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By Tanya Traboulsi on April 9, 2013
By Tanya Traboulsi on 9 April 2013 in
BLOG
Photography from Irtijal 2013, our favorite festival for experimental music in the Middle East. Plus two comments by festival co-organizer and musician Sharif Sehnaoui.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Alexandre St-Onge, Alvise Seggi, Anthony Von Seck, Arab World, Balazs Pandi, Beirut, Dao, Dossier Arab World, Gert-Jan Prins, Irtijal Festival, Jim Quilty, Lebanon, Lukas Ligeti, Mazen Kerbaj, Miles, Omar Dewachi, Osman Arabi, Paed Conca, Piero Bittolo Bon, Rabih Beaini, Sam Shalabi, shalabi effect, Sharif Sehnaoui, Thomas Burkhalter, Tommaso Cappellato, Upperground Orchestra, Will Eizlini |
By Thomas Burkhalter on December 18, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 December 2012 in
ACADEMIC
This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music in Beirut.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Abu Arab, Aks’ser, Arab World, Assy Rahbani, Ayat, Beirut, Bellydance, Charbel Haber, Charbel Rouhana, Civil War, Cynthia Zaven, digitalization, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Elias Rahbani, ethnography, Ethnomusicology, Exoticism, Fairuz, Garo Gdanian, Ghada Shbeir, globalization, Hizbullah, Joelle Khoury, Katibe 5, Khaled al-Habre, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mahmoud Refat, Mahmoud Turkmani, Mansour Rahbani, Marc Codsi, Marcel Khalife, Mashrou’ Leila, Mazen Kerbaj, Munma, Muslimgauze, Norient, Paed Conca, Popular Music Studies, Praed, Propaganda, Psychedelic Music, Raed Yassin, Rayess Bek, Raymond Azoury, Ruptured Sessions, Sabah, Scrambled Eggs, Sharif Sehnaoui, Soap Kills, Tarab, Tarek Atoui, The Arcane, The Kordz, The New Government, The Sea-ders, Thomas Burkhalter, Toufic Succar, Trauma, Weeping Willow, World Music 2.0, Yasmine Hamdan, Zad Moultaka, Zeid Hamdan, Ziad Sahhab, Ziyad Rahbani, Ziyad Sahhab |
By Norient on July 27, 2012
By Norient on 27 July 2012 in
BLOG
In the second selection of our thematic dossiers, norient sensitises your ears for different soundscapes. The individual acoustic environments of Lagos, the Amazonas-forest or Berlin are worth to be listened closely.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Alan Dunn, Ben Parry, Dossier Soundscape, Emeka Ogboh, Experimental, Koli, Lagos, Libanon, Luigi Russolo, Mazen Kerbaj, Murray Schafer, Noise, Peter Cusack, radio aporee, Simon Berz, sound art, Soundscapes, Soundtrack to a catastrophic world, Steven Feld, Tarek Atoui, The Sound Ethnography Project |
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 September 18, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 September 2010 in
STORIES
Reflections on the new multi-local musical Avant-Gardes of the 21st Century. An essay on the Lebanese musician Tarek Atoui, Luigi Russolo, Mazen Kerbaj and many artists more.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 2006war, Ahmad Qaboor, Arab World, Avant-Garde, Beirut, Christine Sehnaoui, Cynthia Zaven, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Futurism, Globale Nischen, Iannis Xenakis, IRCAM, Khaled al-Habre, Lebanon, Luigi Russolo, Marcel Khalife, Mazen Kerbaj, Musique Concrète, Orientalism, Peter Brötzmann, Philemon Wehbe, Psychedelic Music, Raed Yassin, Scrambled Eggs, Sharif Sehnaoui, Tanya Traboulsi, Tarek Atoui, Violence, War, Xardas |
By Thomas Burkhalter on August 28, 2009
By Thomas Burkhalter and Simon Grab on 28 August 2009 in
AUDIO
Musicians from Beirut talk about their sonic memories from the Lebanese Civil War (1975 – 1990) and the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Amal, Arab World, Charbel Haber, Cyrille Najjar, Death Metal, Dossier Arab World, Garo Gdanian, Hizbullah, Israel, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj, Noise, Propaganda, Raed Yassin, Sonic Memory, The Force, Trauma, Violence, War, Weeping Willow |
By Thomas Burkhalter on June 11, 2009
By Thomas Burkhalter on 11 June 2009 in
STORIES
In der zeitgenössischen Musik der arabischen Welt werden «Authentizität», «Herkunft» und «Lokalität» nicht nur durch Instrumente und Klangfolgen evoziert – es gesellen sich Geräusche und akustische Erinnerungen hinzu.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 100copies, 20SV, Arab, Arab World, Ayat, Beirut, Cairo, Censorship, Charbel Haber, Checkpoint 303, DAM, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, Garo Gdanian, Kairo, Karima Nayt, Lebanon, Mahmoud Refat, Mahmoud Turkmani, MazaJ, Mazen Kerbaj, Omar Khorchid, Raed Yassin, Ramallah Underground, Tarek Atoui, Weeping Willow, Xardas |
By Thomas Burkhalter on August 25, 2008
By Thomas Burkhalter on 25 August 2008 in
AUDIO
Musicians, sound artists and composers from Beijing, Mumbai, Beirut to Sao Paulo, from Istanbul, Belgrade, Lagos to Johannesburg create music and soundscapes that reflect the effects of localisation and globalisation processes on various levels.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Asmahan, B6, Das Neue Original Appenzeller Streichmusik Projekt, Dossier World Music 2.0, Elias Rahbani, Iranian Orchestra for New Music, Kamilya Jubran, Luc Ferrari, Mahmoud Refat, Mani Matter, Mazen Kerbaj, Mzekezeke, Raed Yassin, Sandeep Bhagwati, Shanghai Sound Unit, Werner Hasler, World Music 2.0, Zimoun |
By Thomas Burkhalter on August 24, 2007
By Thomas Burkhalter on 24 August 2007 in
AUDIO
Von Delhi bis Tijuana, Beirut bis Johannesburg verarbeiten Musikerinnen, Komponisten und Soundkünstler lokale und globale Einflüsse zu eigenständiger Musik und eigenwilligen Soundscapes. Ein Audio-Feature von 2007.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Amal, Asmahan, B6, Banda Boom, Beirut, Chronomad, Dossier World Music 2.0, Elias Rahbani, Ernst Brunner, Hans Kennel, Hizbullah, Iranian Orchestra for New Music, Kamilya Jubran, Laibach, Lebanon, Luc Ferrari, Mahmoud Refat, Mahmoud Turkmani, Mazen Kerbaj, Meira Asher, Mzekezeke, Raed Yassin, Sandeep Bhagwati, Shanghai Sound Unit, Socialisation, State of Bengal, Werner Hasler, World Music 2.0, World Soundscape Project, Yusef Lateef, Zimoun, Zola |
By Thomas Burkhalter on August 18, 2006
By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 August 2006 in
STORIES
Seit dem Bürgerkrieg war Krieg immer ein Thema in der Musik Libanons. Nach den jüngsten Bombenangriffen wurden nun alte antiisraelische Protestlieder hervorgeholt und neu auf CD gebrannt. Die Generation der Musiker, die im Bürgerkrieg aufgewachsen ist, verarbeitet den Lärm von Bomben heute in subkulturellen Sounds.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 2006, 2006war, Bachir Gemayel, Beirut, Dossier Arab World, Hizbullah, Joelle Khoury, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj, Nabih Berry, Nadim Mishlawi, Propaganda, Raed Yassin, War |
By Thomas Burkhalter on July 31, 2006
By Thomas Burkhalter on 31 July 2006 in
STORIES
Beirut hat die lebendigste Musikszene im Nahen Osten. Ihre Lieder erzählen von Bürgerkriegserfahrungen und von der Sehnsucht nach Frieden. Nun liegt das Land in Trümmern. Wie reagieren libanesische Künstler auf die Rückkehr des Krieges?
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 2006war, Beirut, Dossier Arab World, Joelle Khoury, Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj, Raed Yassin, War, Weeping Willow |
