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Thomas Burkhalter, an ethnomusicologist, music journalist and cultural producer from Bern (Switzerland), runs the research project «Global Niches – Music in a transnational World» at the Zurich University of the Arts. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of norient – Network for Local and Global Sounds and Media Culture. He produced and tours with the audio-visual performances «Sonic Traces: From the Arab World», «Sonic Traces: From Switzerland», co-curates the norient Musikfilm Festival), and co-directed the documentary film «Buy More Incense» (2002) about Indian and Pakistani musicians of second and third generation in the UK. His dissertation «Creating Sense out of Chaos: New Sounds from Beirut« researched empirically experimental and popular music in Lebanon (University of Bern and Oldenburg, 2009). His book «Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut» is going to be published by Routledge in 2013.
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5 responses to “Shangaan Electro”

  1. This is our traditional, our cultura, this is a dignity of a peuple. We have to keep, so we will what to tell to the next generation. I like so much this songs this like is expanded to Papa Penny, Joe Shirimane, Peta Teanet ( even gone, he left souveniers), Vuyelwa, Ntombi Marhumbine, Loaf Boy, General Muzka, Sesi Va Rossi, Mudagy, Kazamula, Tsetsaboys…… please if you have some songs of them I would like to listen it.

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