Gender

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

Queering the norient

By Norient on August 1, 2012

By Norient on 1 August 2012 in BLOG

In part three of norient’s thematic dossiers we have a look on queer music movements, we listen to musicians who broach the issue of queerness and follow shrill drag-performances.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Azelia Banks, Bitch, Dossier: Queer, Drag, Gender, Japan, New Orleans, Peaches, Plaided, Pussy Riot, Queer, Rap, Russia, Sao Paulo, Sissy Bounce, Sookee, Visual Kei | Leave a response

Talking Sex in Ghana

By Georg Milz on May 16, 2012

By Georg Milz on 16 May 2012 in BLOG

Wo liegt die Grenze des guten Geschmacks? Die Texte der ghanischen Rap-Combo FOKN Bois sind kontrovers und drehen sich meist um das eine: Sex. Politisches Statement oder bloss Provokation?

Posted in BLOG | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Africa, Al Quaida, Boko Haram, England, FOKN Bois, Gender, Ghana, Hip Hop, Kano, M3nsa, Nigeria, Rap, Sexin Islamic Girls, USA, Wanlov The Kubolor | Leave a response

Chalga Kuchek Mixtape

By Norient on July 4, 2011

By Norient on 4 July 2011 in AUDIO

DJ Touski from Montreal offers a new mixtape, with Chalga Kuchek music from Bulgaria.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Bulgaria, Chalga Kuchek, Gender, Sex | Leave a response

Yasmine auf dem Mond

By Thomas Burkhalter on June 24, 2010

By Thomas Burkhalter on 24 June 2010 in STORIES

Schaut man heute arabisches Satellitenfernsehen, so scheint sowohl für arabische wie auch westliche Musikfreunde und Intellektuelle alles klar: Die arabische Welt befindet sich im Niedergang.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Arab World, Asmahan, Beirut, Cairo, Dossier Arab World, Fairuz, Gender, Hisham Mustafa, Joelle Khoury, Sabah, Umm Kulthum, Y.A.S, Yasmine Hamdan | 6 Responses