By Stefan Müller on September 26, 2011
By Stefan Müller on 26 September 2011 in
STORIES
Panjabi MC ist ein Pionier der englischen Bhangra-Pop-Szene und der Schöpfer des Megahits von 2003: «Mundian To Bach Ke». Seither ist viel passiert und Panjabi MC hat sich zum Ein-Mann-Unternehmen gemausert.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Bhangra, India, Javeed Bashir, Miss Pooja, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistan, Panjabi MC, UK |
By Thomas Burkhalter on January 15, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 15 January 2011 in
VIDEO
Die sieben Dokumentarfilme am 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival (12.1-15.1.2011) in Bern schauen ganz genau hin: auf die Ver(w)irrungen zwischen Musik, Gesellschaft und Politik. Ein Überblick.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, 2/5 BZ, Adela Peeva, Arabesk, Balkans, Bulgaria, Cem Kaya, Cho Sung-Hyung, Fokofpolisiekar, Full Metal Village, Halit Aslan, Japan, Muezzin, Pakistan, Politics, Sebastian Brameshuber, Serhat Köksal, South Africa, Taqwacore, Turkey, Wacken, «Arabesk – Gossensound und Massenpop», «We Don’t Care About Music Anyway...», «Whose is this Song» |
By Wendy Hsu on December 19, 2010
By Wendy Hsu on 19 December 2010 in
VIDEO
Donnerstag 13.1.2011. The Kominas sind Meister der Punk-Satire. Der Dokumentarfilm «Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam» verfolgt die Band auf ihrer Tournee durch die USA und nach Pakistan.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Irony, Islam, Lahore, Michael Muhammad Knight, Pakistan, Punk, religion, satire, Taqwacore, The Kominas, USA |
By Michael Spahr on September 30, 2010
By Michael Spahr and Thomas Burkhalter on 30 September 2010 in
VIDEO
Buy More Incense – a norient documentary film about British Asian musicians – is online and can be watched for free…!
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Aki Nawaz, Asia, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bangra, Birmingham, Bobby Friction, Buy More Incense, DCS, DJ Ritu, Documentary Film, Europe, Fun'da'mental, India, Johnny Kalsi, Kuljit Bhamra, London, Nation Records, Nitin Sawhney, Outcaste Records, Pakistan, UK |
By Peter Pannke on September 1, 2010
By Peter Pannke on 1 September 2010 in
STORIES
Pakistan und Indien üben den musikalischen Grenzverkehr – und das auf allen Ebenen: In der Rockmusik, Bollywood und in TV-Shows. Eine Reportage von Peter Pannke
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Censorship, India, Junoon, Kailash Kher, Pakistan |
By Norient on June 25, 2009
By Mark LeVine on 25 June 2009 in
STORIES
Pakistan’s corrupt and violent rulers did produce one good thing, albeit inadvertently: Pakistani rock. Mark Levine offers a chapter of his book «Heavy Metal Islam» to norient.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Censorship, Islam, Islamabad, Junoon, Lahore, Mark Levine, Metal, Pakistan, Rock Music, Sufism |
By Thomas Burkhalter on August 15, 2000
By Thomas Burkhalter on 15 August 2000 in
STORIES
Indische, pakistanische und bengalische Musiker in England ziehen sich entweder in eine ghettoähnliche Parallelwelt zurück, oder sie suchen den Durchbruch im «weissen» England.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Aki Nawaz, Amar, Asian Dub Foundation, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bhangra, Bobby Friction, Brick Lane, Cornershop, DJ Ges-E, DJ Ritu, Earthtribe, Fun'da'mental, Hardcaur, India, Johnny Kalsi, Kuljit Bhamra, London, Nation Records, Nitin Sawhney, Outcaste Records, Pakistan, Panjabi MC, Protest Music, Punjab, Qawwali, Sanjeev ‹Coco› Varma, Shahin Badar, Shrikanth Sriram «Shri», Southall, Tabla, Talvin Singh, TJ Rehmi, UK |
