About an Utopian World: Aïsha Devi

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About an Utopian World: Aïsha Devi

The music of of the electronic musician and singer Aïsha Devi creates a world of unheard sounds and utopian ideas. Read a sonic fiction in advance of her audiovisual live show at our new concert series.

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Design: Carla Sophie Tapparo
Sound: Aïsha Devi
Remix: Carla Sophie Tapparo

Sampling Stories Vol. 18: DJ Raph

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Sampling Stories Vol. 18: DJ Raph

After being invited by the Iwalewahaus Bayreuth the Nairobi-based electronic musician and producer DJ Raph did an artist residency in Germany, rummaging through the institution’s extensive music archive of ethnographic field recordings from Africa.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Reckoning

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Reckoning

For his mix for the section «money» from the Norient exhibition «Seismographic Sounds» the german composer Johannes Kreidler transformed radically chopped sound samples into sonic goods that creep into your unconscious.

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Sampling Stories Vol. 17: Lara Sarkissian

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Sampling Stories Vol. 17: Lara Sarkissian

In the tracks of the San Francisco-based artist, sampling is as much identity-generating as a political tool. Here are five reasons why sampling is so important in the ambient-shaped tracks of the upcoming producer.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Sound Creates Reality: Sonic Fiction

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Sound Creates Reality: Sonic Fiction

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.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ali Sayah

Sampling Stories Vol. 16: Eomac

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Sampling Stories Vol. 16: Eomac

Tracing the genesis of a track by producer Ian McDonnell (Eomac, Lakker) we can follow the steps to learn how sampling is used to replace a conventional vocal track and discuss questions on the circulation and handling of media material in times of Web 2.0.

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Design: Uno Design
Sound: Eomac, YouTube
Remix: Annafruit

Lost and Found Folklore

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Lost and Found Folklore

After the 1974 revolution in Portugal, folklore music was still alive – and even more politicized as it caused tension within the different folklore groups. Ethnomusicologist Kimberly DaCosta Holton about the culture of the «ranchos folclóricos».

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Design: meLê yamomo
Sound: Grupo Folclórico de Santa Marta de Portuzelo

HK – Club Culture in an «Art Desert»

Norient Snap by Imtiaz Nasir
HK – Club Culture in an «Art Desert»

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.

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Design: Imtiaz Nasir, Akaliko Collective
Photo: Pxhere
Sound: Conch

Wahnsinn oder Wirklichkeit?

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Wahnsinn oder Wirklichkeit?

Im Video zum Stahlberger-Song «Du verwachsch wieder nume...» verwischt Regisseur Jovica Radisavljevic die Grenzen von Realität und Wahn. Hier erzählt er, wie es dazu kam und was es heisst, mit Minimal-Budget maximal kreativ zu sein.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Stahlberger
Remix: Ali Sayah

Sampling Stories Vol. 15: Eduardo Navas

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Sampling Stories Vol. 15: Eduardo Navas

In this interview Norient asked Eduardo Navas, one of the main scholars theorizing the phenomenon of remix, to clarify some of his points and to talk about algorithms, the surplus of remix studies, and cultural appropriation.

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NWA Came before the NWO

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NWA Came before the NWO

Iraqi-Canadian rapper The Narcicyst knows how it feels to be young and Muslim in a post-9/11 world. Today, he considers himself a world citizen and aims for an individual identity that includes his origin, his home, and his community.

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Quote: Yassin «The Narcicyst» Alsalman, Yassin «Narcy» Alsalman
Sound: Aam Taateel