadi, Kwaidan Records, Laila Murad, Lebanon, Marc Codsi, Marc Collin, Mohammed Abdel Wahhab, Nouvelle Vague, Paris, Rima Khcheich, Soap Kills, Umaima al-Khalil, Ya Habibi Taala Lhaeni, Yasmine Hamdan, Zeid Hamdan |
By Milena Krstic on June 25, 2012
By Milena Krstic on 25 June 2012 in
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Wenige Jahre nach Thomas Haferlachs Südamerikareise verwandelt er im Voodoohop-Kollektiv São Paulos brachliegende Flächen zu neonbunten Spielwiesen für schrille Parties im Neo-Tropicália-Stil.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Brasilien, Caetano Veloso, Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Casa das Caldeiras, Deutschland, DJ Thomash, DJane Marina, Dragqueen, Electronic, Favela Vidigal, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Neo-Tropicália, Ocupação, Performance, Pope of Voodoohop, Rua Augusta, Samba, Sao Paulo, Sonar-Festival, Thomas Haferlach, Trackertower, Tropicália, Video-art, voodoo, Voodoohop |
By Theresa Beyer on June 18, 2012
By Theresa Beyer on 18 June 2012 in
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Die rumänische Roma-Band Taraf de Haïdouks wurde nach allen Regeln der Worldmusic-Industrie vermarktet. Am Samstagabend spielte sie im Berner Kulturcasino – ein Zusammenprall der Welten, der zu denken gibt.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Alban Berg, All‘Ungharese, Aram Khachaturian, Béla Bartók, Berner Sinfonieorchester, Buena Vista Social Club, Bulgarien, Ceaușescu, Clejani, Franz Liszt, Gipsy, Hans Naumann, Kulturcasino Bern, Laurent Aubert, Lăutari, Marin Manole "Marius", Mario Venzago, Maškaradǎ, Michel Winter, Roma, Rumänien, Shaggy, Stéphane Karo, Taraf de Haïdouks, Theorie vom gesunkenen Kulturgut, Welt Musik, World Music |
By Xing Rong Zhang on June 4, 2012
By Xing Rong Zhang on 4 June 2012 in
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Lisu is a small minority group with a population of about 635,000 in China. // Ethnography and Review of Yan Chun Su’s Documentary «Treasure of the Lisu».
Posted in STORIES | Tagged China, Documentary Educational Resources, Documentary Film, Lisu, Qiang, Treasure of the Lisu, Waterdrop Films, Yan Chun Su |
By Jonathan Fischer on April 29, 2012
By Jonathan Fischer on 29 April 2012 in
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Malikah ist eine der bedeutendsten Stimmen im arabischen Hip-Hop. Die libanesisch-französische Rapperin setzt sich ein für politische Freiheiten und weibliche Selbstbestimmung. Sie provoziert dabei das Establishment zwischen Beirut und Kairo.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Arab World, Beirut, Coronation, Diana Avella, Dossier Arab World, Fredwreck, Hip Hop, Lebanon, Lynn Fattouh, Lyrical Roses, Malikah, Nazizi, Rap, Translating Hip Hop |
By Norient on April 27, 2012
By Christoph Fellmann on 27 April 2012 in
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Alan Lomax reiste ein halbes Jahrhundert lang durch die USA, die Karibik und Europa – und sammelte dabei 17 400 Blues- und Folksongs. Jetzt wird sein einzigartiges Musikarchiv im Internet frei zugänglich.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Alan Lomax, Blues, Cultural Equity, Ethnomusicology, fieldwork, Folk, gospel, Irland, Italien, Leadbelly, Library of Congress, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Musikethnologie, Portugal, Schottland, Sounds of the South, Southern Journey, Spanien, USA, Woody Guthrie |
By Thomas Burkhalter on April 19, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 19 April 2012 in
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Grey Filastine survives from performing, runs a mini cap company, gave us great links to music in Indonesia, and recently released his new album £00T. We reached him via E-mail.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Amélie Bouard, Dossier World Music 2.0, Filastine, Grey Filastine, Homicide, Indonesia, Jalan Surabaya, Ourrad Rabah, Post World Industries, Taring Padi, World Music 2.0, Wukir, Yes No Wave Music, £00T |
