Nobody Dey Get Us

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Nobody Dey Get Us
Nobody Dey Get Us

In Ghana, everyday life is widely ruled by the Christian religion. The artists portrayed in the film «Contradict» revolt against this religion’s tendency to dominate people’s histories – by writing their own.

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Design: Šejma Fere

More Sad Hits

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More Sad Hits
More Sad Hits

In an era where platforms package music in a way that strips away life’s complexities, Angus Finlayson finds a melancholic antidote in the music documentary «The Long River Slides».

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Design: Šejma Fere

Finding Refuge in Rebetiko

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Finding Refuge in Rembetika
Finding Refuge in Rebetiko

Clive Bell muses on the music documentary «Don’t Rush’s» love for Rembetika – Greek urban folk music essentially made by refugees – and on an ongoing humanitarian crisis.

 

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Quote: Clive Bell
Design: Šejma Fere

Tongues and Borders Are Immutable

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Tongues and Borders Are Immutable
Tongues and Borders Are Immutable

Lacking a common language is not always an obstacle to communication. It can help to build new connections without preconceptions. An essay inspired by the film «In Your Eyes, I See My Country», in which two Israeli musicians travel to Morocco.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Imagining Worlds and Making Meaning With Four Artists From Delhi

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TIMEZONES – Episode 3: Delhi
Imagining Worlds and Making Meaning With Four Artists From Delhi

Episode 3 of the «Timezones» podcast series, co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut. In this episode, four contemporary artists with a connection to the city of Delhi reflext upon their diverse and evolving practices.

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A Spirit Guides You

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A Spirit Guides You
A Spirit Guides You

Steph Kretowicz is struck by the power of the creative impulse exhibited by Camille Degeye’s protagonist in her short film «Journey Through a Body».

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Design: Šejma Fere

Your Body Is a Medium

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Your Body Is a Medium

A body is not just perceiving sounds, it is also their medium. Here is an essay about the materiality of sound and how the body shapes the listening process.

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Quote: Luise Wolf
Design: Johannes Plank
Photo: Anngret Wolf
Sound: Johannes Plank

How Post-Punk Heralded Modern Coffee Shops

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How Post-Punk Heralded Modern Coffee Shops

How does music affect the image of a city? In his recent book «Deindustrialisation and Popular Music», Giacomo Bottà elaborates the relationship between de-industrialization and genres like house, industrial or post-punk.

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Design: Chrizzi Heinen

The Life in Music of Three Experimental Musicians (in Serbia and Switzerland)

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The Life in Music of Three Experimental Musicians (in Serbia and Switzerland)

«Timezones» – Episode 2. An electro-acoustic composition based on the interviews with the three artists Mara Miccichè, Branko Džinović, and Vukašin Đelić, the close friends and collaborators of the podcast producer, who have never met each other.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Sound Politics of Video Calls

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Sound Politics of Video Calls

The pandemic-driven changes have produced new sensory dissonances: While some urban spaces became eerily quiet, ubiquitous video calls turn the domestic into a public space flooded by multiple voices and sounds. What do these sonic worlds tell us about the social? 

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Design: Šejma Fere
Remix: Sukitoa O Namau

Nairobi’s Next Generation Music Producers and Performing Artists Speak Out

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Nairobi’s Next Generation Music Producers and Performing Artists Speak Out

Nairobi’s next generation music producers and performing artists speak out – Episode 1 of the new Timezones Podcast Series, co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe Institute.

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