The Impact of Africa in Europe
Filmmaker Michè Calandra Achode sketches out the future of African music in Europe.
Filmmaker Michè Calandra Achode sketches out the future of African music in Europe.
In the film «Oulaya's Wedding», one is thrown into the middle of a traditional wedding in the Western Sahara. But is the overwhelming proximity to the filmed Sahraoui culture able to bypass exoticism, asks the director and archivist Christopher Kirkley.
The Slovenian band Laibach has been invited to perform in North Korea. Friedemann Pestel says: this tour differs clearly from cultural diplomacy in the traditional sense.
Daniel Jakob buying the South African Souvenir vinyl in Durban.
Reggae is rich with questions of belonging, but instead of domesticity it focuses on the state of limbo. After watching the film «Being Blacker», Derek Walmsley examines how the Brixton figurehead Blacker Dread struggles with what he once called home.
Musicologist Christopher Kirkley explores the boundaries of ethnomusicology.
«This is Bate Bola» follows the carnival celebrations in Rio's poor neighborhoods. While watching the movie, research duo A Parede discovered contradicting ideals of masculinity.
Environmental sounds challenge Matthew Herbert more than a piano does. With noises of exploding bombs, collapsing buildings, and a dying pig he creates both abstract tracks and happy dance music.