By Theresa Beyer on June 13, 2013
By Theresa Beyer on 13 June 2013 in
STORIES
Bounce ist energetischer, afroamerikanischer Rap mit hinternbetonten Tänzen aus New Orleans, der Anfang der 1990er Jahre entstanden ist. Eine besonders schillernde Gestalt der Bounce-Szene ist Big Freedia Queen Diva.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Alison Fensterstock, Big Freedia, Bootydance, Bounce, Caesar’s, Derek B, Drag, FEMA Fridays, Freddie Ross, Gretna, Hip Hop, Hurricane Katrina, Katey Red, Le1f, Louisiana, Mr. Ghetto, Mykki Blanco, New Orleans, Queer, Rap, Renee Moncada, Showboys, Sissy Bounce, Sissy Nobby, Skug, Triggaman, USA, Zebra Katz |
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 Daniel Lis on January 8, 2013
By Daniel Lis on 8 January 2013 in
VIDEO
Fr 11.1 // Einblicke in ein weniger bekanntes Israel, mit dem charmanten und engagierten Jeremy. – Am 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Aksum, Anschei Esch Kolot, Äthiopien, Bazzi-B, Beta Israel, Black Boy, Damaka Ascher, Documentary Film, Ethiopia, Israel, Jeremy Cool Habasch, Jewish, K.G.C., Kalkidan, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Rap |
By Jonathan Fischer on January 4, 2013
By Jonathan Fischer on 4 January 2013 in
STORIES
Do 10.1 // Sieben Jahre nachdem Hurrikan Katrina New Orleans verwüstet hat, sind fiebrige Brassbands und tanzende und trommelnde Mardi Gras Indians populärer als je zuvor – und das weit über Louisiana hinaus.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Blues, Bounce, Brass, Chuck Perkins, Clubs Istanbul, Corey Henry, Creole Wild West, David Simon, Donald Harrison, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Folk, French Quarter, Funk, Hot 8, Irving Banister, Irving «Spyboy Honey» Baniste, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Mardi Gras Indians, Neville Brothers, New Orleans, Phil Frazier, Rap, Rebirth Brass Band, Second Lines, Soul Rebels, Spoken Word, Stooges Brassband, The Meters, Treme, Trombone Shorty, Uganda Roberts, USA, Voices of New Orleans, voodoo, Wynton Marsalis |
By Alison Fensterstock on December 1, 2012
By Alison Fensterstock on 1 December 2012 in
STORIES
Katey Red, Sissy Nobby, Big Freedia: These successful Sissy Rappers turn New Orleans around. Plus many other cities as well.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Big Freedia, Bobby Marchan, Bounce, Cheeky Blakk, Chev off the Ave., Crunk, Dirty South, Gay Culture, Gender, Globale Nischen, Juvenile, Katey Red, Lil Jon, New Orleans, Partners-n-Crime, Patsy Vidalia, Queer, Rap, Sex, Sissies With Attitude, Sissy Nobby, Soulja Slim, Tupac Shakur, USA, Vockah Redu, Ying Yang Twins |
By Sebastian Prothmann on October 9, 2012
By Sebastian Prothmann and Sandy Haessner on 9 October 2012 in
STORIES
Rapper in Senegal setzen auf gesellschaftskritische Rhymes und Beats: hart, anklagend und subversiv. Ein Bericht aus den Vororten Dakars.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 100% Galsen, Africa, Amadou Barry, Didier Awadi, Duggy Tee (PBS), Ghetto Culture, Griot, Ismaël Lô, Mbalax, Pikine, Positive Black Soul, Rap, Rap Galsen, Senegal, Youssou N’Dour |
By Norient on September 21, 2012
By Norient on 21 September 2012 in
VIDEO
Via fast plane YouTube Norient travels criss cross the rapping african continent. We start with fast Mbira-accompagnied flows from Kinshasa and end with meta-discourses and rap-philosophies from Burkina Faso.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Afrobeat, Angola, Bawuta kin Bo tia K, Bravo Papa, Burkina Faso, Edy Sex, FOKN Bois, Ghana, HipHop, Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, Kenya, Kinshasa, Muthoni The Drummer Queen, Obscur Jaffar, Rap, Sierra Leone, Southafrica, The Busy Twist, Titica, Tokollo "Magesh", Tuesday Born |
By Norient on August 1, 2012
By Norient on 1 August 2012 in
BLOG
In part three of norient’s thematic dossiers we have a look on queer music movements, we listen to musicians who broach the issue of queerness and follow shrill drag-performances.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Azelia Banks, Bitch, Dossier: Queer, Drag, Gender, Japan, New Orleans, Peaches, Plaided, Pussy Riot, Queer, Rap, Russia, Sao Paulo, Sissy Bounce, Sookee, Visual Kei |
By Georg Milz on May 16, 2012
By Georg Milz on 16 May 2012 in
BLOG
Wo liegt die Grenze des guten Geschmacks? Die Texte der ghanischen Rap-Combo FOKN Bois sind kontrovers und drehen sich meist um das eine: Sex. Politisches Statement oder bloss Provokation?
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Africa, Al Quaida, Boko Haram, England, FOKN Bois, Gender, Ghana, Hip Hop, Kano, M3nsa, Nigeria, Rap, Sexin Islamic Girls, USA, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Thomas Burkhalter on May 12, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter and Simon Grab on 12 May 2012 in
AUDIO
Rapper La Gale is half Swiss and half Lebanese. In our Norient Podcast she talks about her political message and her first CD.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab World, Christian Pahud, Diaspora, Globale Nischen, Karine Guignard, La Gale, Larytta, Lausanne, Lebanon, Rap, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland |
By Jonathan Fischer on April 29, 2012
By Jonathan Fischer on 29 April 2012 in
STORIES
Malikah ist eine der bedeutendsten Stimmen im arabischen Hip-Hop. Die libanesisch-französische Rapperin setzt sich ein für politische Freiheiten und weibliche Selbstbestimmung. Sie provoziert dabei das Establishment zwischen Beirut und Kairo.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Arab World, Beirut, Coronation, Diana Avella, Dossier Arab World, Fredwreck, Hip Hop, Lebanon, Lynn Fattouh, Lyrical Roses, Malikah, Nazizi, Rap, Translating Hip Hop |
By Theresa Beyer on March 14, 2012
By Theresa Beyer on 14 March 2012 in
BLOG
Speech Debelle just released her second album “Freedom of Speech”, where she comment the global oil crisis or the London riots of 2011. In the interview with norient the English-Jamaican rapper has less appetite for counsciousness.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Blaze up a fire, Conscious Rap, Corynne Elliott, Dionne Bromfield, England, Freedom of Speech, Hip Hop, Jamaica, London, Mercury Prize, Rap, riot, Speech Debelle, Tinchy Stryder |
By Thomas Burkhalter on March 12, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 12 March 2012 in
VIDEO
A new electro/rap album from Beirut inspired me to continue clicking through the World Wide Web. Within transnational Lebanese networks I found great, crazy, funny, strange and sometimes also worrying videos, tracks, as well as a book.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Ashekman, Beirut, Busta Rhymes, Cham3oun, Cyber-Mix, Dossier Arab World, El Rass, I-Voice, Ice Cube, Islam, KVM, Lazzy Lung, Lebanon, Manifest One, Mashrou’ Leila, Mazen el Sayed, Michelle & Noel Keserwany, Munma, Oky Doky, Ramcess L'Hamourabi, Rap, Safar Barlik, Sandmoon, Scrambled Eggs, Talib Kweli, Tania Saleh, The Incompetents, World Music 2.0, Zeid and the Wings, Zeid Hamdan |
By Philipp Rhensius on March 5, 2012
By Philipp Rhensius on 5 March 2012 in
STORIES
Die Grime-Szene in der britischen Hauptstadt steht unter scharfer Beobachtung der Polizei. Nach den Riots im Sommer 2011 müssen Clubbetreiber und MCs besonders kreativ sein, um ungestört feiern zu können.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged 696, Adam Webb, Catch Dusk, Derek Walmsley, Dizee Rascal, DJ Blackdown, East Village, Eskibeat, Graeme, grime, London, Martin Clark, Musical Mob, Nasty, pirate radio, Rap, riot, Rival, Trim, Wiley, working-class |
By Norient on March 2, 2012
By Norient on 2 March 2012 in
BLOG
The song “Shock” by French-Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux became the soundtrack of the Chilean student movement. The title of her newly released album “la bala” lives up to its promise of powerfulness.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 1977, Ana Tijoux, Anamaria Merino Tijoux, Chile, Hip Hop, La bala, Latin Hip-Hop, Rap, Santiago de Chile, Sebastian Pinera, Shock, student protests |
By Anna Trechsel on January 10, 2012
By Anna Trechsel on 10 January 2012 in
STORIES
Gleich zweimal Hip-Hop aus dem Libanon zeigen die zwei Kurzfilme „Life from the BBC“ und „Visit me once a year“. – Am 13.1.2012 am 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Arab World, Beirut, Bourj al-Barajneh, Diaspora, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, France, Hip Hop, I-Voice, Jackson Allers, Kitaa Bey-Route, Lebanon, Migration, Palestine, Rap, Siska, TNT, YaSeen, „Life from the BBC“, „Visit me once a year“ |
By Miriam Gazzah on January 4, 2012
By Miriam Gazzah on 4 January 2012 in
STORIES
This is a story about the empowering force of (Moroccan) hip-hop. Screened on Thursday 12.1.2012 at the 3rd Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Arab World, Brown Fingaz, DJ Key, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, Fnaïre, H-Kayne, Hip Hop, I Love Hip-Hop in Morocco, Josh Asen, Marrakesh, MC Bigg, Morocco, Mot de Passe, Rap |
By Norient on December 26, 2011
By Marc Dietrich and Martin Seeliger on 26 December 2011 in
ACADEMIC
Zur Inszenierung von deutschen Rappern im Spannungsfeld von kultureller Tradition und politischem Diskurs. – «Bitte erzählt mir nix von Gangstarap, meine Jungs da draußen würden 50 Cent erstechen.»
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 4 4 da mess, 50 Cent, A-zad, afro-american culture, Aggro Berlin, Azad, Bambi, Boogie Down Productions, Bushido, Conscious Rap, Da Fource, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Gangsta-Rap, Gangster, Ghetto Culture, ghetto tech, Global Ghettotech, globalization, Hip Hop, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Migration, Mobb Deep, Moses P, N.W.A., Niggaz With Attitude, PA Sports, prostitution, Public Enemy, Rap, Realness, Schoolly D, Snoop Dogg, USA, Violence, Warheit, weapons, Westside Connection |
By Thomas Burkhalter on August 31, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter on 31 August 2011 in
STORIES
Wir befinden uns im Jahr 2002: Der algerische Rap drückt mit Worten aus, was die Jugendunruhen in Algerien mit Gewalt demonstrieren. Sie nehmen kein Blatt vor den Mund und formulieren lautstark ihren Zorn.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa, Algeria, Cheb Hasni, Cheb Mami, Cheb Sahraoui, Double Kanon, Hip Hop, Idir, Intik, Khaled, Le Micro Brise Le Silence, MBS, Northern Africa, Ourrad Rabah, Rai, Rap |
By Knut Henkel on January 16, 2011
By Knut Henkel on 16 January 2011 in
BLOG
Calle 13 heisst eine der radikalsten Pop-Formationen Lateinamerikas. Mit Texten jenseits des Gringo-Mainstreams und mit grossem musikalischem Einfallsreichtum füllt die Band aus Puerto Rico die Stadien zwischen San Juan und Buenos Aires.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Calle 13, Dossier World Music 2.0, Global Ghettotech, Latinamerica, Politics, Puerto Rico, Rap, reggaeton, Susana Baca, World Music 2.0 |
By Michael Spahr on December 22, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 22 December 2010 in
VIDEO
Freitag, 14.1.2011. Fokofpolisiekar – ein Rockumentarfilm und eine Film über die Post-Apartheid-Gesellschaft in Südafrika. Im Rahmen des 2. Norient Musikfilm Festivals (12-15.1.2011).
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Afrikaans, Die Antwoord, Fokofpolisiekar, Ninja, Punk, Rap, Rock Music, South Africa |
By Susanne Schanda on November 29, 2010
By Susanne Schanda on 29 November 2010 in
STORIES
Wenn Darg Team aus Gaza in einem palästinensischen Flüchtlingslager in Syrien auftreten, kommen sie alle hin: von der Grossmutter zum Enkel. Beobachtungen um eine seltene Konzert- und Film-Nacht.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Arab World, Darg Team, Dossier Arab World, Gaza, Neirap, Palestine, Rap, Syria, UNWRA |
By Jay Rutledge on September 15, 2010
By Jay Rutledge on 15 September 2010 in
BLOG
Tumi & The Volume gilt als eine der spannendsten Acts Südafrikas. Ihr Mix aus Spoken Word und Rap setzt sich jetzt auch in Europa immer stärker durch. Am Sonntag 26.9.2010 tritt die Band in Bern auf. Unbedingt hingehen.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, Poetry Slam, Rap, South Africa, Spoken Word, Tumi, Tumi & The Volume |
By Georg Milz on June 12, 2010
By Georg Milz on 12 June 2010 in
AUDIO
Ein wunderbarer Beitrag zu Kwaito und South African House. Mit vielen O-Tönen produziert von Georg Milz von Outhere Records.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, Global Ghettotech, House, kwaito, Outhere Records, Rap, South Africa |
