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By Daniel Künzler on March 19, 2013
By Daniel Künzler on 19 March 2013 in
BLOG
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 David-Emil Wickström on May 23, 2012
By David-Emil Wickström on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
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 Portia Seddon on May 23, 2012
By Portia Seddon on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
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
ACADEMIC
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 September 16, 2011
By Moses Iten on 16 September 2011 in
AUDIO
Saca La Mois DJ from Melbourne sent us his latest Mixtape.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged 30IPS, Africa, Al Quetz, Bass Clef Vs Kasai Allstars, Buraka Som Sistema, Congopunq, Cumbia Cosmonauts, Global Ghettotech, Killamu, Konono No1, Ku Bo, Noite Dia, Radioclit, Saca La Mois, Tshetsha Boys |
By Norient on July 1, 2011
By Norient on 1 July 2011 in
VIDEO
Weird computer music, hyperspeed dancing, clown costumes, youtube, serendipitous ringtones. Dutty Artz met the producers in South Africa.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, Global Ghettotech, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, South Africa, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on June 6, 2011
By Stefanie Alisch and Nadine Siegert on 6 June 2011 in
ACADEMIC
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 January 17, 2011
By Norient on 17 January 2011 in
VIDEO
“You canʼt Download the Sun” sings Asian Dub Foundation in the title track of their new album. They might be back to represent Zeitgeist: media chaos and violence, rock, electro and world music 2.0.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged A History of Now, ADF, Asian Dub Foundation, Asian Underground, Bhangra, Chandrasonic, CHI2, Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, London, Nathan “Flutebox” Lee, UK, Violence, War |
By Norient on October 29, 2010
By Norient on 29 October 2010 in
AUDIO
Two guys from Munich bring us the latest sounds from the urban centres of Africa. Listen to their latest mixtape!
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Dala Dala Soundz, Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Outhere Records, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on October 28, 2010
By Werner Graebner on 28 October 2010 in
STORIES
Jagwa Music: A bricolage of old-style Zaramo drums; a battered stool beaten with sticks; a small Casio hand organ; and singers belting out songs on how to survive in the urban maze of Dar es Salaam.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa, bricolage, Casio, Dar es Salaam, Dossier World Music 2.0, dumbak, Global Ghettotech, globalization, Jagwa, kuduro, lo-fi, Mchiriku, misondo, nzumari, Sauti ya Busara Festival, taarab, Tanzania, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on October 19, 2010
By Norient on 19 October 2010 in
BLOG
A once-obscure music that enjoyed a fanatic embrace in the _______ slums of _______ has become a full-fledged global occasion.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, Wayne Marshall, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on October 6, 2010
By Norient on 6 October 2010 in
AUDIO
DJ Tillup has produced a Mix for the Democratic Republic of Tam Tam Motherland. Become a member of this great republic!
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Cumbia, Cumbia Electrónica, Global Ghettotech, kuduro, reggaeton, Urban Music, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on October 2, 2010
By Norient and Wayne Marshall on 2 October 2010 in
BLOG
Wayne Marshall opened a new discussion on his blog. About World Music, Global Ghettotech and other Genre terms and definitions.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, Wayne Marshall, World Music, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on August 9, 2010
By Norient on 9 August 2010 in
AUDIO
Great piece of the Tecnobrega sub-genre Eletromelody for your listening pleasure by Maderito e Joe.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Brasil, Brega S/A, Documentary Film, Global Ghettotech, Maderito e Joe, Tecno Brega, World Music 2.0 |
By Robert Rigney on June 3, 2010
By Robert Rigney on 3 June 2010 in
STORIES
Balkan-Beat found its way back from Western Europe to South Eastern Europe. However, Shazalakazoo from Belgrade tell us that not everyone loves their Trubaci-Mixtures back home.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Balkans, Belgrade, Global Ghettotech |
By Thomas Burkhalter on December 31, 2009
By Thomas Burkhalter on 31 December 2009 in
BLOG
Peruvian Experimentalists crossbreeding Andean Music with Industrial Noise
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Argentina, Cumbia, DJ Rupture, Global Ghettotech, Latin America, Mexico, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on June 13, 2009
By Camilo Rocha on 13 June 2009 in
STORIES
The Brazilian journalist Camilo Rocha interviews the ethnomusicologist, DJ and norient writer Wayne Marshall about the latest musical trends around the globe: Reggaeton, Kwaito, Kuduro, and Grime.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged beat research, Diplo, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, grime, juke, kuduro, kwaito, M.I.A, reggaeton, Wayne Marshall |
By Gregory Scruggs on May 14, 2008
By Gregory Scruggs on 14 May 2008 in
STORIES
With their CD «Proibidão C.V.: Forbidden Gang Funk from Rio de Janeiro» the US-American Label Sublime Frequencies aims to portrait a moment in time in Brazil. Gregory Scruggs however criticises them as uniformed explorers.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged baile funk, Brasil, Copyrights, Diplo, Dossier World Music 2.0, Favela, Global Ghettotech, Latin America, M.I.A, Sublime Frequencies |
By Norient on March 26, 2008
By Camilo Rocha on 26 March 2008 in
STORIES
Most DJs direct their ears to a few musical Meccas in the First World, such as New York, London, Berlin, and Paris. This decade, however, a new category has emerged, globalist DJs who go much further in their musical explorations.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Diplo, DJ Dolores, DJ Rupture, Dossier World Music 2.0, Ghislain Poirier, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, M.I.A, Maga Bo, Transnationalism, Wayne Marshall, World Music 2.0 |
