By Norient on March 12, 2013
By Norient on 12 March 2013 in
AUDIO
In der Norient-Radioshow Sonic Traces tischt der Berner Produzent Wildlife! nicht nur Tracks seines Albums «Roxy Reboot» auf, sondern auch die Beute seiner letzten Weiterbildung in New York: Juke, Baltimore Club, Jersey Club und Ballroom House.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Ballroom House, baltimore club, Bern, Club Bonsoir, clubbing, House, Jersey Club, juke, New York, Punk, Radio Bern RaBe, Reggae, Roxy Reboot, Schweiz, Sonic Traces Radio Show, Wildlife |
By Susanna Petrin on February 21, 2013
By Susanna Petrin and Julian Voloj on 21 February 2013 in
STORIES
Vor gut vierzig Jahren schlossen Gangster in der Bronx Frieden und schlugen sich fortan Reime um die Ohren. Ein ehemaliger Gang-Boss, eine Gangsterbraut und ein junger Rapper begleiten uns durch New Yorks berüchtigtsten Stadtteil.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa Bambaataa, B-boying, Benjamin Melendez, Black Benjie, Black Spades, Breakdance, Bronx, Bronx Boys Crew, Cornell Benjamin, DJ Kool Herc, Djing, Gang, Ghetto Brothers, Grandmaster Flash, Graphic Novel, Hip Hop, Hoe Avenue, Horseshoe Playground, Jazzy Jay, Johan Kugelberg, Lorine Padilla, Madison Square Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Mc, Melle Mel, Nelson Seda, New York, Rap, Savage Nomads, Savage Skulls, Seven Immortals, Slum, South Bronx, Young Sinners, Zulu Nation |
By Eckehard Pistrick on November 6, 2012
By Eckehard Pistrick on 6 November 2012 in
BLOG
Zwei neue Alben zeigen zwei unterschiedliche Bearbeitungsformen von Soundscape-Aufnahmen: Das Porträt eines Hupen-Orchesters aus Accra oder ein mystisches Klangkunstwerk aus flüchtigen und ewigen Sounds von den Schwarzmeerküsten.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Accra, Black Sea, Bulgarien, Dossier Soundscape, Ethnomusicology, Georgien, Ghana, Jazz, Klanganthropologie, Klangkunst, Krim, La Drivers Union Por Por Group, Medea, Medea-Collection from the Black Sea, Musikethnologie, New York, Por por, Rumänien, Russland, Schwarzes Meer, sound art, Soundscapes, Soundwalk, Soundwalk Collective, Steven Feld, Türkei, Ukraine, USA, VoxLox |
By Barbara Mürdter on October 5, 2012
By Barbara Mürdter on 5 October 2012 in
STORIES
Denkt man an Protestsongs und musikalische Rebellen, fallen einem die Folkies der frühen 1960er und die Punks der 1970er ein. Deren Übervater wäre dieses Jahr einhundert geworden: Woody Guthrie.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Alan Lomax, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Bronco Billy Anderson, Brownie McGee, Bruce Springsteen, Cisco Houston, Country, Decca, Dust Bowl, Folk, Harry Smith, Hillbilly, Hobo, J. Edgar Hoover, John Ford, John Steinbecks, Maxine Crissman, Maybelle Carte, Moses Asch, New York, Oklahoma, Old Timey-Music, Pete Seeger, Senator McCarthy, Sharon Jones, Sonny Terry, Tea Party, The Clash, This Land Is Your Land, Tom Morello, USA, Weavers, Woody Guthrie |
By Sarah Ross on September 7, 2012
By Sarah Ross on 7 September 2012 in
ACADEMIC
Die Geschichte des jiddischen Tangos ist eine Geschichte der Anpassung, der Grenzverschiebung und -überwindung. Aus den Einwanderer-Quartieren in Buenos Aires reiste er ans New York Yiddish Theatre und bald auch nach Europa.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Abraham Brudno, Abraham Ellstein, Alberto Gerchunoff, Argentinien, Brodman-Alfaro Sextett, Buenos Aires, Candide, Eduardo Makaroll, Franz Ruttner, Gauchos, Hermann Jablokow, Jacob Kalichs, Jevel Katz, Jiddischer Tango, Jose Schumajer, Juan Carlos Cohan, Katriel Brydo, Klezmer, Llioca Czackis, Max Perlman, Molly Piccon, Mordechaj Gebirtig, Mosesville, Moshe Broderson, New York, Orquesta Tipica Bachicha, Osteuropa, Pablo Aslan, Philippe Cohen-Solal, Pinchas Goldfarb, Pole Paul Godwin, Rikle Gleser, Shmerke Kaczerginski, Tango, Tango Argentino, Yiddish Tango, Zully Goldfarb |
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 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, „At Night They Dance“ |
By Theresa Beyer on May 4, 2012
By Theresa Beyer on 4 May 2012 in
BLOG
Teil 1 des norient Reggae-Specials: Reggae mit Soulstimme, seit neustem auch akustisch: Tarrus Riley, Sohn der Reggae-Legende Jimmy Riley und Star der zweiten jamaikanischen Reggae-Generation nähert sich den Wurzeln des Reggae auf seine Art.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Dancehall, Dean Fraser, Jamaica, Jimmy Riley, New York, Reggae, Soul, Tarrus Riley |
By Norient on February 17, 2012
By Norient on 17 February 2012 in
VIDEO
Girl Walk // All Day is a feature-lenght dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follows three dancers across New York City. The project wants to expand the boundaries of the single-track video to an epic musical film.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged dance, dance film, dance music video, Girl Talk, Girl Walk, Gregg Gillis, New York, urban space, video |
By Wayne Marshall on January 14, 2012
By Wayne Marshall on 14 January 2012 in
STORIES
Rather than dance, critics have alleged, “daggering”, “perreo” and the like are little more than heavy petting in public—a corruption of courtship and a shameful activity for young innocents.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Argentina, Censorship, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, daggering, dance, Dancehall, Dem Bow, Disco, Documentary Film, doggystyle, Gay Culture, Jamaica, Jorge Oquendo, kumina, Lara Putnam, Latinamerica, New York, Perreo, perreo chacalonero, Peru, petting, Politics, Puerto Rico, reggaeton, same-sex bumping, Sex, Sexism, Straight Outta Puerto Rico, the bump, zarabanda |
By Norient on February 23, 2011
By Norient on 23 February 2011 in
AUDIO
DJ Rupture and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts explore the sounds born out of the neighbourhood of Harlem. A great mixtape, published by Domus Magazine.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Black Culture, DJ Rupture, Domus, Gil Scott Heron, Harlem, Jace Clayton, New York, Ralph Ellison, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Soundscapes, USA |
By Norient on June 27, 2010
By Wayne Marshall on 27 June 2010 in
STORIES
That beat you’ve been hearing — the steady boom-ch-boom-chick rattling the trunks of passing cars and moving masses in the club — isn’t just another fleeting hip-hop trend. It’s the new sound of the Americas.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Dem Bow, Dossier World Music 2.0, Globale Nischen, Hybridity, Latin America, New York, Panama, Puerto Rico, reggaeton, Transnationalism, Wayne Marshall, World Music 2.0 |
By Thomas Burkhalter on June 3, 2009
By Thomas Burkhalter on 3 June 2009 in
VIDEO
Drei verschiedene Versionen des 2008 Songs “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, New York, Remix, World Music |
