By Oliver Seibt on March 6, 2018
By Oliver Seibt on 6 March 2018 in
STORIES
Ethnomusicologists used to travel to exotic islands to research local music. Today, their fieldtrips lead to scattered urban place. German scholar Oliver Seibt conducted three months of research in the Tokyo visual-kei scene, and stood out of the crowd.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Androgynous, arm fan, bangyaru-ô, Desire, ensei, Ethnomusicology, Exotica, expedition, Fan Culture, field trip, furitsuke, Gender Roles, head banging, Ikebukuro, Jacques Lacan, Japan, kabuki theatre, kamitem sorosaki, onnagata, onnagatakabuki theatre, sansen, Seismographic Sounds, Shinjuku, solo blossoming, Takadanobaba, tesensu, Tokyo, Visual Kei |
By Gerald Van Waes on February 12, 2018
By Gerald Van Waes on 12 February 2018 in
STORIES
The history of «Exotica» is rich in amazing music, sounds, instruments, and stories. Gerald Van Waes collects these often rare and obscure sounds and writes about them on his blog psychevanhetfolk. For us he wrote a manifesto for exotica.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged adams family, african, ananda shankar, anatolian folk, ancient future, Ayuo, belly dance, besbo best & the super lounge orchestra, don cherryfusions, Escapism, esthema, Exotica, fantasy, go-go, gualberto, Indialucía, indian, ixtahuelle, Japan, Jazz, joe harriott, lele lele, local folk music, martin denny, modular, mööndö, new-exotica, pharoah sanders, Ravi Shankar, russkie wig-out, sacha silva, Seismographic Sounds, Senor Coconut, sergeant pepper’s lonely heartclub band, shonghai, tony scott, turkish music |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on June 2, 2017
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 2 June 2017 in
AUDIO
Toiret Status produces rough mixes full of samples, drum-beats, fun effects and field recordings. An experimental interview portrait of this Japanese artist – in Japanese language, but with Google Translator.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged A Portrait Of Series, Experimental, interview, Japan, Sampling, Toiret Status |
By Jackie Perreira on March 29, 2016
By Jackie Perreira on 29 March 2016 in
STORIES
Shing02 is known around the world as a multilingual rapper, but we found out that there’s much more than meets the eye when it comes to this mystic artist. Meet another participant of the 1+1 recording project by Norient and Sound Development.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 1+1, 1+1 Season 1, 1n1, 1plus1, Aoi, Bay Area, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cradle Orchestra, Del the Funky Homosapien, Hawaii, Hieroglyphics, Honolulu, Jackie Perreira, Japan, Music and Politics, Norient, Nujabes, POW!WOW! Hawaii, Salome MC, Samurai Champloo, Shaneika Aguilar, Shing02, Shingo Annen, Sound Development |
By Jackie Perreira on March 19, 2016
By Jackie Perreira on 19 March 2016 in
STORIES
«Watching Salome work on music reminds me of watching a surgeon perform open-heart surgery.» A portrait on one of the participants in the 1+1 project. «She’s not shy, she’s waiting for the right moment to speak», our author writes about the Iranian rapper.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 1+1, 1+1 Season 1, 1n1, 1plus1, Blue Planet Studios, Fame, Hawaii, Honolulu, Iran, Jackie Perreira, Japan, Jules Washington, Music and Politics, Norient, Salome MC, Shing02, Shingo Annen, Sound Development |
By Jackie Perreira on March 7, 2016
By Jackie Perreira on 7 March 2016 in
STORIES
In the context of the new recording project 1+1 by Norient and Sound Development, one of the first female Iranian rappers Salome MC and multilingual rapper Shing02 worked together in Honolulu for one week.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 1+1, 1+1 Season 1, 1n1, 1plus1, Beatboxmike, Belonging, Blue Planet Sound, Hannes Liechti, Hawaii, Hip Hop, Honolulu, Iran, Jackie Perreira, Japan, Jules Washington, Kakaako, KTUH, Lana Lane Studios, Matsuo Bashō, Middle Passage, Mikee Mic, Music Production, Nicholas Kaleikini, Nick Kaleikini, Norient, place, Reilynn Yamane, Salome MC, Shaneika Aguilar, Shing02, Shingo Annen, Slave Trade, Sound Development, To Kill A Mockingbird, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, USA, Vincent Ricafort |
By Norient on March 7, 2016
By Norient on 7 March 2016 in
AUDIO
A Track by Salome MC and Shing02, produced within the 1+1 project – a worldwide recording project by Norient and Sound Development, July 9-15th, 2015, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A Podcast, lyrics and translation.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged 1+1, 1+1 Season 1, 1n1, 1plus1, Beatboxmike, Blue Planet Sounds, Farsi, Hannes Liechti, Hawaii, Honolulu, Iran, Japan, Jules Washington, Lana Lane Studios, Mikee Mic, Nicholas Kaleikini, Norient, Reilynn Yamane, Salome MC, Shing02, Sound Development |
By Michael Spahr (Norient) on May 15, 2015
By Michael Spahr (Norient) on 15 May 2015 in
EVENTS
Sonic Traces Radio Show: Montag, 13. Juli 2015, 17 Uhr auf Radio Bern RaBe. Zweistündige Abschiedssendung – unter anderem mit Moses Iten von den Cumbia Cosmonauts und The Swiss Conspiracy.
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Arabischer Frühling, Avant-Garde, baile funk, Bern, Brazil, Cumbia Cosmonauts, Dub, Electro-sha‘bi, Grunge, Hip Hop, Japan, Je Suis Charlie, kuduro, Michael Spahr, Moses Iten, music video, Neue Volksmusik, Noise, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Outhere Records, Punk, Punk Rock, Queer Rap, Radio, Radio RaBe, Rap, shellac, Shibuya Key, Sonic Traces, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, South Africa, steve albini, Swiss Conspiracy, Tecno Brega, Turbo Folk, video, Videoclip, Vidiot, Weltmusik 2.0, World Music 2.0 |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on February 11, 2015
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 11 February 2015 in
BLOG
Der Schweizer Rudolf Eb.er will mit seiner Noise-Musik Hirnwellen verändern und unser Bewusstsein erweitern. Für Norient stellt er sein neues Album «Brainnectar» vor und spricht über die Zusammenarbeit mit der Japanerin Junko Hiroshige.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Brainnectar, fieldrecordings, Hijokaidan, Japan, Junko Hiroshige, Kundalini Yoga, Noise, Rudolf eb.er, Schamanismus, Schimpfluch, Schweiz, Shinto Rituale, Switzerland, Tantra |
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 |
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 „At Night They Dance“, 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 |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on May 30, 2012
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) and Michael Spahr (Norient) 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 Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on May 29, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient), Simon Grab and Karin Scheidegger on 29 May 2012 in
AUDIO
Japanische Sprechgesänge und Girlie-Melodien interagieren mit knackiger Elektronika, tiefen Bass-Beats und einem Schuss Indie Rock. Das zweite Album von Tim & Puma Mimi.
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged Christian Fischer, Globale Nischen, Japan, Märklin, Michiko Hanawa, Mouthwatering Records, Seelenluft, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Switzerland, Tim & Puma Mimi, Zurich |
By Andreas Glauser on January 18, 2012
By Andreas Glauser and Julia Kaelin on 18 January 2012 in
AUDIO
Die japanische Soundkünstlerin Tomoko Sauvage im Podcast von brainhall.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Electro-Acoustic Music, Emmanuel Rébus, Gilles Aubry, Japan, Klangschalen, Tomoko Sauvage, waterbowls |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on January 15, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 15 January 2011 in
VIDEO
Die sieben Dokumentarfilme am 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival (12.1-15.1.2011) in Bern schauen ganz genau hin: auf die Ver(w)irrungen zwischen Musik, Gesellschaft und Politik. Ein Überblick.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged «Arabesk – Gossensound und Massenpop», «We Don’t Care About Music Anyway...», «Whose is this Song», 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, 2/5 BZ, Adela Peeva, Arabesk, Balkans, Bulgaria, Cem Kaya, Cho Sung-Hyung, Fokofpolisiekar, Full Metal Village, Halit Aslan, Japan, Muezzin, Pakistan, Politics, Sebastian Brameshuber, Serhat Köksal, South Africa, Taqwacore, Turkey, Wacken |
By Paed Conca on January 15, 2011
By Paed Conca on 15 January 2011 in
VIDEO
Samstag 15.1.2011. Japanische Multi-Instrumentalisten, Laptop-Musiker und Free-Jazzer suchen nach Verbindungen zwischen ihren experimentellen Sounds und der japanischen Konsumgesellschaft. Ein Film von Cédric Dupire und Gaspard Kuentz.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged «Step Across the Border», «We Don’t Care About Music Anyway...», 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Cédric Dupire, Documentary Film, Gaspard Kuentz, Goth-Trad, Japan, L?K?O?, Noa Garcia-Kisanuki, Noise, Numb, Otomo Yoshihide, Paed Conca, Saidrum, Sakamoto Hiromichi, Takehisa Ken, Yamakawa Fuyuki |
