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Sissy Bounce Rap from New Orleans

By Alison Fensterstock on December 1, 2012

By Alison Fensterstock on 1 December 2012 in STORIES

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 | 15 Responses

Dance through the norient

By Norient on July 18, 2012

By Norient on 18 July 2012 in BLOG

The next four wednesdays norient presents you a selection of our thematic dossiers. This week we have a look on old and new dance styles from all over the world: from fast Juke-steps from Chicago or copulative daggering to ghanian Azonto-moves.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Accra, Alessandro Negrini, Angola, Azonto, Chicago, Colombia, Cumbia, daggering, Dossier dance, dubstep, Finland, Ghana, Girl Walk // All Day, HipHop, Hiplife, Ireland, Japan, juke, kuduro, Mexico, New York, Paradiso, Perreo, Shangaan Electro, Sonideros, Tango, USA, „At Night They Dance“ | Leave a response

(*) Ten pairs of walking boots

By Norient on June 11, 2012

By Norient on 11 June 2012 in VIDEO

Nancy Sinatras “These boots are made for walking” traveled around the world, was joyfully covered and translated into countless languages. A selection of czech, german, italian, french, dutch and spanish versions of the #1hit from 1966.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Billy Strange, Cover-Versions, Jan Derrer, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, Sixties, USA | Leave a response

Mixtape from Harlem

By Norient on February 23, 2011

By Norient on 23 February 2011 in AUDIO

DJ Rupture and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts explore the sounds born out of the neighbourhood of Harlem. A great mixtape, published by Domus Magazine.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Black Culture, DJ Rupture, Domus, Gil Scott Heron, Harlem, Jace Clayton, New York, Ralph Ellison, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Soundscapes, USA | Leave a response

Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam

By Wendy Hsu on December 19, 2010

By Wendy Hsu on 19 December 2010 in VIDEO

Thursday 13.1.2011. While The Kominas try to start a punk scene in Lahore, the white-convert writer Michael Muhammad Knight discusses his imagination of a punk-inspired radical Islam. A great documentary film.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Irony, Islam, Lahore, Michael Muhammad Knight, Pakistan, Punk, religion, satire, Taqwacore, The Kominas, USA | 4 Responses