Der Teufelskreis des Geldes

Norient Snap by Carla Sophie Tapparo
Der Teufelskreis des Geldes

«Das Internet ist nicht demokratisch», sagt Andreas Ryser, Präsident des Musikverbands IndieSuisse. Und in sozialen Netzwerken bestimme das Geld, welche Musik gefunden werde. Doch die Digitalisierung birge auch Chancen für die Finanzierung von Musik.

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Quote: Andreas Ryser
Design: Carla Sophie Tapparo
Sound: Carla Sophie Tapparo

Belonging

Can Sounds Give Us a Feeling of Belonging?
Belonging

To belong to a place, a country, or a city is an old fashioned way to live in a world of multi-sited modernities. Instead, we create our belonging through friends, information, images, and sounds across the globe. A «belonging» mix by Slugabed.

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Quote: Norient
Sound: Aam Taateel

The Sample Shapes the Song

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The Sample Shapes the Song

Swiss-Ghanaian singer and musician Joy Frempong of the duo OY made a trip to Southern and Western Africa to collect sounds and stories for their music. She tells us how she re-works these samples and what she is sometimes worries about.

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Design: Safwan Subzawri, Safwan Subzwari
Sound: Aam Taateel

Everybody Has a Voice: Audrey Chen

Norient Snap by fertig design
Everybody Has a Voice: Audrey Chen

Music is more than just melodies and rhythm. It has a guttural level, and contains sound that is free from symbolic meanings. The singer Audrey Chen is obsessed with these acoustic materialities and creates a sonic language with her voice.

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Photo: Raisa Galofre
Sound: Audrey Chen & Richard Scott
Extra: Luise Wolf

Desire

Norient Snap by Natascha Orestes
Desire

The Serbian sound artist has remixed material from the section of «desire» from the Norient exhibition «Seismographic Sounds». A mix full of humor, but also with some deep thoughts on discrimination, sexuality, and individualism.

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Against Techno Patriarchy

Norient Snap by Csenge Csato
Against Techno Patriarchy

Constanza Piña is a chilean dancer, electronic musician and craftmaker. In her art, she questions the use of technology as a (male) ideology. Peter Gonda aka gnd met her at the Piksel Festival in Bergen, Norway.

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Photo: triciacah

Stöhnen und Schmatzen: Joke Lanz

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Stöhnen und Schmatzen: Joke Lanz

Mit dem Noiseprojekt Sudden Infant befreit der Schweizer Musiker Joke Lanz unterdrückte Körperklänge. Seine Noise-Sprache ist das Resultat seiner biografischen Prägung und Sozialisierung in den Achtzigerjahren.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Das kleine Requiem

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Das kleine Requiem

Der Song «Sugarbread» der Gothic-Musikerin Soap&Skin alias Anja Plaschg ist eine Teenager-Tragödie. Aber auch ein Exorzismus - und Plaschg eine Besessene und Priesterin zugleich. Denn sie ahnt: Der Mensch ist ein liebesunfähiges Wesen.

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Quote: Jan Dvorak
Sound: Aam Taateel

Warum Folklore verführerisch ist

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Warum Folklore verführerisch ist

Simon Küffer alias Tommy Vercetti ist einer der wichtigsten Schweizer Rapper. Seine sozialkritischen Texte gehen einher mit seinem politischen Engagement als bekennender Marxist. Folkloristisches Lokalkolorit findet er widerlich.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Fragmentary Presence

Norient Snap by Safwan Subzwari
Fragmentary Presence

The photo series on the Bolivian underground punk band Gato Diablo represents the band's constant search for new places. It is a fragmentary, urban spirit, deeply rooted in tradition that speaks out to us here.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Alpine Dub Meets Jamaican Legend

Norient Snap by Davide Serpetti
Alpine Dub Meets Jamaican Legend

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.

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