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The sound of Cumbia

The sound of Cumbia

By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on March 5, 2016

By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on 5 March 2016 in  AUDIO

Cumbia is the most popular clubmusic in Mexico and booms out of the giant sound systems of the Sonidos. The Australian DJ and musician Moses Iten captivated the Cumbia’s hypnotic, dragging rhythm in a podcast.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Bumb Ay, clubmusic, Colombia, Cumbia, Cumbia Cosmonauts, Cumbia Digital, dance, electro tropical, HNRY, Latin America, Malacopa Bros, Mexico, Moses Iten, New Cumbia, Podcast, Saca La Mois DJ!!, Sonideros, Sonido Satanas, Sonidos, sound system, The Ghost, Tropical Bass, Yelram Selectah | Leave a response

The Voice of the Mexican People

The Voice of the Mexican People

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 | 1 Response

Social Status Counts

Social Status Counts

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 | 1 Response

Live 1: Seismographic Sounds (Bern)

Live 1: Seismographic Sounds (Bern)

By Norient on January 3, 2016

By Norient on 3 January 2016 in  EVENTS

Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2016, 22:00 Uhr – 7. Norient Musikfilm Festival. Danny L Harle (PC Music / Columbia Records), Zutzut + Paul Marmota (Naafi) and more.

Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 7. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Bern, Bonsvivants, Chris Saunders, Danny L Harle, Dubtopia, Eurodance, Festmacher, HOT JAM, Hyperdub, Johannesburg, Luana.Rec, LV, Manthe Ribane, Mexico, Mexico City, Naafi, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Okzharp, Paul Marmota, PC Music, Pop, Post Digital, Post Digital Pop, South Africa, Sub.FM, Tshwana, UK, Zutzut | 2 Responses

Five Video Clips from Mexico

Five Video Clips from Mexico

By Moses Iten on April 17, 2015

By Moses Iten on 17 April 2015 in  VIDEO

Clips, compiled bey Australian author Moses Iten, between field recordings, Reggaeton and Cumbia. Beginning with one of our long time favorites, a sci-fi shaving odyssey starting from the heights of Machu Picchu.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Bostich, Bostich+Fussible, Cordoba, Cumbia, field recordings, Flamboyant Paradise, Frikstailers, Fussible, Guadalajara, Las Playas, Machu Picchu, Mexico, Mexico City, Moses Iten, Nanda Fernandez Bredillard, Nortec Collective, reggaeton, Santa Tere, series-5-videoclips, series: 5 video clips from..., Silverio, Sonido Satanas, Tijuana, Vitamina T | Leave a response

Cumbia Nights with the Sound System

Cumbia Nights with the Sound System

By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on April 4, 2014

By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 4 April 2014 in  BLOG

When Sonidero DJs in Mexico build up their huge sound systems in the streets a long night of dancing lies ahead. Mirjam Wirz documented these «Bailes» and has published the photo-book «Sonidero City».

Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Bailes, Belonging, Bolivia, Colombia, community, Cumbia, DJ culture, Djing, Jaime Ruelas, Maria Luz de Perea, Mc, Mexico, Mexico City, Mirjam Wirz, Neighborhood, Peru, place, Seismographic Sounds, Sonidero, Sonidero La Morena, Sonido, sound system | Leave a response

Drogen-Kultur oder Unkultur?

Drogen-Kultur oder Unkultur?

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 | 3 Responses

Perspectives on New Wave Cumbia

Perspectives on New Wave Cumbia

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 | Leave a response

Vom Spiel mit Darstellungsformaten

Vom Spiel mit Darstellungsformaten

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 | Leave a response

Dance through the Norient

Dance through the Norient

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 | Leave a response

Cumbia – Grenzwelten einer Subkultur

Cumbia – Grenzwelten einer Subkultur

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 | 3 Responses

Sünden und Wunder

Sünden und Wunder

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 | Leave a response

Cultural Hybridity in Mexican Rock Music

Cultural Hybridity in Mexican Rock Music

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 | Leave a response

Der Bandit, der Held und der Narco

Der Bandit, der Held und der Narco

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 | 1 Response

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