By Thomas Burkhalter on September 17, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 17 September 2012 in
BLOG
Producer and DJ Faisal M Khan started the Facebook-organized platform «Dhaka Electronica Scene». In the interview he and his musical combatants are talking about the fast-growing network and the search for an identity of a young scene.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Asia, Asian electronica, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bhangra, Buy More Incense, DES, Dhaka, Dhaka Electronica Scene, Explorations, Fahad Zaman, Faisal M Khan, Farzan Hassan, India, Indian Beat music, Live Square, Omer Nashaad, SAE College, Sathil Rahman, Sunburn Festival, The ‘B’ Regiment, Vru Patel, Zayed Hassan |
By Theresa Beyer on May 30, 2012
By Theresa Beyer and Michael Spahr on 30 May 2012 in
BLOG
Visual Kei ist ein japanische Musikbewegung, die inzwischen auch Europa erobert hat – ein Paradebeispiel für Musikphänomene im Kontext der Globalisierung. Im Interview der Musikethnologe Oliver Seibt.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Asia, Death Metal, Europe, Europop, Glam-Rock, Globalisierung, Heavy Metall, Japan, Oliver Seibt, Radio RaBe, Rock, Thementage2012, Tokyo, Visual Kei, Visus, X Japan |
By Sherry Kizhukandayil on October 26, 2011
By Sherry Kizhukandayil on 26 October 2011 in
STORIES
Wir schreiben das Jahr 2005. Bhangra beherrscht die Tanzflächen. Niemand kann sich entziehen. Was steckt hinter dem exotischen Sound? Was für Künstler gibt es neben dem auch hierzulande bekannten Panjabi MC?
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Bhangra, Europe, Hip Hop, India, Jay Sean, Jazzy B, Panjabi MC, Reggae, UK |
By Stefan Müller on October 24, 2011
By Stefan Müller on 24 October 2011 in
STORIES
In Indiens Clubszene ist eine neue Generation angetreten und leistet Aufbauarbeit. Noch ist die Szene klein und überschaubar. Aber die Demografie spricht für eine riesige Expansion in den nächsten Jahren.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Bauchklang, Bluefrog, clubbing, DJ culture, Grand Pianoramax, India, Krunk, Popkomm, Shilpa Rao, Tempo Tantrick, Vivek Rajagopalan |
By Sandeep Bhagwati on October 7, 2011
By Sandeep Bhagwati on 7 October 2011 in
STORIES
Wer die Weltkarte der Musik betrachtet, sieht, dass die westliche Kunstmusik eine Art Esperanto ist. Ob in Shanghai oder Boston: Überall spielt man Bach und Stockhausen. Das ist schön. Ist es auch gut?
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Classical Music, Edward Said, Europe, Latin America, Mitsuko Uchida, North America, Uday Bhawalkar, Weltmusik, World Music, Younghi Pagh Paan |
By Stefan Müller on October 3, 2011
By Stefan Müller on 3 October 2011 in
STORIES
Der britisch-asiatische Musiker Nitin Sawhney klont seine Ideen und verteilt sie auf die verschiedene Genres zwischen Comedy und Computerspielen. Ein Gespräch über sein aktuelles Album «Last Days Of Meaning
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Asian Underground, Buy More Incense, Europe, Nitin Sawhney, UK, Videospiele |
By Norient on May 4, 2011
By Jeroen Groenewegen on 4 May 2011 in
ACADEMIC
After twenty years of frustration and marginality, Zuoxiao Zuzhou recently reinvented himself as trickster and became a cult-hero.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Ai Weiwei, Asia, Badhead, Beijing, Beijing East Village, China, Cui Jian, Gu Changwei, Jia Zhang-ke, Li Zhanyang, Modern Sky, Rock Music, sheng, Wang Xufang, Xie Tianxiao, Yang Fudong, Yang Shaobin, Zuoxiao Zuzhou |
By Michael Spahr on March 28, 2011
By Michael Spahr on 28 March 2011 in
VIDEO
A selection of videos featuring the apocalyptic sound of Japanese noise artist Merzbow.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Apocalypse, Asia, Fukushima, Godzilla, Japan, Merzbow, Noise |
By Ziad Nawfal on January 23, 2011
By Ziad Nawfal on 23 January 2011 in
AUDIO
C-Drik Fermont works between musique concrète, electro-acoustic music and noise. Plus he writes about experimental music in Africa and Asia. His latest trip brought him to Beirut, where he was interviewed for Ruptured Sessions.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Annette Vande Gorne, archive, Asia, Belgium, C-drík, Experimental, Le performantiel noise, Noise, Ruptured Sessions, Sébastien Biset, Syrphe, Tanya Traboulsi |
By Fabio Napoletano on October 24, 2010
By Fabio Napoletano on 24 October 2010 in
VIDEO
Die amerikanische Gruppe Dengue Fever mit der Khmer-Sängerin Chhom Nimol begeben sich auf eine Tour durch Kambodscha. Für die US-Musiker eine Odyssee in eine unbekannte Welt, für die Sängerin eine Heimkehr in ein verändertes Land.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 1. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2010, 1960s, 1970s, Asia, Cambodia, Chhom Nimol, Dengue Fever, Documentary Film, Intercultural, John Pirozzi, Khmer, Kong Nay, Psychedelic Music, Ros Sereysothea, Sim Sisamouth, Sleepwalking Through the Mekong |
By Michael Spahr on September 30, 2010
By Michael Spahr and Thomas Burkhalter on 30 September 2010 in
VIDEO
Buy More Incense – a norient documentary film about British Asian musicians – is online and can be watched for free…!
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Aki Nawaz, Asia, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bangra, Birmingham, Bobby Friction, Buy More Incense, DCS, DJ Ritu, Documentary Film, Europe, Fun'da'mental, India, Johnny Kalsi, Kuljit Bhamra, London, Nation Records, Nitin Sawhney, Outcaste Records, Pakistan, UK |
By Norient on July 12, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 12 July 2010 in
AUDIO
The mad Japanese Noise Rock Metal combo is definitely alive and rising as the title of their 2010 live release is suggesting.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Asia, Hardcore, Japan, Metal, Punk, Zeni Geva |
By Jeroen De Kloet on July 2, 2010
By Jeroen De Kloet on 2 July 2010 in
STORIES
Fuelled by the new sounds that entered China’s illegal doorways, and driven by a desire to move beyond the stereotypical hard rock idiom, new bands started to experiment with different sounds. Today, sounds ranging from hardcore punk to deep house can be heard from Urumqi to Beijing. Let’s get dakou’ed!
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Beijing, China, globalization, localization, modernity, Punk, Rock Music |
By Sandeep Bhagwati on June 10, 2010
By Sandeep Bhagwati on 10 June 2010 in
STORIES
«Vorher war mein Elternhaus fast eine Insel der Stille im indischen Alltag gewesen, jetzt waren wir überall die lautesten Nachbarn.» Der Komponist Sandeep Bhagwati wuchs in Indien auf, heute lebt er in Deutschland.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Composing, Composition, Germany, India, Intercultural, Musique Concrète, Noise, Sandeep Bhagwati, Socialisation, Soundscapes |
By Michael Spahr on January 3, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 3 January 2010 in
STORIES
Susanne Messmer und George Lindt besuchen in ihrem Film “Beijing Bubbles” fünf Bands in Chinas Hauptstadt. Entstanden sind intime Porträts von individualistischen Musikerinnen und Musikern und ihren Träumen.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 1. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2010, Asia, Beijing, Carsick Cars, China, Hanggai, Joyside, Punk, Shazi |
By Norient on June 25, 2009
By Mark LeVine on 25 June 2009 in
STORIES
Pakistan’s corrupt and violent rulers did produce one good thing, albeit inadvertently: Pakistani rock. Mark Levine offers a chapter of his book «Heavy Metal Islam» to norient.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Censorship, Islam, Islamabad, Junoon, Lahore, Mark Levine, Metal, Pakistan, Rock Music, Sufism |
By Gerald Roche on October 31, 2007
By Gerald Roche on 31 October 2007 in
STORIES
New and Re-emerged Pop Styles Converge in Baku: From Mugham singer Alim Qasimov to the rappers Dayirman.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Alim Qasimov, Asia, Aytan Ismikhanova, Azerbaijan, Baku, Dayirman, Gulyang Mammadova, Mugham, Patriotism, Sufism |
By Markus Ganz on June 27, 2007
By Markus Ganz on 27 June 2007 in
STORIES
Im Iran gibt es eine Musikszene, die viel lebendiger und vielfältiger ist, als die vorherrschende Berichterstattung über dieses Land erahnen lässt. Ramin Sadighi, der Chef der Teheraner Plattenfirma Hermes Records, gibt Auskunft über diese wenig bekannte Seite des Irans.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Censorship, Hermes Records, Iran, Label, Ramin Sadighi, World Music |
By Norient on November 7, 2004
By Thomas Burkhalter on 7 November 2004 in
STORIES
Der in Genf lebende afghanische Musiker Khaled Arman im Gespräch.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Afghanistan, Asia, Censorship, Documentary Film, Ensemble Kabul, Geneva, Hossein Arman, Khaled Arman, Radio Kabul, Rubab, Swiss Music, Switzerland, Taliban |