By Norient on December 5, 2018
By Norient on 5 December 2018 in
EVENTS
he Norient Musikfilm Festival is back. After a year off, the 9th edition will be taking place between January 10 and 13, 2019, in Switzerland (Bern, St. Gallen, Lausanne).
Posted in EVENTS, XFEATURED | Tagged 9. Norient Musikfilm Festival |
By Maha El Nabawi on November 13, 2018
By Maha El Nabawi on 13 November 2018 in
STORIES
For musicians living and performing abroad, it can be a challenge to avoid being exoticised and framed in an aesthetic prison. The Egyptian Mohamed Abozekry has reconciled the traditional and the avant-garde.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Abdullah Miniawy, Arab World, Beirut, Beit El Oud, Belonging, Center Stage tour, classical Arabic music, Dina El Wedidi, Don’t Replace Me by a Machine, Europe, Exotica, Exotism, France, HeeJaz, Ibrahim Maalouf, Kalthouhm, Kamilya Jubran, Karkade, Lebanese Civil War, Lotfy Abaza, Maha El Nabawi, Maryam Saleh, Mohamed Abozekry, Mohamed Arafa, Nadah El Shazly, Naseem Shamma, Palestine, Paris, Sarah Murcia, Sufi music, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Trio Abozekry |
By Ksenija Stevanovic on October 9, 2018
By Ksenija Stevanovic on 9 October 2018 in
STORIES
Today we perceive modular synthesizers as elusive chimeras of an authentic past. The composers Marcus Schmickler and Florian Hecker offer a different perspective.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Alfred Sohn-Rethel, Algorithms, analogue, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Electronic Music Studio of Radio Belgrade, EMS Synthesizer 100, Enno Poppe, Florian Hecker, Freiburg, Ksenia Stevanovic, Marcus Schmickler, modular synthesizer, Neue Musik, Neues Werk für Elektronik, reverence, Robert Lippok, Sky Dice Mapping the Studio für Computer und ARP Synthesizer, SWR, Technology, The Ideal of the Broken Down |
By Adam Harper on April 3, 2018
By Adam Harper on 3 April 2018 in
STORIES
Music is not escapism. It is a machine that creates reality. This is the core of Kodwo Eshun’s masterful book «More Brilliant than the Sun». How Sonic Fiction challenges the oppressive prison called reality.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Ancient Greeks, Artusi, avantgarde, Baroque, Ben Frost, Blood Bitches, Cybotron, Dj, E. T. A. Hoffman, Electronic Music, Elysia Crampton, Escapism, fantasy, feminism, Gothic, H. P. Lovecraft, Jenny Hval, Johannes Kreisler, Kodwo Eshun, More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction, Pop, Rewire Festival, Romanticism, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sonic Fiction, Storytelling, Techno, Techno City, That Battle is Over, The Music of Erich Zann, Ziggy Stardust |
By Oli Warwick on March 27, 2018
By Oli Warwick on 27 March 2018 in
STORIES
The metropolis Hong Kong is a world finance and multi-cultural capital. But when it comes to culture, local artists call it an «art desert». Yet, the underground club music scene is working on a change.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged art desert, Belonging, China, clubmusic, epizode festival, fresh funky s, Hong Kong, jo.d aka jodi chik, motech, ocean lam, phu quoc, social room, South East Asia, XXX |
By Norient on February 11, 2018
By Norient on 11 February 2018 in
VIDEO
In the 21st century, the world’s musical hits and trends are often created in bedrooms, where musicians exchange files online without meeting. But can a bedroom producer change the world?
Posted in VIDEO, XFEATURED | Tagged AGF, Anty Greie-Ripatti, bedroom producer, Benjamin Lebrave, Bit-Tuner, Cande Sánchez Olmos, Coupdoeil, Effy B, FrankJavCee, Geert-Jan Hobijn, Giacomo Bottà, Girl Talk, Gregg Michael Gillis, James Costello, Javier Polo, Jesse Samba Wheeler, Loneliness, Marilou Polymeropoulou, Meira Asher, Merz, Minuit De Lacroix, Poemproducer, Rona Geffen, Salome MC, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Debates, Stephan Hermann, Wayne Marshall |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on February 10, 2018
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 10 February 2018 in
BLOG
With the #rojava campaign female:pressure aimed to raise awareness around the resistance movement in Northern Syria. We meet one of the artists who have contributed and sampled women fighters.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Ableton, Advocacy, AGF, Antye Greie-Ripatti, BBC, Copyright, Ethics, Female Pressure, Glokale Sounds, guns, Hannes Liechti, Kurdish, Money, Music and Politics, Music Production, Olivia Louvel, Rojava, Sampling, Sampling Motivations: Politics, Sampling Stories, SNF, solidarity, Syria, War |
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on January 13, 2018
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on 13 January 2018 in
BLOG
Musik aus dem Globalen Süden und die Thematisierung von Queerness sind in. Doch wie lässt sich kulturelle Aneignung oder «positive othering» verhindern? Ein Gespräch mit Festivalkurator Thomas Gläßer (Köln).
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Antonio Gramsci, Blackness, Clubmusik, Diaspora, Digging the Global South, DJ Lag, DJ Marfox, Don´t DJ, Durban, Europäisches Zentrum für Jazz und Aktuelle Musik, Faka, globaler Süden, Gqom, Klein, Lissabon, Lukas Ligeti, Migration, Moor Mother, positive othering, Postkolonialismus, Queerness, Subkulturen, Thomas Gläßer, Wiener Festwochen |
By Norient on November 23, 2017
By Norient on 23 November 2017 in
AUDIO
In this podcast, musicians, composers, and sound artists from the Norient network reflect on the difficult but long alliance between war and music: what is so fascinating about working with war samples?
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged Abd us-Samad, Abdul Basit, Bernhard Clarke, David Opp, Garo Gdanian, Klang-Moor-Schopfe, Matthew Herbert, Mazen Kerbaj, Meira Asher, Nadav Appel, Rana Ghossoub, Rona Geffen, Sampling, Seismographic Sounds Mixes, Sharif Sehnaoui, sound art, Theatre of War, War |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on November 8, 2017
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 8 November 2017 in
BLOG
Jamaican musician Lee Perry, inventor of dub music, and Swiss producer Dubkoaj, inventor of the genre «Alpine dub» met for a session. Some thoughts about this special encounter.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Alpine Dub, Alps, Daniel Jakob, Dub, Dubokaj, Improvisation, Jamaica, Klang-Moor-Schopfe, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lee Perry, Rastafari, Switzerland, Theatre of War |
By Immanuel Brockhaus on October 11, 2017
By Immanuel Brockhaus on 11 October 2017 in
ACADEMIC
Im Buch «Kultsounds – Die prägendsten Klänge der Popmusik 1960-2014» geht der Pianist, Komponist und Wissenschaftler Immanuel Brockhaus auf die Suche nach prägenden Einzelsounds der Popmusikgeschichte.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged Bandstopp-Effekt, Billboard Charts, Conway Studio, cult-sounds, David Guetta, Effectrix, Ellie Goulding, Flo Rida, Glitch-Sounds, Immanuel Brockhaus, Ke$ha, Kevin Rudolf, Kultsounds, Lil' Wayne, Markus Leucht, Music Production, Nicki Minaj, Scrubbing, Slate Digital, Slow-Down-Effekt, software, Speed-Up-Effekt, Sugar Bytes, Tape, Tape Slow-Down, Tape Stop, Transcript, vari-fi, Vengeance, Virtual Tape Machine |
By Beate Scheder on August 23, 2017
By Beate Scheder on 23 August 2017 in
STORIES
The sound artist Geert-Jan Hobjin combines sound art with political issues. His project «Plastic Souls» is a swimming instrument made of plastic waste from the ocean.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Anthropocene, flutes, Geert-Jan Hobijn, Homer, microplastics, Odysseus, Odyssey, plastic bags, plastic pollution, Plastic Souls, Roland Barthes, siren, sound art, Staalplaat, wave power |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on August 10, 2017
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 10 August 2017 in
STORIES
Aniruddha Das understands sampling as a political, yet militant instrument. In the interview he gives insight into his sampling practice and talks about musical exoticism, political meaning, and his use of distortion.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Ableton, Advocacy, Aniruddha Das, Appropriation, Asian Dub Foundation, Bryn Jones, Chris McGuinness, Cultural Meaning, Diaspora, Digitakt, distortion, Dr. Das, Elektron, Exotica, Glokale Sounds, Hannes Liechti, Migration, Miles Davis, Multiculturalism, Music and Politics, Music Production, Muslimgauze, Ohmicide, racism, Sampling, Sampling Motivations: Identity, Sampling Motivations: Politics, Sampling Stories, SNF, Technology |
By Francesco Fusaro on July 4, 2017
By Francesco Fusaro on 4 July 2017 in
STORIES
Trap has conquered Italy’s Charts with its own idiosyncratic take. Artists descended from immigrants raise political issues in an European society that is seeing ever-growing support of right wing ideas.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Amill Leonardo, Baida Army, Blackson, Brescia, Dende, DIY attitude, Download & Streaming Chart, Ghali, Identity, Irony, Italian Constitution, Italy, Jamil, Laïoung, Lega Nord, Mancamelanina Records, Maruego, Matteo Salvini, Mboss, Mudimbi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roy Raheem, Sfera Ebbasta, Slim Gong, Tommy Kuti, trap Petrolio, Wily Wily, Wu-Tang Clan, xenophobia |
By Hillegonda C. Rietveld on June 7, 2017
By Hillegonda C. Rietveld on 7 June 2017 in
STORIES
An echo is historically coded as the sound of a lonely disembodied voice, able to produce a decentered sense of alienation. This is illustrated here through the urban echoic production work of Burial (William E. Bevan).
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged A Guy Called Gerald, alienation, Burial, echo, Four Tet, Hauntology, Jacques Derrida, Juno, Loneliness, Mark Fisher, Massive Attack, melancholy, Metamorphoses, Ovid, Sampling, Seismographic Sounds, solitary, Soundscape, South London Boroughs, UK, zeitgeist |
By Bit-Tuner on April 14, 2017
By Bit-Tuner, Dejot and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 14 April 2017 in
AUDIO
Gqom edits 001/002 / Experimenting with interview formats // We meet gqom producer Citizen Boy and his grandmother in the Avoca Hills township of Durban to discuss about dark electronic gqom tracks.
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa, Bedroom Producing, Bit-Tuner, Citizen Boy, Cruda Volta Radio, Dejot, Durban, Fruity Loops, Google, Gqom, Gqom Edits, Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban, Music Production, Presets, Sampling, South Africa |
By Simon A. Akindes on March 31, 2017
By Simon A. Akindes on 31 March 2017 in
STORIES
When African musicians denounce corruption in music videos, they often focus on its pettiness. Seun Kuti and Fiesta Black are two examples of artists who also tackle international, corporate-based corruption.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa, BAE Systems, benin, Black Money, Change, corruption, Corruption Watch, Dead Prez, Fela Kuti, Fiesta Black, How to Rob Africa, IMF, ITT, Money, music video, Nawaberu Primary School Choir, Nigeria, Porto-Novo, Protest, Seismographic Sounds, Seun Kuti, Simon Akindes, South Africa, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Uganda, United States Agency for International Development, USAID |
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on March 3, 2017
By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 3 March 2017 in
BLOG
In times of constantly bubbling news tickers that have long ago stopped covering sport events only, Berlin-based James Whipple has produced a LP that is dealing with the resultant feeling of information overload.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Anger, Counterstrike, Data Overload, Donetsk, Glokale Sounds, Hannes Liechti, Information Overload, M.E.S.H., Music and Politics, Music Production, Politics, Sampling, Sampling Motivations: Atmosphere, Sampling Motivations: Interest, Sampling Stories, SNF, Ukraine, Video Games, War |
By Philipp Weichenrieder on July 7, 2016
By Philipp Weichenrieder on 7 July 2016 in
STORIES
Some call it a hybrid of breakbeat and house, some call it «apocalyptic riot music». But for the producers from the townships of Durban, South Africa, Gqom is more than a clubmusic style.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged 3-Step, Andile-T, Apartheid, Boldpage Entertainment, Breakbeat, Cherish LaLa Mankai, clubmusic, college, Craig Pugnetti, Crudo Volta, Data File Host, DJ Lag, Durban, England, Europe, Francesco Cucchi, Goon Club All Stars, Gqom, Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban, Great Britain, grime, House, Julz Da Deejay, Jungle, Kasimp3, Lerato Phiri, Mafia Boyz, Masive Q, Mefane, Menchess, Nan Kolè, racist segregation, Rudeboyz EP, Sbucardo, Social Media, South Africa, Techno, townships, trance, UK Funky, UK Rave, unemployment, university, Woza Taxi, Zulu |
By Andrin Uetz on October 17, 2014
By Andrin Uetz on 17 October 2014 in
STORIES
Around the protests in Hong Kong a hole art movement is growing. New songs accompany the demonstrations, and speak out for democracy. A round-up of protest videos. (Photo: © Leung Ching Yau Alex, CC)
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Andrin Uetz, Beyond, Chochuckmo, Choi Sai Ho, David Cheng, Hong Kong, Michael Lai & Stephen Mok, My Little Airport, Protest Music, Revolution, Umbrella Music |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on June 9, 2014
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 9 June 2014 in
STORIES
Schweizer MusikethnologInnen fragen: Welche Rolle spielt die Erinnerung in der Neuen Schweizer Volksmusik? Wie ist Musik im kulturellen Gedächtnis gespeichert?
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Aleida Assmann, Christine Lauterburg, Communicating Music Research, Dide Marfurt, Dieter Ringli, Dr. Karoline Oehme, Fabian Müller, Guggisberglied, Hanni Christen-Sammlung, Helevetic Fiddlers, Jan Assmann, Jodlerverband, Johannes Rühl, Kristina Fuchs, Livia Bergamin, Matthias Lincke, Neue Schweizer Volksmusik, Neue Volksmusik, Pirmin Huber, Pirmin Huber Project, Prof. Dr. Walter Leimgruber, Rämschfädra, Schweizer Volksmusik, Schweizerische Volksliedarchiv in Basel, Seminar für Kulturwissenschaft und Europäische Ethnologie an der Universität Basel, Simon Dettwiler, SNF, Theresa Beyer, Trio Doppelbock, Volksmusik, Wysel gyr |
By Arshia Fatima Haq on May 28, 2014
By Arshia Fatima Haq on 28 May 2014 in
AUDIO
Arshia Haq from the LA based Discostan collective made an exclusive mix for Norient titled «Line of Control». She is presenting us forgotten scores and field sounds from India and Pakistan.
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged Ahmad Zahir, Aneesa Umme Habiba, Anupama Deshpande, Arshia Fatima Haq, Arshia Haq, Discostan, DJ DrAk, Ilaiyaraaja, India, Nahid Akhtar, Noor Jehan, Pakistan, Qari Waheed Zafar, Ravi, Runa Laila, Sohail Rana, T.K. Ramamoorthy, Zinda Laash |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on April 17, 2014
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 17 April 2014 in
STORIES
Grime tracks from the UK keep reaching us: noisy, harsh, power- and playful instrumentals and war dubs. London based producer Footsie tells us why Grime is on its way back. An overview.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Bristol, Dizzee Rascal, Footsie, grime, Idle Hands, JT The Goon, Kahn & Neek, King Original Series, Logos, Logos and Oil Gang, London, Merky ACE, Mr. Mitch, Mumdance, Murlo, Newham Generals, Scrufizzer, Slackk, Spiral, Visionist, war dub |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on March 14, 2014
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 14 March 2014 in
VIDEO
Queer hip hop clips are avalanches of images, beats and powerful words. Norient collected 17 of them and shows, how hip hop artists raise their voice for a queer consciousness and LGTB rights.
Posted in VIDEO, XFEATURED | Tagged Age of Consent, Alicia Smith, Angel Haze, Angola, Big Freedia, Boody, Brooke Candy, Cakes da Killa, Damjan Loš, David Hughes, Flor Linyera, FOKN Bois, Francesco Carrozzini, Frank Borin, Frank Ocean, Gayngster Rap, God-Des & She, Hip Hop, Homohop, homophobia, Israel, John Callahan, Johnny Dangerous, Katastrophe, Kumbia Queers, Le1f, LGTBQ, Lizzo, Meredith Danluck, Missy Elliot, Mykki Blanco, Olivia Parriott, Ouzin Keita, PeaceOut-Festival, Pick up the mic, QBoy, Queer, Queer Rap, Rap, Ru Paul, Sam Jones, Saye Sky, Shorty, Soce, Sookee, Sophia Eris, Tapete, Tina Gassen, Titica, Tlhonepho Thobejane, Tropipunk, Umlilo, USA |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on January 12, 2014
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 12 January 2014 in
STORIES
Die alternativen Musikszenen in Kairo sind in den letzten Jahren stark gewachsen. Metal, Indie Rock, Punk, Rap, Elektronika, Mahragan – es sollen rund 600 Bands, Kollektive und DJs sein. Ein Überblick.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged «Zeitgenössische Künstler aus der Arabischen Welt - Positionen 7», 100copies, 100Copies Music Space, After Eight, Ägypten, Ahl Sina, Ahmad Samih, Ahmed Basiony, Amr 7a7a, Amr Diab, Amr Haha, Amro Salah, Bikya, Black Theama, Cairo Jazz Festival, Camel Dance, d-caf, Dark Philosophy, Dina El-Gharib, DJ Amr Haha, Dossier Arab World, Downtown Contemporary Arts Festiva, Egypt, Egyptian Aliens, Epic 101, Eskenderella, Face Music, Fathy Salama, Freemuse, George Kazazian, Goethe-Institut, Hakim, Halim El Daph, Hany Mehanna, Hussein El-Sherbini, Islam Chipsy, Ismael Hosny, Kairo, Kamal Iskander, Les Petits Chats, Mahmoud Refat, Mahragan, Mark Levine, Maryam Saleh, Mascara, Massive Scar Era, Maurice Louca, MC Amin, Mouhamadou Gaye, Musique Concrète, Oka Wi Ortega, Ola Saad, Omar Kamel, Psychedelic Music, Quit Together, Ramy Essam, Revolution, Salah Eldin Ahmad Ragab, Salah Ragab, Scarab, Sha‘ban ‘Abd al-Rahim, Sherine Amr, Steidl Verlag, Tahrir, Takki MTM, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Tamer Hosny, techno sha'abi, The Black Coats, The Expression of Zaar, The Maniacs, The Mass, Umm Kulthum, Vibe Studio, Waking Up Scheherazade, Wetrobots, Worm, Wrong Notes, Wust El Balad, Yara Mekawei, Zimoun, Zuli |
By Holger Lund on November 13, 2013
By Holger Lund on 13 November 2013 in
ACADEMIC
Anatolian rock – what does it sound like? Why does it sound the way it sounds? How has it started and how can this music be contextualized?
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged Action Bronson, Adnan Varveren, Ajda Pekkan, Altin Mikrofon, Anatolia, Anatolian rock, Arabesk, Arif Sağ, Baris Manco, Bob Azzam, Buddy Holly, Cem Karaca, Dadaşlar, Daniel Spicer, Ersen, Ferdi Özbegen, Hakki Bulut, Hip Hop, Hürriyet, Ilham Gencer, Kemal Atatürk, M.I.A, Martin Stokes, Moğollar, Murat Ses, Oh No, Orhan Gencebay, Ottoman Empire, Peter Gabriel, Pierre Hecker, Rana Alagöz, Rock Music, Saz, Silüetler, The Beatles, Tülay German, Turkey, Yildiray Çinar, Zafer Dilek, Ziya Gökalp |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on October 15, 2013
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 15 October 2013 in
BLOG
Die Swiss Music Days holen experimentelle Musiker aus der Schweiz auf den Balkan. Wie präsentiert sich die Delegation musikalisch? Auf welche Orte und Menschen trifft sie? Eine Multimedia-Reportage aus Belgrad.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Balkan, Belgrad, Belgrade, Bojan Djordjevic, Christoph Hess, Cyril Bondi, D'incise, Diatribes, Dom Omladine, electroacoustic music, Experimental Music, Galerija 12 HUB, Gaudenz Badrutt, Hans Koch, Heiner Goebbels, Igor Čubrilović, Igor Stangliczky, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, ImprovE, Improvised Music, Jacques Demierre, Johann Bourquenez, Jonas Kocher, Lionel Friedli, Lucien Dubuis, LUCIEN DUBUIS TRIO, Lukatoyboy, Manja Ristic, Michael Thieke, Milana Zarić, Norbert Möslang, Paed Conca, Plaistow, Porta Chiusa, Rex, Ring Ring Festival, Robert Roza, Roman Nowka, Serbia, Srdan Muc, Stefan Thut, Strotter Inst., Svetlana Maraš, Swiss Music Days, Switzerland, Vera Kappeler, Vincent Barras, Vincent Ruiz, WoO |
By Georg Milz on September 29, 2013
By Georg Milz on 29 September 2013 in
BLOG
Protest and art are part of daily life in Istanbul. After the Gezi protests there’s a lot of creative energy on the streets. Norient Blogger Georg Milz met several artists and musicians. An update on the vibrant protest culture.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged 2/5 BZ, Abbasağa Park, Arabesk, Beşiktaş, Cihan Keskek, Da Poet, Ege Çubukçu, Ethnique Punch, Gegen die Bridge, Gözel Radio, Grup Yorum, Kardeş Türküler, Levni, Mr. Strangé, no exotic, Retro Gramafonia, Serhat Köksel, Sotu the Traveller, Tektosag, Yapi Sanat |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on August 21, 2013
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 21 August 2013 in
BLOG
Festival Neue Musik Rümlingen: 13 Musiker durchkreuzen spielend und improvisierend die Schweiz von Süd nach Nord – zu Fuss, per Bus, Zug, Schiff und Gondelbahn. Norient wandert mit.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Alpentöne, Altdorf, Annette Schmucki, Balthasar Streiff, Benjamin Brodbeck, Bernadette Roos-Stadelmann, Christian Dierstein, Christoph Brunner, Christophe Dufaux, Co Streiff, Daniel Ott, Entlebucher Haus, Festival Neue Musik Rümlingen, Francois Sarhan, Hans Hassler, Hans Koch, Heinz Holliger, Horngruppe Obwalden, Jodlerklub Schüpfheim, Johannes Rühl, Jonas Kocher, Lydia Jeschke, Marcel Oetiker, Mario Pagliarani, Michael Riessler, Neue Musik, Peter Schärli, Ruedi Häusermann, Samuel Stoll, Schweiz, Shirley Anne Hofmann, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Soundscape, Stephen Menotti, Tim Krohn, Ton&Tal, Urban Mäder, Wael Sami Elkholy |
By Stefanie Alisch on August 8, 2013
By Stefanie Alisch on 8 August 2013 in
STORIES
Kuduro mit seinen harten Raps ist das beatlastige Dancefloor-Gewitter aus Angola. Szenestar Titica wurde als Mann geboren. Sie schert sich nicht um Toleranz und Transphobie.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Angola, Carga, Coréon Dú, Crossdressing, Dama Rebenta, Diva Fofando, DJ Dvictor, DJ Sebem, Edy Sex, Gata Agressiva, Homosexualität, kuduro, Lily Fogsa, Luanda, Noite Dia, Portugiesisch, Própria Lixa, Puto Portugues, Semba Comunicação, Tanz, Teca Miguel Garcia, Titica, Tony Amado, Transsexualität, Tuga Agressiva |
By Heinrich Deisl on August 6, 2013
By Heinrich Deisl on 6 August 2013 in
STORIES
Ohren aufgesperrt, hier kommt Starkstrom für Beine, Birne und den roten Bereich der Lautstärke-Skala. Die Frage in diesem ersten Teil: Welche Auswirkungen hatte die «digitale Revolution» auf die Noise-Musik?
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Auxpan, CCCC, Constantin Casparys, Dissecting Table, Drexciya, Fetish 69, G. X. Juppiter-Larsen, Hijokaidan, Industrial, Industrial-Specials, Jacques Attali, Jessica Rylan, John Cage, John Duncan, Kotra, Laton, Lou Reed, Merzbow, MSBR, Noise, Rammellzee, Sabotage, Sachiko M., Scorn, Skug, Sonische Symptome, SPK, Sun Ra, Survival Research Laboratories, Susan Lawly, The Melvins, The New Blockaders, Theodor Adorno, Throbbing Gristle, Toshimaru Nakamura, Tricia Rose, UR, William Bennett, WordSound |
By Frederick Moehn on July 19, 2013
By Frederick Moehn on 19 July 2013 in
STORIES
«Lusotronic» festival in May 2013 brought portuguese electronic music to Berlins multicultural neighborhood Kreuzberg – an occasion for a deep ethnomusicological insight in postcolonial cultural spaces.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Agnela Barros Wilper, Akwaaba music, Ananya Kabir, André do Poster, Andy Cumming, Angola, baile funk, Belém do Pará, Benjamin LaBrave, Berlin, Bonde Do Rolê, Brazil, Carnival of Cultures, colonialism, Cumbia, Dama Do Bling, Daniel Haaksma, Diplo, Diron, DJ Waldo Squash, Dossier World Music 2.0, Filip Nikolic, Frederick J. Moehn, Funana, Funk, Gang do Eletro, Germany, Igor Domingues, Jó Kindanje, Joan Morgan, João Brandão, Karnaval der Kulturen, Keila Gentil, kizomba, Kreuzberg, ku house, kuduro, Laura Taylor, Luso FM, Lusotronics, Lusotropicalism, Maderito, Marco Castro, MC Tati Quebra Barraco, Mozambique, Pedro D'Eyrot, pleasure politics, Portugal, Post-Kolonialismus, Rodrigo Gorky, Shayne Lee, Stefanie Alisch, tarraxinha, Tecno Brega, Throes & The Shine, Titica, Tropicalbacanal, William Love, Wolfram Lange, World Music 2.0 |
By David-Emil Wickström on June 30, 2013
By David-Emil Wickström on 30 June 2013 in
ACADEMIC
The articles of the second volume of the Norient Academic Online Journal show different ways of how the future is imagined musically – an Introduction.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged 2. Norient Academic Journal, Introduction, naoj v2, norient academic online journal |
By Andrea Milluzzi on June 5, 2013
By Andrea Milluzzi on 5 June 2013 in
STORIES
Fünf junge Männer, ein Ghettoblaster und eine Leidenschaft für Breakdance. Eine Tänzer-Crew aus Bagdad erzählt vom HipHop, Michael Jackson und von einer Stadt, in der junge Leute Orte für sich erkämpfen.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged 50 Cent, Badad, Breakdance, Dohuk, Eminem, Hip Hop, Irak, Iraq, Michael Jackson, Power Group, Sheraton, Tupac Shakur |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on June 4, 2013
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 4 June 2013 in
STORIES
Politische Lieder konnten in der DDR vieles sein, von sozialistischer Indoktrination bis zum Sprachrohr für Kritik. Ein Abriss: Liedpolitik in der DDR von der Singebewegung bis zum Mauerfall (1965 bis 1989).
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Amiga, Barbara Thalheim, Beatles, Berlin, Chanson, DDR, Dieter Beckert, Dresden, DT64, FDJ, Festival des politischen Liedes, Folk, Gerhard Schöne, Hammer=Rehwü, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel, Hootenanny, http://norient.com/files/2013/06/front.jpg, Karl-Heinz Schulz, Karls Enkel, Leipzig, Lied, Perry Friedman, Protestsong, Singebewegung, Singeklub, Singer-Songwriter, Volksmusik, Wacholder, Wenzel, Wolf Biermann, Zensur |
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 Norient on March 26, 2013
By Norient and Milena Krstic on 26 March 2013 in
BLOG
Auf einer Reise durch Afrika hat die in Berlin lebende Schweizghanaerin Joy Frempong Tonextrakte gesammelt, die sie auf ihrem 2. Album «Kokokyinaka» seziert.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged «Kokokyinaka», bee-flat, Berlin, Bern, Burkina Faso, Creaked Records, Filewile, Ghana, Joy Frempong, Lleluja-Ha, Mali, Oy, Radio Bern RaBe, Sonic Traces, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on March 22, 2013
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 22 March 2013 in
STORIES
Boris Previsic organisiert Kompositionswettbewerbe in Südosteuropa und im Kaukasus. Im Gespräch äussert er sich zu Herausforderungen interkultureller Austauschprojekte.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Aliser Sijaric, Armenia, Avant-Garde, Balkan, Balkans, Belgrade, Boris Previsic, Bosnia, Caucasus, Darija Andovska, Emre Sihan Kaleli, Ensemble Sonemus, Firudin Allahverdi, Funding, globalization, Intercultural, Kulturförderung, Ottoman Music, place, pre-art, Roland Moser, Sonemus, Soviet Union, Stepan Rostomyan, Tribina kompozitora, Vardapet Komitas, Zagreb |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on February 12, 2013
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 12 February 2013 in
AUDIO
Christopher Kirkley offers on his blog Sahelsounds autotuned DIY-pop and unplugged music from Northern Mali. A podcast.
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged Bamako, Blues, Christopher Kirkley, desert, Kidal, MP3 blogs, Sahara, Sahel, Sahelsounds, tuareg |
By Moses Iten on August 29, 2012
By Moses Iten on 29 August 2012 in
AUDIO
In the philosophical DJ-Set «The B Side of Switzerland» and the Podcast «Stranger than caribbean music: My swiss roots» the swiss-australian artist Moses Iten searchs for remains and revivals of ‘real’ Swiss music.
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged Bruno Spoerri, Christoph H. Mueller, cumbiacosmonauts, Cyrill Schlaepfer, Daniel Haeusler, Erika Stucky, Gotan Project, Gupfbuebae, Hansjoerg Iten, Hujaessler, Markus Flueckiger, Moses Iten, Pareglisch, Rees Gwerder, Swiss-émigré, Switzerland, Ueli Stoeckli |
By Katrin Wilke on July 9, 2012
By Katrin Wilke on 9 July 2012 in
STORIES
Wenn die jungen Cantautores ihre Stimmen gegen Staatschef Piñera erheben und der Studentenbewegung den Soundtrack liefern, strömt Revolutionsgeist durch Chile. Nach der «Nueva» nun die «Novísima» Canción?
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Ana Tijoux, Bots, Camila Moreno, Camila Vallejo, Cantautores, Chabuca Granda, Chico Buarque, Chile, Emociones Clandestinas, Fauna, Francesca Ancarola, IntiIllimani, Manuel García, María Colores, María Magdalena Ortiz, Milton Nascimiento, Nano Stern, Neues Glas aus Alten Scherben, Novísima Canción, Nueva Canción Chilena, Pascuala Ilabaca, Quilapayún, Santiago de Chile, Sebastian Pinera, Silvio Rodríguez, Valparaíso, Víctor Jara, Viña del Mar, Violeta Parra, Violeta Parras, Yogui Alvarado |
By Milena Krstic on June 25, 2012
By Milena Krstic on 25 June 2012 in
STORIES
Wenige Jahre nach Thomas Haferlachs Südamerikareise verwandelt er im Voodoohop-Kollektiv São Paulos brachliegende Flächen zu neonbunten Spielwiesen für schrille Parties im Neo-Tropicália-Stil.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Brasilien, Brazil, Caetano Veloso, Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Casa das Caldeiras, Deutschland, DJ Thomash, DJane Marina, Dragqueen, Electronic, Favela Vidigal, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Neo-Tropicália, Ocupação, Out of the Absurdity of Life, Performance, Pope of Voodoohop, Rua Augusta, Samba, Sao Paulo, Sonar-Festival, Thomas Haferlach, Trackertower, Tropicália, Video-art, voodoo, Voodoohop |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on May 30, 2012
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) and Michael Spahr (Norient) on 30 May 2012 in
BLOG
Visual Kei ist ein japanische Musikbewegung, die inzwischen auch Europa erobert hat – ein Paradebeispiel für Musikphänomene im Kontext der Globalisierung. Im Interview der Musikethnologe Oliver Seibt.
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Asia, Death Metal, Europe, Europop, Glam-Rock, Globalisierung, Heavy Metall, Japan, Oliver Seibt, Radio RaBe, Rock, Thementage2012, Tokyo, Visual Kei, Visus, X Japan |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on May 29, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient), Simon Grab and Karin Scheidegger on 29 May 2012 in
AUDIO
Japanische Sprechgesänge und Girlie-Melodien interagieren mit knackiger Elektronika, tiefen Bass-Beats und einem Schuss Indie Rock. Das zweite Album von Tim & Puma Mimi.
Posted in AUDIO, XFEATURED | Tagged Christian Fischer, Globale Nischen, Japan, Märklin, Michiko Hanawa, Mouthwatering Records, Seelenluft, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Switzerland, Tim & Puma Mimi, Zurich |
By David-Emil Wickström on May 23, 2012
By David-Emil Wickström on 23 May 2012 in
ACADEMIC
From bikutsi over funk carioca and gospel to the urban soundscapes of mp3-blogs this issue presents four fascinating articles spanning fieldwork in Germany, Ghana, Cameroon, Brazil and the virtual mp3-blogsphere.
Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged cosmopolitanism, Global Ghettotech, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, reflexive ethnography |
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on March 5, 2012
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) 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, Out of the Absurdity of Life, pirate radio, Rap, riot, Rival, Trim, Wiley, working-class |
