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By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on August 28, 2018
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 28 August 2018 in
BLOG
Berlin-based producer Kritzkom rarely works with samples and, accordingly, on her 2016 techno track «Inner March for Utopia» synth basses and melodies dominate. But if one digs deeper one can find the traces of a sample of the Kurdish national anthem.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Music Production, Sampling, Sampling Stories, War |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on April 1, 2018
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 1 April 2018 in
BLOG
Tracing the genesis of a track by producer Ian McDonnell (Eomac, Lakker) we can follow the steps to learn how sampling is used to replace a conventional vocal track and discuss questions on the circulation and handling of media material in times of Web 2.0.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Music Production, Sampling, Sampling Stories, Voyeurism |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on December 26, 2017
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 26 December 2017 in
BLOG
The heavily sample-based tracks by Estonian electronic producer Mihkel Kleis show the total disembodiment of the samples from their sources. This approach becomes apparent when both listening to the tracks but also looking behind the scenes of its production.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Ethics, Music Production, Sampling, Sampling Stories |
By Immanuel Brockhaus on October 11, 2017
By Immanuel Brockhaus on 11 October 2017 in
ACADEMIC
Im Buch «Kultsounds – Die prägendsten Klänge der Popmusik 1960-2014» geht der Pianist, Komponist und Wissenschaftler Immanuel Brockhaus auf die Suche nach prägenden Einzelsounds der Popmusikgeschichte.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged Music Production, Nostalgia, Sampling, Technology |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on August 9, 2017
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 9 August 2017 in
BLOG
Digging samples in the tracks of Daniel Jakob led me to two interesting potentials of the production method: sampling as a hidden means of producing tracks and sampling of ambient sounds as cultural signifiers.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Music Production, place, Sampling, Sampling Stories |
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 Experimental, Music Production, Sampling, Technology |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on May 15, 2017
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) and Katie Gately on 15 May 2017 in
BLOG
A psychological approach to sampling: the American avantgarde-pop musician Katie Gately samples familiar, sometimes scary sounds and noises form the everyday that are deeply connected to her childhood memory.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Loneliness, Music Production, Sampling, Sampling Stories |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on May 10, 2017
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient), Dejot and Bit-Tuner on 10 May 2017 in
AUDIO
Gqom edit 003 / Experimenting with interview formats // We meet gqom producer Menchess in his house in Durban to discuss what this dark electronic music genre is all about. #dreams #democratization #class #townships
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Gender Roles, Gqom, Music Production, New Geographies, South Africa, Technology, youth culture |
By Sidney Sutter on May 8, 2017
By Sidney Sutter and Valentin Mettler on 8 May 2017 in
VIDEO
Producing Eritrean music in the diaspora works in a quite unique way. Because of this, the third episode of the web documentary on Eritrean music is concentrating on the production and the vocals.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Exile Guayla, Music Production, Protest, voice |
By Gregory Markus on April 19, 2017
By Gregory Markus on 19 April 2017 in
BLOG
We trace the history of the carillon of the biggest church in Rotterdam, the Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk. Its bell sounds play an important role in the tracks of the compilation «010», released by the Dutch initiative RE:VIVE.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged City, Music Production, Sampling, Sampling Stories |
By Bit-Tuner on April 14, 2017
By Bit-Tuner, Dejot and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 14 April 2017 in
AUDIO
Gqom edits 001/002 / Experimenting with interview formats // We meet gqom producer Citizen Boy and his grandmother in the Avoca Hills township of Durban to discuss about dark electronic gqom tracks.
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged DIY, Gqom, Music Production, Sampling, South Africa |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on February 17, 2017
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 17 February 2017 in
BLOG
In «Libres» Argentine producer Moro is bridging the Atlantic slave trade with the current refugee crisis. The main element of the track is a sample of chain sounds, transformed into a historically meaningful rhythm.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Music Production, Protest, Sampling, Sampling Stories |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on January 31, 2017
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 31 January 2017 in
BLOG
Although it’s been labeled as an afro-futuristic project and also comes along as such through an eclectic and futuristic sound collage, fashion, photography, and music videos, «Alien Cartoon» by Senegalese producer Ibaaku is deeply rooted in place.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged City, Music Production, place, Sampling |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on December 6, 2016
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 6 December 2016 in
BLOG
In this new series, Norient talks about sampling and remixing with different musicians from all around the world: Why, how and what do they sample? Meet Israeli electronic industrial artist Ptyl in this first sequel.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Ethics, Music Production, Sampling |
By Immanuel Brockhaus on October 28, 2016
By Immanuel Brockhaus on 28 October 2016 in
STORIES
And.Ypsilon is a real sound scientist. As a beat maker for Die Fantastischen 4 he shaped the sound of german hip hop. Norient met him in his studio in Stuttgart to talk about his love for electronic music and his re-discovery of modular synthesizers.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Music Production, perception, Sampling, Technology |
By Immanuel Brockhaus on October 27, 2016
By Immanuel Brockhaus on 27 October 2016 in
STORIES
And.Ypsilon ist ein echter Klangforscher. Als Beatproducer für Die Fantastischen 4 prägte er den Sound des deutschen Hip Hops. Ein Gespräch über elektronische Musik und seine Wiederentdeckung von Modular-Synthesizern.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Music Production, perception, Sampling, Technology |
By Immanuel Brockhaus on May 28, 2016
By Immanuel Brockhaus on 28 May 2016 in
STORIES
Boris Blank gained worldwide fame as a pioneer of electronic pop music and sound designer. Here he talks about his passion for electronic music, the shift from analog to digital and the magic of pre-sets.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Digitization, Music Production, Sampling |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on March 28, 2016
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 28 March 2016 in
ACADEMIC
Contemporary tracks remix sounds from different places and times. To analyze the manifold constellations in and shapes of these remixes is challenging. Peter J. Burkholder made a first attempt, here is yet another.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Digitization, Ethnomusicology, Material, Music Production, Remix, Sampling |
By Norient on March 22, 2016
By Norient on 22 March 2016 in
VIDEO
What happens when Salome MC, one of the first female Iranian rappers meets bilingual MC Shing02 from Hawaii, Honolulu? Watch the video documentary from the 1+1 project on the production of the collaborative track «Passenger».
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 1+1: Honolulu, Music Production, New Geographies |
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: Honolulu, Belonging, Music Production, place |
By Immanuel Brockhaus on September 25, 2015
By Immanuel Brockhaus and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 25 September 2015 in
AUDIO
Bruno Spoerri is a saxophonist, composer, and a pioneer of electronic music in Switzerland. We interviewed Spoerri about his ways of working with synthesizers, virtual instruments and samples.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Digitization, Music Production, Sampling, Technology |
By Jacek Szczepanek on March 3, 2015
By Jacek Szczepanek on 3 March 2015 in
BLOG
In this second part of our short review from the Off Festival in Katovice, Poland, South African music producer John Wizards talks about his music and his producing process, geography and money.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Hybridity, Music Production, Othering |
By Marilou Polymeropoulou on January 16, 2015
By Marilou Polymeropoulou on 16 January 2015 in
BLOG
Europe in 8 Bits explores the colorful world of chipmusic. Passionate musicians turn old video games hardware into surprising musical instruments. Screened on January 16, 2015, in Bern and on January 17 in St. Gallen, at 6th Norient Musicfilm Festival.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Music Production, Nostalgia, Technology |
By Benedikt Sartorius on January 12, 2015
By Benedikt Sartorius on 12 January 2015 in
BLOG
Looking For The Perfect Beat ist eine filmische Stadttour durch Los Angeles und besucht die Musikerinnen und Musiker, die in ihren Heimstudios an neuen Beats tüfteln.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Loneliness, Music Production, place |
By Milena Krstic on October 23, 2014
By Milena Krstic on 23 October 2014 in
STORIES
Der Produzent Roman Camenzind von der Schweizer Produktionsfirma Hitmill gibt jede Idee an die Musiker und Musikerinnen weiter. Und trifft immer wieder den Geschmack der Massen. Ein Kurzbesuch in der Hitfabrik.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Fame, Folklore, Money, Music Production |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on September 19, 2014
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 19 September 2014 in
BLOG
Musikvermittlung 2.0: Die App «Memoreille» verbindet in einem Sound-Memory Kompositionen von zeitgenössischen Klangkünstlern und experimentellen Musikerinnen. Rezension und Portrait von drei ausgewählten Levels.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Conceptual Art, Game Culture, Music Production, nature |
By Sam Backer on May 26, 2014
By Sam Backer on 26 May 2014 in
BLOG
The UK-Trinidadian production duo Jus Now is currently one of the most interesting groups working to explore and expand the boundaries of soca. An email interview about their music and the future of soca.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged dance, Diaspora, Music Production |
By Wayne Marshall on May 9, 2014
By Wayne Marshall on 9 May 2014 in
BLOG
Ethnomusicologist Wayne Marshall examines «Treble Culture» – and not «Bass Culture» as others do. He just published his first essay on this topic. On Norient he offers insights via five tracks and clips.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Music Production, perception, Soundscape, Technology |
By Norient on April 29, 2014
By Norient on 29 April 2014 in
AUDIO
Norient keeps searching for new sounds and puts together a monthly selection from Soundcloud. Enjoy or skip through tracks from upcoming and well-known artists from a wide variety of places. And read what some artists wrote about their tracks.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Music Production, place, Sampling |
By Gregor Bulc on April 15, 2014
By Gregor Bulc on 15 April 2014 in
BLOG
The Croatian media connoisseur Željko Luketić presents his favorite songs and clips of electronic music from former Yugoslavia.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged dance, Music Production, music video, place, Technology |
By Daniel Künzler on March 12, 2014
By Daniel Künzler on 12 March 2014 in
AUDIO
It was on 11 February 2014 in the Kariakoo neighbourhood in Dar es Salaam when I learned the sad news: The tape is on the brink of extinction.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Digitzation, lo-fi, Music Production, Technology |
By Heinrich Deisl on August 9, 2013
By Heinrich Deisl on 9 August 2013 in
STORIES
Mit «Ambient» kommt der zweite Teil der Serie Sonische Symptome, die mit «Noise» als sozusagen offensichtlichstes sonisches Symptom für die aktuelle Musikproduktion begonnen hatte.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged body, Experience, Music Production, perception, Sonische Symptome |
By Norient on April 16, 2013
By Norient on 16 April 2013 in
AUDIO
Enjoy our latest Swiss-Fondue-Fufu-Mix, and dive into podcasts and articles around music and musicians from Switzerland – from musicians with or without a Swiss passport.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Diaspora, Music Production, place, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland |
By Milena Krstic on March 26, 2013
By Milena Krstic on 26 March 2013 in
BLOG
Auf einer Reise durch Afrika hat die in Berlin lebende Schweizghanaerin Joy Frempong Tonextrakte gesammelt, die sie auf ihrem 2. Album «Kokokyinaka» seziert.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Music Production, Sampling, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Soundscape |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on March 22, 2013
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 22 March 2013 in
STORIES
Boris Previsic organisiert Kompositionswettbewerbe in Südosteuropa und im Kaukasus. Im Gespräch äussert er sich zu Herausforderungen interkultureller Austauschprojekte.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Cultural Diplomacy, Migration, Music Production |
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 dance, DIY, Music Production |
By Simon Grab on February 5, 2013
By Simon Grab on 5 February 2013 in
VIDEO
Patricia Bosshard, a violonist and composer from Lausanne, is a floating musical nomad between Free Improvisation, Composition, Electroacoustic Experiments, Musique Concrète and Noise Electronics.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Conceptual Art, Digitization, Music Production, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland |
By Simon Grab on January 23, 2013
By Simon Grab on 23 January 2013 in
AUDIO
Die Schweizer Noise-Künstler Dave Philipps, Simon Berz, Rudolph Eb.er, Patricia Bosshard und Jonas Kocher durchbrechen im Sonic-Traces-Feature die Störschallmauer.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Conceptual Art, Music Production, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Technology |
By Simon Grab on November 28, 2012
By Simon Grab, Michael Spahr (Norient) and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 28 November 2012 in
AUDIO
Die Schweizer Nationalphonotek feiert ihren 25. Geburtstag. Norient ist nach Lugano gereist und hat in den Archiven gestöbert. Ein Podcast, eine Radiosendung, und viele Bilder.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged archive, Music Production, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Technology |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on November 12, 2012
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 12 November 2012 in
VIDEO
In 1932 Fritz Pfleumer invented the magnetic tape – a breeding ground for artists who looked for new compositional techniques. But the pioneers of electronic music not only came from avantgarde-centres like Cologne and Paris.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Experiment, Music Production, Technology |
By Ueli Bernays on September 21, 2011
By Ueli Bernays on 21 September 2011 in
STORIES
«Retromania» ist Simon Reynolds’ Buch über die Erinnerungs- und Zitatenkultur im Pop der Gegenwart. Er kommt zum nicht ganz überraschenden Schluss: In der Pop-Kultur gibt es ein Übermass an Geschichte.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Music Production, Nostalgia, Saturation |
By Christian Gasser on September 7, 2011
By Christian Gasser on 7 September 2011 in
STORIES
Mit seinem sechsköpfigen Quintette nahm Raymond Scott den Mutantenjazz für das Maschinenzeitalter auf und belebte unzählige Trickfilme mit irrwitzigen musikalischen Einfällen.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Music Production, Technology |
By Selina Nowak on July 27, 2011
By Selina Nowak on 27 July 2011 in
STORIES
Seit die DJs und Produzenten Gebrüder Teichmann in Kenia das Album «BLNRB» produziert haben, gehen sie entspannter ins Aufnahmestudio. Ein Interview.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Class, Encounter, Music Production, Relationship |
By Ueli Bernays on November 7, 2006
By Ueli Bernays on 7 November 2006 in
STORIES
Afroamerikanische Produzenten dominieren die Popszene. Ihren Einfluss machen sie in Song-Produktionen weisser Stars geltend. Dabei zeigen sich an der Geschlechtergrenze sowie an der Demarkationslinie zwischen schwarzer und weisser Popmusik neue Identitätsmuster.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Music Production, Race |
