By Norient on August 1, 2012
By Norient on 1 August 2012 in
BLOG
(*) In part three of norient’s thematic dossiers we have a look on queer music movements, we listen to musicians who broach the issue of queerness and follow shrill drag-performances.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Azelia Banks, Bitch, Dossier: Queer, Drag, Gender, Japan, New Orleans, Peaches, Plaided, Pussy Riot, Queer, Rap, Russia, Sao Paulo, Sissy Bounce, Sookee, Visual Kei |
By Sergey Chernov on April 11, 2012
By Sergey Chernov on 11 April 2012 in
STORIES
Since their performance in a Moscow cathedral in February, three women of the Russian queer Punk band «Pussy riots» are in custody. In this article from before the arrest, the Riots talk about their artistic-political aims. Free Pussy!
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Actionism, Asian Women on the Telephone, Bikini Kill, Center E, Chistiye Prudy, Daft Punk, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, Lobnoye Mesto, Moscow, Protest Music, Punk, Pussy Riots, Red Square, riot, Riot Grrrl, Russia, Sergei Udaltsov, Sex Pistols, Slipknot, Vladmir Putin |
By Michael Spahr on July 28, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 28 July 2010 in
VIDEO
“Clochard Deluxe” a musical joint venture of seven Swiss and a lovely Russian have just published a lovely D.I.Y. video clip.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Clochard Deluxe, Europe, Russia, Switzerland |
By David-Emil Wickström on June 29, 2010
By David-Emil Wickström on 29 June 2010 in
ACADEMIC
David-Emil Wickström, by drawing on his fieldwork in St. Petersburg, discusses the emergence and practice of reggae and ska in St. Petersburg (Russia) from the perspective of transcultural flows.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Ackee Ma-Ma Urban Reggae Band, Europe, Leningrad, Post-Soviet popular music, Reggae, Reggistan, Russia, Ska, Ska-punk, St. Petersburg, Svoбода/Svoboda, Transcultural flows, Ulf Hannerz |
By Michael Spahr on June 2, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 2 June 2010 in
VIDEO
Norient‘s video of the month…
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged DJ battle, DJ culture, Russia |