By Norient on May 29, 2013
By Norient on 29 May 2013 in
EVENTS
Thomas Burkhalter und Michael Spahr von Norient zeigten bei den Wiener Festwochen ihre Lieblings-Musikfilme und mixten auf Ö1 schrille Musik, live Skype-Interviews from around the globe und Norient-Geschichte(n).
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged Aaron Aites, Alessandro Negrini, Audrey Ewell, Black Metal, Coz of Moni, Emmanuel Owusu‐Bonsu, Ghana, Hip Hop, Irland, M3nsa, Mensa Ansah, Michael Spahr, Music and Politics, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Norwegen, Out of the Absurdity of Life. Globale Musik., Paradiso, Thomas Burkhalter, Until the Light Takes Us, Wanlov The Kubolor, Wiener Festwochen |
By Milena Krstic on March 26, 2013
By Milena Krstic and Norient on 26 March 2013 in
BLOG
Auf einer Reise durch Afrika hat die in Berlin lebende Schweizghanaerin Joy Frempong Tonextrakte gesammelt, die sie auf ihrem 2. Album «Kokokyinaka» seziert.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged bee-flat, Berlin, Bern, Burkina Faso, Creaked Records, Filewile, Ghana, Joy Frempong, Lleluja-Ha, Mali, Oy, Radio Bern RaBe, Sonic Traces, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, «Kokokyinaka» |
By Norient on January 9, 2013
By Norient on 9 January 2013 in
ACADEMIC
Das erste Norient-Buch diskutiert Zeitfragen und Trends im globalisierten Musikschaffen zwischen Europa, Afrika, Lateinamerika, Asien und den USA.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged 2012, Africa, Afrofunk, Ali Al Deek, Alois Lüönd, Alpentöne, Ana Tijoux, Anja Brunner, Aubrey Edwards, Barbara Mürdter, Beirut, Ben Harbert, Benedikt Sartorius, Bikutsi, Cameroon, Cumbia, daggering, dance, David Rovics, Die Antwoord, DJ Marcelle, Dossier World Music 2.0, Duboka Ilegala, Ethnomusicology, Field Notes, Filastine, Flurina Rothenberger, FOKN Bois, Free Pussy, Ghana, globalization, Grey Filastine, grime, Highlife, Hip Hop, Hiplife, Hyperpop, Indonesia, Irtijal Festival, Jamaica, Jay Retludge, Jeremy Wallach, Joahnnes Rühl, Julio Mendivil, Kadebostany, Karin Scheidegger, Kink Gong, Laurent Jeannau, London Riots 2011, Marcel Ötiker, Mario Venzago, Milena Krstic, Moses Iten, Mosibuebä, Musiqa Sha'biyya, National Fanfare of Kadebostany, Neo-Tropicália, Neue Volksmusik, New Orleans, New Wave Cumbia, New Wave Dabké, Norient012, Occupy, Outhere Records, Perreo, Philipp Rhensius, Popular Music Studies, Portia Seddon, Pussy Riot, record digging, Refpolk, Retromania, Sampling, Schweiz, Selina Novak, Senegal, Shayna Silverstein, Shonegrad O'Connor, Sissy Bounce, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Sookee, Stefan Franzen, Stubete am See, Syria, Tanya Traboulsy, Tanz dich frei, Taraf de Haïdouks, Theresa Beyer, Thomas Burkhalter, Thomas Haferlach, Togo, Traversion, Voodoohop, Vuvuzela, Wayne Marshall, Weltmusik, Weltmusik 2.0, Wildlife, Woody Guthrie, World Music 2.0 |
By Eckehard Pistrick on November 6, 2012
By Eckehard Pistrick on 6 November 2012 in
BLOG
Zwei neue Alben zeigen zwei unterschiedliche Bearbeitungsformen von Soundscape-Aufnahmen: Das Porträt eines Hupen-Orchesters aus Accra oder ein mystisches Klangkunstwerk aus flüchtigen und ewigen Sounds von den Schwarzmeerküsten.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Accra, Black Sea, Bulgarien, Dossier Soundscape, Ethnomusicology, Georgien, Ghana, Jazz, Klanganthropologie, Klangkunst, Krim, La Drivers Union Por Por Group, Medea, Medea-Collection from the Black Sea, Musikethnologie, New York, Por por, Rumänien, Russland, Schwarzes Meer, sound art, Soundscapes, Soundwalk, Soundwalk Collective, Steven Feld, Türkei, Ukraine, USA, VoxLox |
By Norient on September 21, 2012
By Norient on 21 September 2012 in
VIDEO
Via fast plane YouTube Norient travels criss cross the rapping african continent. We start with fast Mbira-accompagnied flows from Kinshasa and end with meta-discourses and rap-philosophies from Burkina Faso.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Afrobeat, Angola, Bawuta kin Bo tia K, Bravo Papa, Burkina Faso, Edy Sex, FOKN Bois, Ghana, HipHop, Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, Kenya, Kinshasa, Muthoni The Drummer Queen, Obscur Jaffar, Rap, Sierra Leone, Southafrica, The Busy Twist, Titica, Tokollo "Magesh", Tuesday Born |
By Norient on July 18, 2012
By Norient on 18 July 2012 in
BLOG
The next four wednesdays norient presents you a selection of our thematic dossiers. This week we have a look on old and new dance styles from all over the world: from fast Juke-steps from Chicago or copulative daggering to ghanian Azonto-moves.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Accra, Alessandro Negrini, Angola, Azonto, Chicago, Colombia, Cumbia, daggering, Dossier dance, dubstep, Finland, Ghana, Girl Walk // All Day, HipHop, Hiplife, Ireland, Japan, juke, kuduro, Mexico, New York, Paradiso, Perreo, Shangaan Electro, Sonideros, Tango, USA, „At Night They Dance“ |
By Florian Carl on May 23, 2012
By Florian Carl on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
Ghanaian Gospel Music, Born-Again Christianity, and the Nonconformity of the Ethnographer. // This discussion of the gospel phenomenon in Ghana will be framed by a critical reflection on ethnomusicological methodology.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Africa, Christianity, ethnography, Ghana, gospel, gospel highlife, Highlife, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, Pentecostal, Popular Music |
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 |
By Samuel Burri on February 10, 2012
By Samuel Burri on 10 February 2012 in
STORIES
Ein Tanzstil ist Ghanas neuer Stolz – und vielleicht ein wenig Trost für das Ausscheiden der ghanaischen Fussballer am Afrika Cup.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Accra, Adom FM, Africa, Asamoah Gyan, Azonto, dance, DJ Black, Gasmilla, Ghana, Kpanlogo, ODG, Sarkodie |
By Thomas Burkhalter on January 20, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter and Simon Grab on 20 January 2012 in
AUDIO
The singer and musician Joy Frempong associates lively Avant-pop, odd electronica, abstract hip-hop, futuristic soul, Dadaistic world music and Debussy-esque classical music.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Filewile, Ghana, Globale Nischen, Joy Frempong, Koch Schütz Studer, Lauschangriff, Oy, Phall Fatale, Sampling, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Switzerland |
By Norient on January 14, 2012
By Norient on 14 January 2012 in
VIDEO
The FOKN Bois are documenting their adventures in a Swiss tour videoblog. The Rappers from Ghana have been invited to Switzerland by Norient for the 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival. They performed in Nyon, Zurich and Bern.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Africa, Afro Pop Live, bee-flat, Documentary Film, Europe, Filewile, FOKN Bois, Ghana, La Parenthèse, M3nsa, Norient, Pidgen, PROGR Bern, Switzerland, Turnhalle, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Stefan Franzen on January 14, 2012
By Stefan Franzen on 14 January 2012 in
VIDEO
«Coz Ov Moni» («Wegen dem Geld») ist das erste Pidgin-Musical der afrikanischen Filmgeschichte. – Am 15.1.2012 am 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Africa, Documentary Film, Dossier World Music 2.0, Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, Ghana, James Joyce, M3nsa, Mensa Ansah, Ulysses, Wanlov The Kubolor, World Music 2.0, „Coz Ov Moni“ |
By Stefan Franzen on January 14, 2012
By Stefan Franzen on 14 January 2012 in
STORIES
Wanlov The Kubolor, ghanaisch-rumänischer Herkunft, läuft barfuss durch die Strassen Accras mit Rastamähne und Rock, eckt in TV-Sendungen an und schockiert durch spielerisch-derbes Vokabular. Im Januar 2012 tritt er drei Mal in der Schweiz auf.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Accra, Africa, Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, FOKN Bois, Ghana, Hiplife, Irie Maffia, M3nsa, Osibisa, Pidgen, Pidgin, Pidgin Music, Tumi Ebo Ansah, Wanlov The Kubolor, „Coz Ov Moni“ |
By Norient on March 9, 2011
By Stefan Franzen on 9 March 2011 in
STORIES
Mit der aktuellen Afrofunk-Welle trifft auch die Musik aus dem Ghana der 1970er wieder ans europäische Ohr. Im Land selbst kümmern die alten Helden jedoch fast niemanden – dort regiert der Hiplife.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 1960s, 1970s, AB Crentsil, Accra, Ade Bantu, Africa, Afrofunk, Ameyaw Debrah, Analog Africa, Apagya Show Band, Atongo Zimba, BAPMAF, Blue Monks, Bokoor African Music Archives Foundation, C.K.Mann, Dossier World Music 2.0, Ebo Taylor, Frank Gossner, Ghana, Hiplife, Jama, Jay Q, John Collins, King Ayisoba, Kwabena Kwabena, M3nsa, Miles Cleret, Mr. Black, Obour, Ofori Amponsah, Pat Thomas, Psychedelic Music, Rocky Dawuni, Samy Ben Rejeb, Sidney, Soundway, voodoofunk, Wanlov The Kubolor, „Coz Ov Moni“ |
By Frank Wittmann on October 17, 2006
By Frank Wittmann on 17 October 2006 in
STORIES
Die in Jamaica entstandene Glaubenslehre der Rastafaris, die den äthiopischen Kaiser Haile Selassie als eine Art schwarzen Messias verehren, wurde durch die Reggae-Musik weltbekannt. Wie aber wurde ihr Gedankengut in Afrika selbst aufgenommen?
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa, Alpha Blondy, Bob Marley, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haile Selassie, Jamaica, Rastafari, Reggae, religion |
