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By Thomas Burkhalter on May 3, 2013
By Thomas Burkhalter on 3 May 2013 in
VIDEO
Pictures, videos and tracks from a recent fieldtrip to Cairo – including Mahragan, Electronica, Sound Art, Egyptronica, Experimental Music …
Posted in VIDEO, XFEATURED | Tagged 100copies, Ahmed Basiony, Arab World, Bosaina, Cairo, Cairo Liberation Front, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Egypt, EKA3, Electro-sha‘bi, Hussein El-Sherbini, Islam Chipsy, Ismael Hosny, Maghragan, Mahmoud Refat, Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca, MC Amin, Middle East, Mohammed Antar, Nadia Mounier, Ola Saad, Quit Together, Sadat, sha'bi, Sherine Amr, Society for Arab Music Research, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Wetrobots, Yara Mekawei, Zuli |
By Tanya Traboulsi on April 9, 2013
By Tanya Traboulsi on 9 April 2013 in
BLOG
Photography from Irtijal 2013, our favorite festival for experimental music in the Middle East. Plus two comments by festival co-organizer and musician Sharif Sehnaoui.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Alexandre St-Onge, Alvise Seggi, Anthony Von Seck, Arab World, Balazs Pandi, Beirut, Dao, Dossier Arab World, Gert-Jan Prins, Irtijal Festival, Jim Quilty, Lebanon, Lukas Ligeti, Mazen Kerbaj, Miles, Omar Dewachi, Osman Arabi, Paed Conca, Piero Bittolo Bon, Rabih Beaini, Sam Shalabi, shalabi effect, Sharif Sehnaoui, Thomas Burkhalter, Tommaso Cappellato, Upperground Orchestra, Will Eizlini |
By Thomas Burkhalter on December 18, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 December 2012 in
ACADEMIC
This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music in Beirut.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Abu Arab, Aks’ser, Arab World, Assy Rahbani, Ayat, Beirut, Bellydance, Charbel Haber, Charbel Rouhana, Civil War, Cynthia Zaven, digitalization, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Elias Rahbani, ethnography, Ethnomusicology, Exoticism, Fairuz, Garo Gdanian, Ghada Shbeir, globalization, Hizbullah, Joelle Khoury, Katibe 5, Khaled al-Habre, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mahmoud Refat, Mahmoud Turkmani, Mansour Rahbani, Marc Codsi, Marcel Khalife, Mashrou’ Leila, Mazen Kerbaj, Munma, Muslimgauze, Norient, Paed Conca, Popular Music Studies, Praed, Propaganda, Psychedelic Music, Raed Yassin, Rayess Bek, Raymond Azoury, Ruptured Sessions, Sabah, Scrambled Eggs, Sharif Sehnaoui, Soap Kills, Tarab, Tarek Atoui, The Arcane, The Kordz, The New Government, The Sea-ders, Thomas Burkhalter, Toufic Succar, Trauma, Weeping Willow, World Music 2.0, Yasmine Hamdan, Zad Moultaka, Zeid Hamdan, Ziad Sahhab, Ziyad Rahbani, Ziyad Sahhab |
By Ahmad Zatari on July 5, 2012
By Ahmad Zatari on 5 July 2012 in
STORIES
Using folk songs from Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, and Kuwait, Yasmine Hamdan’s self-titled new album revives the music of the region with an unheard of frankness and freshness.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Ahmad Qaboor, Arab World, Beirut, Darine Hamze, Dossier Arab World, Elia Suleiman, In Kana Fouadi, Kwaidan Records, Laila Murad, Lebanon, Marc Codsi, Marc Collin, Mohammed Abdel Wahhab, Nouvelle Vague, Paris, Rima Khcheich, Soap Kills, Umaima al-Khalil, Ya Habibi Taala Lhaeni, Yasmine Hamdan, Zeid Hamdan |
By Thomas Burkhalter on May 12, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter and Simon Grab on 12 May 2012 in
AUDIO
Rapper La Gale is half Swiss and half Lebanese. In our Norient Podcast she talks about her political message and her first CD.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab World, Christian Pahud, Diaspora, Globale Nischen, Karine Guignard, La Gale, Larytta, Lausanne, Lebanon, Rap, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland |
By Jonathan Fischer on April 29, 2012
By Jonathan Fischer on 29 April 2012 in
STORIES
Malikah ist eine der bedeutendsten Stimmen im arabischen Hip-Hop. Die libanesisch-französische Rapperin setzt sich ein für politische Freiheiten und weibliche Selbstbestimmung. Sie provoziert dabei das Establishment zwischen Beirut und Kairo.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Arab World, Beirut, Coronation, Diana Avella, Dossier Arab World, Fredwreck, Hip Hop, Lebanon, Lynn Fattouh, Lyrical Roses, Malikah, Nazizi, Rap, Translating Hip Hop |
By Christoph Oeschger on April 6, 2012
By Christoph Oeschger and Gabi Schwegler on 6 April 2012 in
VIDEO
Jugendliche aus Casablanca und Rabat suchen nach einer eigenständigen Identität. Eine Foto- und Video-Reportage über die «Generation Nayda»
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Arab World, Casablanca, Death Metal, Dossier Arab World, Metal, Morocco, Punk |
By Torie Rose DeGhett on April 2, 2012
By Torie Rose DeGhett on 2 April 2012 in
VIDEO
The multimedia-webdocumentary «The song of Tahir square. Music at the heart of revolution» by Hussein Emara and Priscille Lafitte invites to dive in contrasting places of music in Cairo. An interactive approach.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Ahmad Fouad Negm, Ali Al-Haggar, Arab World, Arabian Knightz, As-Salam City, Cairo, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, Electro-sha‘bi, Eskenderella, Fathy Salama, France24, Haitham Said, Hip Hop, Hosni Mubarak, Hussein Emara, MC Deeb, Priscille Lafitte, Ramy Essam, Revolution 2.0, Revolution Records, Tahir, Wael Ghonim, webdocumentary, Wellsbox Productions |
By Norient on February 4, 2012
By Norient on 4 February 2012 in
BLOG
Daring young Syrian filmmakers, toiling in anonymity in a Damascus basement, have crafted an award-winning film critiquing with bold humor the brutal repression occurring around them.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Arab World, Bashar Al-Assad, beeshu, Masasit Mati, Protest, puppet, Revolution, Syria, YouTube |
By Anna Trechsel on January 10, 2012
By Anna Trechsel on 10 January 2012 in
STORIES
Gleich zweimal Hip-Hop aus dem Libanon zeigen die zwei Kurzfilme „Life from the BBC“ und „Visit me once a year“. – Am 13.1.2012 am 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Arab World, Beirut, Bourj al-Barajneh, Diaspora, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, France, Hip Hop, I-Voice, Jackson Allers, Kitaa Bey-Route, Lebanon, Migration, Palestine, Rap, Siska, TNT, YaSeen, „Life from the BBC“, „Visit me once a year“ |
By Susanne Schanda on January 6, 2012
By Susanne Schanda on 6 January 2012 in
STORIES
Musik, Gesang und Bauchtanz gehören in Ägypten zu jedem Hochzeitsfest. Je pompöser und kostspieliger Band und Tänzerinnen, desto angesehener ist der Gastgeber. Am 12.1.2012 am 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Arab World, Bellydance, Cairo, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, „At Night They Dance“ |
By Miriam Gazzah on January 4, 2012
By Miriam Gazzah on 4 January 2012 in
STORIES
This is a story about the empowering force of (Moroccan) hip-hop. Screened on Thursday 12.1.2012 at the 3rd Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Arab World, Brown Fingaz, DJ Key, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, Fnaïre, H-Kayne, Hip Hop, I Love Hip-Hop in Morocco, Josh Asen, Marrakesh, MC Bigg, Morocco, Mot de Passe, Rap |
By Michael Spahr on December 31, 2011
By Michael Spahr on 31 December 2011 in
AUDIO
Radio-Interview mit dem amerikanischen Hip-Hop-Kenner Jackson Allers über die Bedeutung des Hip Hop für die Revolutionen in der arabischen Welt.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab, Arab World, Deeb, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, Hip Hop, Jackson Allers, Palestine, Ramallah Underground, Revolution, Tunesia |
By Manuel Sánchez on December 19, 2011
By Manuel Sánchez on 19 December 2011 in
AUDIO
A new samples selection from the archives of the DJ Cinnamoon project.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab World, DJ Cinnamoon, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Middle East, mixtape, New Wave Dabké, Palestine, Popular Music, Syria |
By Norient on December 5, 2011
By Norient on 5 December 2011 in
BLOG
The first CD release by norient and Outhere Records focuses on a young generation of musicians from Beirut that is tired of war, fed up with politics, sick of religious madness, and angry about Euro-American exoticism.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Arab World, Beirut, Dossier Arab World, Katibe 5, Lumi, Malikah, Mashrou’ Leila, Outhere Records, Praed, Rayess Bek, Release, Scrambled Eggs, Soap Kills, The New Government, Zeid Hamdan, Ziyad Sahhab |
By Norient on November 23, 2011
By Simone Bertuzzi on 23 November 2011 in
AUDIO
My new tape mixes fieldrecordings from Morocco and a mix done by Dj Rupture and Maga Bo.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab World, Beyond Digital, DJ Rupture, fieldrecordings, Maga Bo, Master Musicians of Joujouka, mixtape, Morocco |
By Michael Spahr on November 4, 2011
By Michael Spahr on 4 November 2011 in
BLOG
Ramy Essam, Protestsänger aus Ägypten, erhält den Freemuse Award 2011. Sein Song “Irhal” (“Hau ab”) wurde letzten Februar zur Hymne der Proteste auf dem Kairoer Tahrir-Platz. Nun wird er für sein Engagement geehrt.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Arab, Arab World, Cairo, Egypt, Freemuse, Ramy Essam, Revolution |
By Thomas Burkhalter on October 31, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 31 October 2011 in
AUDIO
Die orientalische christliche Musik wird im Libanon und in Ägypten seit vielen Jahren gepflegt. Aramäische und koptische Hymnen und Christen-Pop sind musikalischer Ausdruck des kulturellen Erbes und gleichzeitig politisches Manifest.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab World, Beirut, Chœur de l’Archevêché Orthodoxe de Beyrouth, Dimitri Murr, Dossier Arab World, Fairuz, Global Prayers, Kamel El Ajyal, Maher Fayez, Mansour Rahbani, Nidaa Abou Mrad, Nizar Fares, Père Maroun Mrad, religion, Syriac, Tania Kassis, Toufic Succar, Wadi Al Safi |
By Norient on September 28, 2011
By Norient on 28 September 2011 in
BLOG
A compilation of music collected from memory cards of cellular phones in the Saharan desert. And it’s coming to vinyl.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Abidjan, Africa, Algier, Arab World, Bamako, cellphones, Dossier Arab World, Northern Africa, Sahara |
By Norient on September 23, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 23 September 2011 in
AUDIO
Der Islam ist im akustischen Alltag der ägyptischen Hauptstadt Kairo allgegenwärtig. Die Taxifahrer hören Koran-Rezitationen und im Satelliten-Fernseher klingt Islam-Pop. Eine Reportage.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Alaa El Kashif, Arab World, Azhan, Cairo, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, Fathy Salama, Global Prayers, Hany Mihanna Studio, Hassan Khan, Ines Weinrich, inshad, Islam, Khalid Ra’ouf, Kristina Nelson, Mahmoud El Leithy, Mohammed Antar, Mohammed Refat, mosque, Mustafa Ismaiel, Quran, Sabine Dorpmüller, Sami Yusuf, Sayyid Al-Naqschbandi, Shaykh Abd al-Basit, Taha El Fasny, Umm Kulthum, Walter Armbrust, Yassin Tuemi, Youssou N’Dour, Yusuf El Batimi |
By Norient on July 29, 2011
By Simone Bertuzzi on 29 July 2011 in
AUDIO
Blogger Simone Bertuzzi wrote us from Morocco where he tried to release new recordings of the Master Musicians of Joujouka. The cassettes did not arrive yet. But he brought us nice tracks and pics.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab, Arab World, Casablanca, DJ Rupture, Lemchaheb, Maga Bo, Master Musicians of Joujouka, Morocco, Palmwine |
By Thomas Burkhalter on July 22, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 22 July 2011 in
BLOG
Das Label Network Medien hat wichtige wichtige Lieder der politischen Revolutionen in Ägypten und Tunesien gesammelt und teilweise neu im Studio aufgenommen.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Arab World, Christian Scholze, Egypt, Network Medien, Protest Music, Revolution, Tunesia |
By Norient on June 1, 2011
By Moses Iten on 1 June 2011 in
AUDIO
Our friends Moses Iten and Marc Peckham from Melbourne collected sounds and quotes from Radio National broadcasts in the Arab World.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Ahmed Basyoni, Arab World, Boykutt, David Fanshawe, Ibn Thabit, Khaled Ben Yahia, La Tribu Hérisson, Little Egypt, Marc Peckham, Mark Gergis, Moses Iten, Protest Music, Revolution, Zemeken |
By Norient on May 19, 2011
By Daniel J. Gilman on 19 May 2011 in
VIDEO
During the 2011 revolution, most Egyptian pop singers said nothing. Now they are back and praising the national martyrs in song. A PR gaffe or more?
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 25 January 2011, Ahmed Basyoni, Amr Diab, Arab World, Aziz al-Shaf‘i, Baligh Hamdi, Cairo, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, Hamada Helal, Hany Shaker, Hosni Mubarak, Khaled Said, martyr, martyr pop, Mohamed Fouad, Ramy Gamal, Ramy Yusef, Revolution, Sally Zahran, Tamer Hosny |
By Andreas Glauser on April 27, 2011
By Andreas Glauser and Julia Kaelin on 27 April 2011 in
AUDIO
Ahmed Basyoni starb an den Demonstrationen der ägyptischen Revolution 2011 infolge von Schussverletzungen. Ein Portrait dieses ägyptischen Klang- und Medienkünstlers.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged 100copies, Ahmed Basyoni, Arab World, Brainhall, Cairo, Egypt, Revolution |
