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By Daniel Künzler on March 19, 2013
By Daniel Künzler on 19 March 2013 in
BLOG
Kenyan musician Bamzigi was flying ahead of the current electronic dance music craze from South Africa and Angola. However, his eclectic mix Mizuka resonates more abroad than in Kenya where he is not invited for performances.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 3050 Muzik, Africa, Bamzigi, Global Ghettotech, Harrison Munio, Mizuka, Mombasa, Necessary Noize, Transnationalism, Wawesh, World Music 2.0 |
By David-Emil Wickström on May 23, 2012
By David-Emil Wickström on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
From bikutsi over funk carioca and gospel to the urban soundscapes of mp3-blogs this issue presents four fascinating articles spanning fieldwork in Germany, Ghana, Cameroon, Brazil and the virtual mp3-blogsphere.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged cosmopolitanism, Global Ghettotech, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, reflexive ethnography |
By Portia Seddon on May 23, 2012
By Portia Seddon on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
Within the past decade, African-, Latin American-, and Caribbean-centered popular music weblogs have emerged as complex mediated spaces of cultural debate and transformation. // Notes on the Ethnography of Mediated Music.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged aesthetics, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Brian Shimkovitz, digital ethnography, DJ Chief Boima, Dossier South Africa, Dossier World Music 2.0, ethnography, ghettotech, Global Ghettotech, MP3, MP3 blogs, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, Reccord Digging, record digging, Soundscapes, South Africa, Strut Records, Urban Music, Wayne Marshall, World Music 2.0 |
By Gregory Scruggs on May 23, 2012
By Gregory Scruggs and Alexandra Lippman on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
Re-Sounding Space For a New Rio de Janeiro. // As an anthropologist and urban planning researcher with specialties in music and sound, we have combined our backgrounds to examine the politics of reconstructing soundscapes in Rio de Janeiro.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Brazil, Dossier World Music 2.0, funk carioca, Ghetto Culture, Global Ghettotech, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, Rio de Janeiro, Soundscapes, World Music 2.0 |
By Thomas Burkhalter on March 23, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter and Melissa Stryker on 23 March 2012 in
BLOG
Im Bounce Rap aus New Orleans treffen hektische Beats aus dem Drum-Computer auf repetitiv geschnittene Rap-Passagen. Zur neuen CD von Nicky Da B, und zur «Music Box».
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Big Freedia, Bounce, Diplo, Global Ghettotech, Katey Red, Mannie Fresh, Melissa Stryker, Michelle Ettlin, New Orleans, Nicky Da B, Schlachthofbronx, Simon Berz, Sissy Nobby, USA, Warrior Queen |
By Norient on December 26, 2011
By Marc Dietrich and Martin Seeliger on 26 December 2011 in
ACADEMIC
Zur Inszenierung von deutschen Rappern im Spannungsfeld von kultureller Tradition und politischem Diskurs. – «Bitte erzählt mir nix von Gangstarap, meine Jungs da draußen würden 50 Cent erstechen.»
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 4 4 da mess, 50 Cent, A-zad, afro-american culture, Aggro Berlin, Azad, Bambi, Boogie Down Productions, Bushido, Conscious Rap, Da Fource, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Gangsta-Rap, Gangster, Ghetto Culture, ghetto tech, Global Ghettotech, globalization, Hip Hop, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Migration, Mobb Deep, Moses P, N.W.A., Niggaz With Attitude, PA Sports, prostitution, Public Enemy, Rap, Realness, Schoolly D, Snoop Dogg, USA, Violence, Warheit, weapons, Westside Connection |
By Norient on September 16, 2011
By Moses Iten on 16 September 2011 in
AUDIO
Saca La Mois DJ from Melbourne sent us his latest Mixtape.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged 30IPS, Africa, Al Quetz, Bass Clef Vs Kasai Allstars, Buraka Som Sistema, Congopunq, Cumbia Cosmonauts, Global Ghettotech, Killamu, Konono No1, Ku Bo, Noite Dia, Radioclit, Saca La Mois, Tshetsha Boys |
By Norient on July 1, 2011
By Norient on 1 July 2011 in
VIDEO
Weird computer music, hyperspeed dancing, clown costumes, youtube, serendipitous ringtones. Dutty Artz met the producers in South Africa.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, Global Ghettotech, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, South Africa, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on June 6, 2011
By Stefanie Alisch and Nadine Siegert on 6 June 2011 in
ACADEMIC
This article explores the role of Kuduro, the popular Angolan electronic music and dance style in the process of updating the national Angolan identity called angolanidade to the conditions of the new millennium.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Africa, Agostinho Neto, Angola, Angolanidade, António Ole, Batida, Brazil, Buraka Som Sistema, carnival, dance, DJ Mpula, DJ Sebem, Dog Murras, Dossier World Music 2.0, Frédéric Galliano, Gerhard Kubik, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, Ikonoklasta, Jorge António, Killamu, kizomba, kuduro, Kuduro - Fogo no Museke, Kwame Appiah, Les Princes de Kuduro, Lisbon, M.I.A, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Marissa Moorman, Muana Po, Ngola Ritmos, O ritmo do Ngola Ritmos, Portugal, Puto Prata, Radio Fazuma, Rainha Ginga, semba, Tony Amado, Viriato da Cruz, World Music 2.0 |
By Thomas Burkhalter on January 27, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 27 January 2011 in
ACADEMIC
Musiker aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika formulieren selbstbewusste nach-koloniale Positionen. Ihre Parodien auf Exotika und der Fokus auf Gewalt zeigen aber: Alte Abhängigkeiten haben weiterhin Bestand.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Adham Hafez, Avant-Garde, baile funk, baltimore club, beat research, Beatniks, Beirut, Cairo, Charbel Haber, Checkpoint 303, Cumbia, Cynthia Zaven, detroit ghettotech, Die Antwoord, digitalization, Diplo, DJ Rupture, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Dubsided, dubstep, Exotica, Favela Chic, Gazelle, Ghislain Poirier, glitch, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, globalization, grime, Halim al-Daph, Hassan Khan, Jagwa, K'Naan, Kode 9, kuduro, kwaito, Luigi Russolo, M.I.A, Mad Decent, Mahmoud Refat, Major Lazer, Man Recordings, Mazen Kerbaj, Music 2.0, Nortec, Omar Souleyman, Osman Arabi, Outhere Records, Pastiche, postcolonial, postmodern, Raed Yassin, Ramsi Lehner, reggaeton, Schlachthofbronx, Scrambled Eggs, Secousse, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, Steve Goodman, Tam Tam Motherland, Tarek Atoui, Tashweesh, Terry Lynn, The Hardcore Continuum, Thementage2012, UK Funky, Veit Erlmann, War, Wayne Marshall, Werner Jauk, Wildlife, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on January 17, 2011
By Norient on 17 January 2011 in
VIDEO
“You canʼt Download the Sun” sings Asian Dub Foundation in the title track of their new album. They might be back to represent Zeitgeist: media chaos and violence, rock, electro and world music 2.0.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged A History of Now, ADF, Asian Dub Foundation, Asian Underground, Bhangra, Chandrasonic, CHI2, Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, London, Nathan “Flutebox” Lee, UK, Violence, War |
By Knut Henkel on January 16, 2011
By Knut Henkel on 16 January 2011 in
BLOG
Calle 13 heisst eine der radikalsten Pop-Formationen Lateinamerikas. Mit Texten jenseits des Gringo-Mainstreams und mit grossem musikalischem Einfallsreichtum füllt die Band aus Puerto Rico die Stadien zwischen San Juan und Buenos Aires.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Calle 13, Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Latinamerica, Politics, Puerto Rico, Rap, reggaeton, Susana Baca, World Music 2.0 |
By Markus Ganz on December 1, 2010
By Markus Ganz on 1 December 2010 in
BLOG
M.I.A. bleibt beim Konzert in der Roten Fabrik unfassbar. Das liegt auch an der mangelnden Präsenz ihrer Stimme: Diese bleibt trotz schreienden Betonungen monoton, egal ob sie singt oder rappt.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Global Ghettotech, M.I.A, Sri Lanka, UK |
By Norient on October 29, 2010
By Norient on 29 October 2010 in
AUDIO
Two guys from Munich bring us the latest sounds from the urban centres of Africa. Listen to their latest mixtape!
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Dala Dala Soundz, Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Outhere Records, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on October 28, 2010
By Werner Graebner on 28 October 2010 in
STORIES
Jagwa Music: A bricolage of old-style Zaramo drums; a battered stool beaten with sticks; a small Casio hand organ; and singers belting out songs on how to survive in the urban maze of Dar es Salaam.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa, bricolage, Casio, Dar es Salaam, Dossier World Music 2.0, dumbak, Global Ghettotech, globalization, Jagwa, kuduro, lo-fi, Mchiriku, misondo, nzumari, Sauti ya Busara Festival, taarab, Tanzania, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on October 19, 2010
By Norient on 19 October 2010 in
BLOG
A once-obscure music that enjoyed a fanatic embrace in the _______ slums of _______ has become a full-fledged global occasion.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, Wayne Marshall, World Music 2.0 |
By Thomas Burkhalter on October 11, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 11 October 2010 in
BLOG
Das Kapstadter Kollektiv Die Antwoord hat sich dank seiner Schrägheit, Selbstironie via Facebook zur Kultband gemausert. Jetzt liegt das erste Album der Gruppe vor.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Art Pop, DJ Hi-Tek, Dossier South Africa, Global Ghettotech, Irony, Mzansi, Ninja, South Africa, World Music 2.0, Yo-Landi Vi$$er |
By Norient on October 6, 2010
By Norient on 6 October 2010 in
AUDIO
DJ Tillup has produced a Mix for the Democratic Republic of Tam Tam Motherland. Become a member of this great republic!
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Cumbia, Cumbia Electrónica, Global Ghettotech, kuduro, reggaeton, Urban Music, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on October 2, 2010
By Norient and Wayne Marshall on 2 October 2010 in
BLOG
Wayne Marshall opened a new discussion on his blog. About World Music, Global Ghettotech and other Genre terms and definitions.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, Wayne Marshall, World Music, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on August 9, 2010
By Norient on 9 August 2010 in
AUDIO
Great piece of the Tecnobrega sub-genre Eletromelody for your listening pleasure by Maderito e Joe.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Brasil, Brega S/A, Documentary Film, Global Ghettotech, Maderito e Joe, Tecno Brega, World Music 2.0 |
By Georg Milz on August 7, 2010
By Georg Milz on 7 August 2010 in
STORIES
Der Weg eines Müllmanns zum Dancehall Botschafter Nigerias: Wie Vocal Slender von einem Filmteam der BBC entdeckt wird.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 2Face, Africa, BBC, D'banj, Dancehall, Ghetto Culture, Global Ghettotech, Lagos, Nigeria, P Square, Television, Vocal Slender |
By Thomas Burkhalter on July 16, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 16 July 2010 in
STORIES
Die tamilische Sängerin M.I.A. schockt mit ihrem neuen Gewaltvideo. Die Südafrikaner Die Antwoord locken mit Ironie 5 Millionen Besucher auf You-Tube.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Avant-Garde, baile funk, baltimore club, Cumbia, detroit ghettotech, Die Antwoord, digitalization, Diplo, DJ Rupture, Dossier World Music 2.0, dubstep, Exotica, Gazelle, Ghislain Poirier, glitch, Global Ghettotech, globalization, grime, K'Naan, kuduro, M.I.A, Major Lazer, Music 2.0, Nortec, Omar Souleyman, postcolonial, postmodern, Raed Yassin, reggaeton, Tam Tam Motherland, Tarek Atoui, Terry Lynn, UK Funky, War, Wildlife, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on July 6, 2010
By Norient on 6 July 2010 in
VIDEO
M.I.A., die tamilische Künstlerin aus London, bastelt weiter an ihrer kontrastreichen Weltmusik der Zukunft. Ihr Video “Born Free” wurde in den USA von YouTube genommen.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Global Ghettotech, M.I.A, Post-War, Sri Lanka, UK, Violence, War |
By Georg Milz on June 12, 2010
By Georg Milz on 12 June 2010 in
AUDIO
Ein wunderbarer Beitrag zu Kwaito und South African House. Mit vielen O-Tönen produziert von Georg Milz von Outhere Records.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, Global Ghettotech, House, kwaito, Outhere Records, Rap, South Africa |
