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Hip-Co – A Cultural Revolution

By Norient on October 19, 2011

By Norient on 19 October 2011 in BLOG

Together Liberia, a platform for Liberian storytellers, tells the story of Hip-Co, a not yet well-known genre.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Africa, Dossier World Music 2.0, hip-co, hipco, Liberia, Nasseman, Together Liberia, War | Leave a response

“A History of Now”

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 | Leave a response

Tarek Atoui: Digital Bricolage

By Norient on September 18, 2010

By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 September 2010 in STORIES

Reflections on the new multi-local musical Avant-Gardes of the 21st Century. An essay on the Lebanese musician Tarek Atoui, Luigi Russolo, Mazen Kerbaj and many artists more.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged 2006war, Ahmad Qaboor, Arab World, Avant-Garde, Beirut, Christine Sehnaoui, Cynthia Zaven, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Futurism, Globale Nischen, Iannis Xenakis, IRCAM, Khaled al-Habre, Lebanon, Luigi Russolo, Marcel Khalife, Mazen Kerbaj, Musique Concrète, Orientalism, Peter Brötzmann, Philemon Wehbe, Psychedelic Music, Raed Yassin, Scrambled Eggs, Sharif Sehnaoui, Tanya Traboulsi, Tarek Atoui, Violence, War, Xardas | 3 Responses

Israeli troops play with popular music in Hebron

By Keith Kahn-Harris on July 7, 2010

By Keith Kahn-Harris on 7 July 2010 in BLOG

Reflections on Metal, Popular Music and Politics in Israel and Palestine.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Israel, Metal, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, Propaganda, Violence, War | Leave a response

War, Propaganda, and Bombs

By Thomas Burkhalter on August 28, 2009

By Thomas Burkhalter and Simon Grab on 28 August 2009 in AUDIO

Musicians from Beirut talk about their sonic memories from the Lebanese Civil War (1975 – 1990) and the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Amal, Arab World, Charbel Haber, Cyrille Najjar, Death Metal, Dossier Arab World, Garo Gdanian, Hizbullah, Israel, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj, Noise, Propaganda, Raed Yassin, Sonic Memory, The Force, Trauma, Violence, War, Weeping Willow | Leave a response

Tanks for Letting me Hear the War Again

By Thomas Burkhalter on July 31, 2006

By Thomas Burkhalter on 31 July 2006 in STORIES

“Everyone longs to return to his childhood, and my childhood simply took place during the war”, says Mazen Kerbaj, a pioneer of free improvised music in Beirut. Thomas Burkhalter takes a look at how years of war have influenced the sound of Lebanese music.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged 2006war, Beirut, Dossier Arab World, Joelle Khoury, Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj, Raed Yassin, War, Weeping Willow | Leave a response