NORIENT BOOK ON MUSIC AND GLOBALIZATION
SONIC TRACES – RADIO SHOW – 10 JUNI 2013
NORIENT ACADEMIC ONLINE JOURNAL
5. NORIENT MUSIKFILM FESTIVAL BERN (01/2014)
Transnationalism
Eclectic Dance Music from Kenya
BLOGKenyan musician Bamzigi was flying ahead of the current electronic dance music craze from South Africa and Angola. However, his eclectic mix Mizuka resonates more abroad than in Kenya where he is not invited for performances.
The Rise of Reggaeton
STORIESThat 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.
“Globalists” seek Peripheral Sounds
STORIESMost DJs direct their ears to a few musical Meccas in the First World, such as New York, London, Berlin, and Paris. This decade, however, a new category has emerged, globalist DJs who go much further in their musical explorations.
Shaggy in Tansania
STORIESShaggy ist in Kingston, Jamaika, geboren und hat 1996 einen Grammy für das beste Reggae-Album bekommen. Das qualifiziert ihn dafür, Dar es Salaams größte Halle fast auszuverkaufen, obwohl jedes Ticket 18 Euro kostet, ein gutes Viertel eines durchschnittlichen tansanischen Monatslohns.
