By Norient on May 20, 2013
By Norient on 20 May 2013 in
VIDEO
US producers, professors and activists run Beat Making Courses in Africa, Latin America, Melanesia and the US. See how this works out and comment.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Apple Juice Kid, Beat Making Lab, Chapel Hill, Congo, Dakar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Fiji, Goma, Mark Katz, Panama, Pierce Freelon, production, Stephen Levitin, teaching, University of North Carolina, USA |
By Moses Iten on March 16, 2012
By Moses Iten on 16 March 2012 in
AUDIO
Moses Iten digs deep into Voodoo music from Haiti and related sounds from New Orleans, Colombia, Sudan, Cuba, Brazil and Congo. He pulls audio fetishes from archives to conjure up tales of Zombie Makeup.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Andre Rodriguez Pena, Angelique Kidjo, Ashanti, Baloji, Brazil, Celia Cruz, Charles Sheffield, Colombia, Congo, Congopunq, Cuba, Djowamon, Drummers Of The Societe Absolument Guinin, El Guincho, Feloche, Francisco Sanchez, Frantz Casseus, Graeme Revell, Haiti, Izuru Utsumi, Konono No1, Les Baxter Orchestra, Massak, Mongo Santamaria, Neil Sparkes, New Orleans, Orishas, Papa Humbertico, Pierre Cheriza Fenelus, Rango, Robert Drasnin, Skream, The Creole Choir of Cuba, The Mystic Sound System, Thelma Soares, voodoo |
By Norient on November 28, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 28 November 2011 in
BLOG
Damon Albarn (Blur) und zehn weitere Produzenten unterstützen mit der CD «DRC Music» Projekte des britischen Hilfswerks Oxfam in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (DRC).
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Actress, Africa, Blur, Bokatola System, Congo, Damon Albarn, Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, Jupiter and the Okwess International, Kwes, Marc Antoine, Nelly Liyemge, Oxfam, Remi Kabaka, Richard Russell, Rodaidh McDonald, T-E-E-D, Warp |
By Norient on November 21, 2011
By Norient on 21 November 2011 in
ACADEMIC
The Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology (PRE) changed its name to Ethnomusicology Review (EMR). The articles are online. Read this in-depth study of Congotronics bands like Konono No 1.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Africa, Congo, Congotronics, Dossier World Music 2.0, EMR, Ethnomusicology Review, UCLA, World Music 2.0 |
By Ane Hebeisen on March 13, 2011
By Ane Hebeisen on 13 March 2011 in
STORIES
Björk, Thom Yorke oder Herbie Hancock sind flammende Verehrer der afrikanischen Gruppe Konono No. 1, die ihre Berühmtheit einer technischen Unzulänglichkeit in ihrem Instrumentenpark verdankt.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa, Aksak-Maboul, Congo, Congotronics, Crammed Discs, Daumenpiano, Honeymoon Killers, Kinshasa, Konono No1, Likembé, Mawangu Mingiedi, Vincent Kenis |
