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By Neelika Jayawardane on April 23, 2013
By Neelika Jayawardane on 23 April 2013 in
STORIES
Hindu festival Holi has recently become popular outside of India, so in South Africa. But these huge open-airs haven’t anything to do with adopted traditions, but with selling escapism to privileged white youths.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa is a country, Cape Town, carnival, Christianity, critical theory, Durban, Hindu, Holi, India, Jersey Shorites, Johannesburg, Jozi, Krishna, Lata Mangeshkar, Mikhail Bakhtin, post-racial, Raj Kapoor, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Shiva, South Africa |
By Milena Krstic on March 15, 2013
By Milena Krstic on 15 March 2013 in
BLOG
Die Band Skip & Die lässt Elektro mit Volksmusik aus aller Welt kollidieren – und will damit die Apokalypse verhindern. Kann das mehr als nur gut gemeint sein?
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Amsterdam, baile funk, Balkan-Beat, Cata Pirata, Catarina Aimée Dahms, Cumbia, Electro, Johannesburg, Jori Collignon, Manu Chao, Skyp & Die, South Africa, Südafrika, World Music 2.0 |
By Portia Seddon on May 23, 2012
By Portia Seddon on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
Within the past decade, African-, Latin American-, and Caribbean-centered popular music weblogs have emerged as complex mediated spaces of cultural debate and transformation. // Notes on the Ethnography of Mediated Music.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged aesthetics, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Brian Shimkovitz, digital ethnography, DJ Chief Boima, Dossier South Africa, Dossier World Music 2.0, ethnography, ghettotech, Global Ghettotech, MP3, MP3 blogs, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, Reccord Digging, record digging, Soundscapes, South Africa, Strut Records, Urban Music, Wayne Marshall, World Music 2.0 |
By Wolfgang König on April 1, 2012
By Wolfgang König on 1 April 2012 in
BLOG
Seit 13 Jahren ist es am letzten März-Wochenende in Kapstadt Zeit für „Africa’s Grandest Gathering“, so die Selbstbeschreibung des Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Bongo Maffin, Cape Town, Cape Town International Jazz Festival, Dorothy Masuka, Dossier South Africa, Rashid Lombard, South Africa, Thandiswa Mazwai, Zolani Mahola |
By Norient on March 21, 2012
By Norient on 21 March 2012 in
BLOG
On the album “Father Creeper” club-icon Spoek Mathambo from Jo’burg upgrades his unique electro-style with international features. The self-proclaimed “Prince of Townchip Tech” talks about his influences – in a quite serious presentation.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged afro-beat, Ana Rap, Dossier South Africa, Dossier World Music 2.0, Electro-rap, Father Creeper, Gnucci Banana, Johannesburg, kwaito, Malmö, Nthato Mokgata, Playdoe, post-apartheid, post-dubstep, South Africa, Soweto, Spoek Mathambo, Sweat.X, Sweden, World Music 2.0 |
By Norient on July 13, 2011
By Norient on 13 July 2011 in
BLOG
Cape Town Beats heisst ein zweitägiges Festival in Langenthal. Zum zweiten Mal gibt sich die urbane Musikszene Kapstadts im Berner Oberaargau ein Stelldichein.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Cape Town, Cape Town Beats, EJ, Mr Sakitumi, South Africa, Switzerland, Teba Shumby |
By Norient on July 1, 2011
By Norient on 1 July 2011 in
VIDEO
Weird computer music, hyperspeed dancing, clown costumes, youtube, serendipitous ringtones. Dutty Artz met the producers in South Africa.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, Global Ghettotech, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, South Africa, World Music 2.0 |
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 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 Michael Spahr on December 17, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 17 December 2010 in
VIDEO
Freaky Afrikaans rapper Jack Parow meets Francois van Coke (singer of legendary South African band Fokofpolisiekar) in this sexy video clip.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Die Antwoord, Fokofpolisiekar, Jack Parow, South Africa |
By Thomas Burkhalter on October 11, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 11 October 2010 in
BLOG
Das Kapstadter Kollektiv Die Antwoord hat sich dank seiner Schrägheit, Selbstironie via Facebook zur Kultband gemausert. Jetzt liegt das erste Album der Gruppe vor.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Art Pop, DJ Hi-Tek, Dossier South Africa, Global Ghettotech, Irony, Mzansi, Ninja, South Africa, World Music 2.0, Yo-Landi Vi$$er |
By Veit Arlt on October 4, 2010
By Veit Arlt on 4 October 2010 in
STORIES
Der südafrikanische Jazzmusik-Pionier Mac McKenzie tritt in Basel auf. Am 5. und 6. Oktober mit den Goema Captains, und am 13. Oktober mit der Goema Symphony No. 1.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Cape Town, Dossier South Africa, goema, Goema Captains of Cape Town, Jazz, Mac McKenzie, South Africa |
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 Thomas Burkhalter on August 18, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 August 2010 in
BLOG
Die rasend schnellen Melodie-Pattern dieser neu entdeckten Musik aus Südafrika werden mit der «Minimal Music» von Steve Reich verglichen. Sie klingen aber ganz anders.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, Dossier World Music 2.0, George Maluleke, Ghetto Palms, Nozinja, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, South Africa, Steve Reich, Tsonga Disco, Wills Glasspiegel, World Music 2.0 |
By Georg Milz on August 3, 2010
By Georg Milz on 3 August 2010 in
STORIES
Die weltberühmte Sängerin Busi Mhlongo ist im Alter von 62 Jahren in Durban gestorben. Ende des Jahres soll ihr viertes Album “Amakholwa – The Believers” postum erscheinen.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa, Apartheid, Busi Mhlongo, Camagwini, Freshly Ground, Simphiwe Dana, Siphokazi, South Africa, Thandiswa Mazwai, Zulu |
By Keith Kahn-Harris on July 29, 2010
By Keith Kahn-Harris on 29 July 2010 in
STORIES
The claw of heavy rock reaches out to the most metal-hostile place on earth: Sub-Saharan Africa.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa, Black Sabbath, Botswana, Groinchurch, Infertile Surrogacy, Metal, Neblina, South Africa, Wrust |
By Norient on June 30, 2010
By Norient on 30 June 2010 in
AUDIO
Check out this awesome blog Awesome Tapes from Africa from the Brooklyn based digger and hunter Brian Shimkovitz.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Africa, Cassettes, Guinea, Hamid Al Mou, Ibro Diabate, Penny Penny, South Africa |
By Thomas Burkhalter on June 13, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 13 June 2010 in
STORIES
Zum Auftakt der Fussballweltmeisterschaft zeigt norient in diesem Dossier die grosse musikalische Vielfalt des südlichsten Landes Afrikas. Von der urbanen Clubkultur, zum Art-Pop, zu traditionellen Klick-Lauten.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Dossier South Africa, Khoi, kwaito, Mbaqanga, Mbube, Resistance Music, Sotho, South Africa, Venda, Xhosa |
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 |
By Thomas Burkhalter on June 10, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 10 June 2010 in
AUDIO
Eine kommentierte Hörrreise durch Südafrika: Von Klick-Lauten bis zum Kwaito-Beat – ein akustischer Steigerungslauf. Von Thomas Burkhalter.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged ANC, Dossier South Africa, kwaito, Nelson Mandela, Resistance Music, South Africa, Xhosa, Zulu |
By Norient on June 10, 2010
By Norient on 10 June 2010 in
BLOG
The Generation Bass blog writes from South Africa – during the Soccer World Cup. It’s worth reading!
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Dossier South Africa, kwaito, Pro Kid, South Africa |
By Michael Spahr on June 9, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 9 June 2010 in
VIDEO
Honest, mad and beautiful music shows in the back of a South African taxi.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Dossier South Africa, South Africa, Taxijam |
By Georg Milz on June 4, 2010
By Georg Milz on 4 June 2010 in
VIDEO
Outhere Records publishes Urban Music from South Africa.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Dossier South Africa, House, South Africa, Urban Music |
By Norient on June 4, 2010
By Michael Spahr on 4 June 2010 in
AUDIO
Jaak raps in Afrikaans and presents his new album ‘Flêtse Maniere’.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Dossier South Africa, Hip Hop, South Africa |
By Thomas Burkhalter on June 3, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 3 June 2010 in
VIDEO
A Documentary Film by Bart Van Dijck about Music and Culture in South Africa.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Die Antwoord, Documentary Film, Dossier South Africa, kwaito, Ninja, South Africa |