By Elijah Wald on January 26, 2016
By Elijah Wald on 26 January 2016 in
VIDEO
In their 2014 music video «La Bala», the Mexican narcocorrido stars Los Tigres Del Norte condemn the life of crime – quite unusual for norteño musicians. Here, our author talks about the ambivalence one can see in the band’s public representation.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Crime, Drug War, Elijah Wald, Los Tigres del Norte, Mexico, Migration, Narco, Narco Cultura, Narcocorrido, norteño, Seismographic Sounds, Sergio Arau, Tradition, USA, Violence, War |
By Jorge Verdin on January 26, 2016
By Jorge Verdin on 26 January 2016 in
VIDEO
Another view on the anti-violence song «La Bala» by Mexican norteño stars Los Tigres Del Norte. For Jorge Verdin, this song is «toothless and tame», mainly because «it does not address the issue of poverty as one of the factors that may lead to a life of crime.»
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Banda Music, Class, Crime, Drug War, Ethics, Jorge Verdin, Los Tigres del Norte, Machismo, Mexico, Money, Narco, Narco Cultura, Narcocorrido, norteño, Protest, Seismographic Sounds, Sergio Arau, Social Status, USA, War |
By Helena Simonett on January 12, 2014
By Helena Simonett on 12 January 2014 in
STORIES
Sa. 11. Januar 2014 // 5. Norient Musikfilm Festival: Schonungslos dokumentiert «Narco Cultura» den Drogenkrieg in der mexikanischen Stadt Juárez – und die Musik, die ihn verherrlicht.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 5. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Banda, Corrido, Drogen, Kino der Reitschule, L.A, Mexico, Mexiko, Música Ranchera, Narco Cultura, norteño, Sinaloa, USA |
By Moses Iten on June 7, 2013
By Moses Iten on 7 June 2013 in
STORIES
Since the beginning of the 21st century «new wave cumbia» has been growing as an independent club culture simultaneously in several parts of the world. An insider perspective on a rapid evolution.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3ball, 3ball MTY, Afrodita, Argentinia, Bomba Estéreo, Buenos Aires, Carlos Parraga, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Celso Piña, Chakruna, Chambelan, Chicha Libre, Colombia, Cordoba, Cumbia, Cumbia Chicha, Cumbia Colombiana, Cumbia Digital, Cumbia Electrónica, Cumbia Sonidera, Cumbia Tropical, Cumbia Villera, Daleduro, Damas Gratis, Danzas, Dead Menems, Dick El Demasiado, Diego Bulacio, DJ Negro, DJ Rupture, DJ Taz, DJ Vampiros, DJs Dengue Dengue Dengue!, El Hijo de la Cumbia, Fantasma, Festicumex, Frente Cumbiero, Fruity Loops, Gavin Burnett, Ghetto Cumbia, Gonzalo Martinez, Gonzalo Martinez And His Thinking Congas, Grant C. Dull, Grupo Chambelán, Jace Clayton, Juaneco y su Combo, La Super Cumbia Futurista, Los Chapillacs, Los Destellos, Los Hijos del Sol, Los Macuanos, Los Mirlos, Los Tigres de Tarapoto, Mambotur, Marcelo Fabian, Maria y Jose, Mexico, Mexico City, Monterrey, Moses Iten, Multicolor Recordings, Nortec Collective, norteno folk music, Nu-Cumbia, Nuevo Cumbia, Olivier Conan, Oro11, Out of the Absurdity of Life, Pablo Lescano, Plastilina Mosh, Randy Salazar Jr., Rigo Tovar, Senor Coconut, Shawn Reynald, Simón Mejia, Sonidero DJ, Sonido Amazonico!, Sonido Changorama, Sonido Desconocido II, Thomas «Soup» Campbell, Tijuana, Toy Selectah, Tribal Guarachero, Uwe Schmidt, Villa Diamante, Worldmusic 2.0, Zizek club, ZKK-Records, ZZK sound vol. 1 |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on January 5, 2013
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 5 January 2013 in
BLOG
Eine kleine Geschichte des Norient Netzwerks – oder: Eine kleine Vor-Geschichte auf das 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, das vom 10.1-13.1.2013 in Bern stattfindet.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Balkan, Balkan Beats, Banda, Disco Palma, Lö Trösenbeck, Mexico, Michael Pfister, Müslüm, Norient, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Out of the Absurdity of Life, Taste, Technobanda, Traversion |
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 Darío Blanco Arboleda on March 30, 2012
By Darío Blanco Arboleda on 30 March 2012 in
STORIES
Mexikanische Cumbia ist eine Hybridkultur aus ihrem kolumbianischen Vorbild und der Musik des Nordosten Mexikos. Die transkulturellen Prozesse von Aneignung bis Vermarktung lassen sich eindrücklich anhand der sonideros aus Monterrey verfolgen.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Alejo Durán, Alfredo Gutiérrez, Aníbal Velásquez, Aniceto Molina, Celso Piña, Columbia, Cometas, Costa Azul - Los Guacharacos, Cumbia, Cumbia Tropical, Dossier Cumbia, Gabriel Duéñez, Humberto Pavón, Independencia, Inocencio Silva, Kolumbien, La Fe Music Hall, La Sonora Dinamita, Linda Vera, Los Corraleros de Majagual, Lucho Argaín, Margarita, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexiko, Mike Laure, Monterrey, música tropical, Rigo Tovar, Sonideros, sonido corralero |
By Norient on January 30, 2012
By Norient on 30 January 2012 in
BLOG
Die Mexikanerin Lila Downs hat sich für ihr neues Album «Pecados y Milagros» (Sünden und Wunder) viel Zeit gelassen. Jetzt trumpft sie mächtig auf.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Frida Kahlo, Lila Downs, Mexico, Mexico City, Mixtec, Oaxaca, Paul Cohen |
By Laura Martinez on June 14, 2008
By Laura Martinez on 14 June 2008 in
ACADEMIC
Laura Martinez analyzes Mexican Rock music as system of sharp social distinctions based on musical taste, language, and dress. Furthermore, rock music creates a dialogue between the culture of different groups, opening a possible path to overcome isolation and Otherness.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Botellita de Jerez, Café Tacuba, Control Machete, Cultural Imperialism, El Gran Silenco, Hybridity, Latin America, Mexico, Rock Music |
By Helena Simonett on October 1, 2007
By Helena Simonett on 1 October 2007 in
ACADEMIC
Die auf Tubas und Pauken gespielte Banda-Musik stammt ursprünglich aus dem Nordwesten Mexikos. In der modernen Variante des Techno-Banda ist diese Musik in Los Angeles ab den 90er Jahren sehr populär geworden. Für die einen gilt sie als Mafia-, Banditen- und Drogenmusik, für die anderen als Ausdruck der gesellschaftspolitischen Realitäten vieler Mexikaner in den USA.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Banda, Chalino Sanchez, Corrido, Drugs, Latin America, Los Angeles, Los Tigres del Norte, Malverde, Mexico, Narco, Nortena, Technobanda, USA |
