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Mind, Body & Foot – Footwork in Photos

By Wills Glasspiegel on January 13, 2017

By Wills Glasspiegel on 13 January 2017 in BLOG

Dance is the music of the body. In anticipation of the authors screening series at the 8th Norient Musikfilm Festival, we show some collages and images of the Chicago-based clubmusic and dance culture scene footwork.

Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged 8. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Chicago, clubmusic, Crystal "Queen Crystal" James, dance, DJ D-Man, DJ Diamond, Fingers Bankpads & Shoeprints, Footwork, In the Circle: Footwork in Chicago Video Selection, Planet Mu, RP Boo, Shangaan Electro, Sterling "Steelo" Lofton, The Era Footwork Crew, Wills Glasspiegel | 1 Response

Photo Series: New South African Music

By Chris Saunders on January 27, 2016

By Chris Saunders on 27 January 2016 in BLOG

In his photo series for the Norient book and exhibition «Seismographic Sounds», photographer Chris Saunders portrays the vivid and now exploding South African music scene. With Tshetsha Boys, Nozinja, DJ Spoko, DJ Invizable and Spoek Mathambo.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged 7. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Bacardi House, Chris Saunders, DJ Invizable, Exotica, Fantasma, Gazelle, Nozinja, Photo Series, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Photo Series, Shangaan Electro, South Africa, Spoke Mathambo, Spoko, Warp Records | 3 Responses

Vom «Blackness»-Mythos zum Alien-Soul

By Didi Neidhardt on September 19, 2012

By Didi Neidhardt on 19 September 2012 in STORIES

Der Sampler «Personal Space. Electronic Soul 1974–1984» vereint 17 Schätze aus der Geschichte des elektronischen Soul, kontert dem kanonbestimmenden Mythos der ‹Blackness› und zeigt, dass auch Soul einmal afrofuturistische Visionen hatte.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Adele, Aloe Blacc, Amy Winehouse, Blackness, Blues, Bootsy Collins, Congotronics, Deborah Washington, Destiny’s Child, Digi-R&B, Disco, dubstep, Dyson & Company, Eddy Hazel, Electro, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Flying Lotus, Funk, George Clintons Parliament/ Funkadelic, Gonjasufi, Grace Jones, Greg Tate, Guitar Red, Herbie Hancock, House, James Brown, Janelle Monáe, Jeff Phelps, Jimi Hendrix, Johnnie Walker, juke, Kelis, Kodwo Eshun, Kraftwerk, Lady Blacktronika, Leiber & Stoller, M.I.A, Marvin Gaye, Missy Elliott, Norman Withfield, Otis G. Johnson, Outkast, Patrick Adams, Paul Gilroy, Pete Cosey, Pharrell Williams/Neptunes, Rhythm’n’Blues, Santigold, Shabazz Palaces, Shangaan Electro, Shuggie Otis, Slavoj Žižek, Sly Stone, Soft Cell, Soul, Space-Funk, Steve Elliott, Stevie Wonder, Sun Ra, Techno, THEESatisfaction, Timbaland, Timmy Thomas, USA, Woo Woo | Leave a response

Zwischen Spass- und Protestkultur

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on January 27, 2011

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 27 January 2011 in ACADEMIC

Musiker aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika formulieren selbstbewusste nach-koloniale Positionen. Ihre Parodien auf Exotika und der Fokus auf Gewalt zeigen aber: Alte Abhängigkeiten haben weiterhin Bestand.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Adham Hafez, Avant-Garde, baile funk, baltimore club, beat research, Beatniks, Beirut, Cairo, Charbel Haber, Checkpoint 303, Cumbia, Cynthia Zaven, detroit ghettotech, Die Antwoord, digitalization, Diplo, DJ Rupture, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Dubsided, dubstep, Exotica, Favela Chic, Gazelle, Ghislain Poirier, glitch, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, globalization, grime, Halim al-Daph, Hassan Khan, Jagwa, K'Naan, Kode 9, kuduro, kwaito, Luigi Russolo, M.I.A, Mad Decent, Mahmoud Refat, Major Lazer, Man Recordings, Mazen Kerbaj, Music 2.0, Music and Satire, Nortec, Omar Souleyman, Osman Arabi, Out of the Absurdity of Life, Outhere Records, Pastiche, Postkolonialismus, postmodern, Raed Yassin, Ramsi Lehner, reggaeton, Schlachthofbronx, Scrambled Eggs, Secousse, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, Steve Goodman, Tam Tam Motherland, Tarek Atoui, Tashweesh, Terry Lynn, The Hardcore Continuum, Thementage2012, UK Funky, Veit Erlmann, War, Wayne Marshall, Werner Jauk, Wildlife, World Music 2.0 | 16 Responses