NORIENT BOOK ON MUSIC AND GLOBALIZATION
SONIC TRACES – RADIO SHOW – 10 JUNI 2013
NORIENT ACADEMIC ONLINE JOURNAL
5. NORIENT MUSIKFILM FESTIVAL BERN (01/2014)
M.I.A
Bootlegs, Irony and Butts
STORIESBuraka Som Sistema – J-Wow (João Barbosa), DJ Riot (Rui Pité), Kalaf Ângelo, Andro Carvalho and newest member Blaya are in the world of Kuduro key players even though they are – in a way – outsiders, both geographically and sound-wise. An Interview.
Angolanidade revisited – Kuduro
ACADEMICThis 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.
Global Ghettotech
STORIESThe 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.
All Artists are Anonymous
STORIESWith 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.
“Globalists” seek Peripheral Sounds
STORIESMost 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.
