5 Video Clips from the U.K.: The Naff in Sound

 rigotti_5-video-clips-uk_maria-uthe.jpg
5 Video Clips from the U.K.: The Naff in Sound
5 Video Clips from the U.K.: The Naff in Sound

So-called naff music is considered as lacking in style or taste. It’s not the kind of music you’d claim to be a fan of, but Alex Rigotti finds it to be a hidden side of national British identity.

share
Design: Maria Uthe
Sound: 5ive & Queen, Mr Blobby, Cher Lloyd, Tinchy Stryder feat. N Dubz

Funkot, Gabber’s Distant Cousin from the Far East

Snap Image by Maria Uthe
Funkot, Gabber’s Distant Cousin from the Far East
Funkot, Gabber’s Distant Cousin from the Far East

One day, when sitting in an angkot minivan in Bogor, our writer had a weird encounter that made her ears ring; it was funkot, a mix of gabber and Indonesian folk. An essay inspired by the music of Animistic Beliefs who will perform at MUTEK festival 2023.

share
Design: Maria Uthe

Like Super Mario Bumping His Head on Obstacles

 rhensius_like-super-mario_ali-sayah.jpg
Like Super Mario Bumping His Head on Obstacles
Like Super Mario Bumping His Head on Obstacles

A body walks through the city while listening to a DJ mix. The switching between sites is like switching between tracks is like switching between worlds. An essay poem inspired by a mix of the New York-based artist Zarina.

share
Design: Ali Sayah

Norient Playlist 8/23: Bishkek & Central Asia

 mamedov_august-playlist_el-sadek.jpg
Norient Playlist 8/23: Bishkek & Central Asia
Norient Playlist 8/23: Bishkek & Central Asia

Listen to this mix of dance music from Central Asia. For this, our Bishkek-based contributor compiled a rather diverse playlist of dance music from Kazakh and Kyrgyz musicians, both pop and trending and underground.

share
Sound: Jax, PADRE

Der Rundfunk als Waffe

 kuntzel_persisch-sprachige-propaganda_florian-egermann.png
Der Rundfunk als Waffe
Der Rundfunk als Waffe

Warum bezeichnet Irans Revolutionsführer Ali Khamenei Israel als «bösartigen Krebstumor, der entfernt und vernichtet werden muss»? Über die persisch-sprachige Nazipropaganda im Rundfunk und ihre bis ins 21. Jahrhundert spürbaren Folgen.

share
Sound: Casanora

Norient Playlist 7/23: Seoul

Norient Playlist 7/23: Seoul.
Norient Playlist 7/23: Seoul
Norient Playlist 7/23: Seoul

From dreamy, hypnotic ballads, to fragments of classical piano, to glitchy and playful electronica ¬– Arexibo has promised a playlist that forgoes a consistency with genre and instead, blends together distinct artists to create a love letter for Seoul.

share
Sound: KIRARA

Listening Through Others

snap artwork by Frederico Floeter
Listening Through Others

Curator and researcher Bhavisha Panchia crafts a thoughtful review of Gilles Aubry’s «Sawt, Bodies, Species: Sonic Pluralism in Morocco», detailing that the book is a conscious revisit of what it means to listen to and through sonic and musical heritage.

share

Norient: From Tastemaking to Multimodal Storytelling (Part 1)

 norient_from_tastemaking_to_multimodal_storytelling_burkhalter_sergio-salazar.jpg
Norient: From Tastemaking to Multimodal Storytelling (Part 1)
Norient: From Tastemaking to Multimodal Storytelling (Part 1)

What role and methods can a privileged Western person adopt when curating contemporary music from a global perspective? In his ongoing endeavor to understand the world through music and sound, Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter suggests 13 curatorial principles.

share

Being on the Right Side of History

 khosravi_being-right-side-history_florian-egermann.png
Being on the Right Side of History
Being on the Right Side of History

For Iranian metal musician Nikan Khosravi, music is a way to articulate protest. Having lived under state repression, metal, as he explains in this personal essay, helped him to stay candid with himself and to express his dark feelings.

share
Sound: Casanora

Bass Drums, Cowbells, Tambourines

 buhre_bass-drums-cowbells-tambourines_florian-egermann.png
Bass Drums, Cowbells, Tambourines
Bass Drums, Cowbells, Tambourines

Woher kommt die Motivation, ein Festival für Musik aus Iran und der iranischen Diaspora zu organisieren? In diesem Text erinnert sich Klangteppich-Festivalmacherin Franziska Buhre an eine prägende Reise nach New Orleans im Jahre 2016.

share
Quote: Charles Taylor
Sound: Casanora

Norient Playlist 6/23: Mexico City

Norient Playlist 6/23: Mexico City.
Norient Playlist 6/23: Mexico City
Norient Playlist 6/23: Mexico City

The tracks in the June playlist are a current source of inspiration for the Mexico City-based musician El irreal Veintiuno. It consists of a bunch of tracks somewhere located between experimental electronic music, tribal and dembow.

share
Sound: Siete Catorce