In Ghana, Stromae Wouldn't Be Lonely

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
In Ghana, Stromae Wouldn't Be Lonely

I was thoroughly fooled by Stromae’s video for «Formidable» the first time I saw it. I found Stromae to be very intelligent, beautiful, meticulous and his music made me want to dance. A commentary from a Sub-Saharan perspective.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Stromae
Remix: Ali Sayah

Kicks and Strings from Durban

Norient Snap by Csenge Csato
Kicks and Strings from Durban
Kicks and Strings from Durban

Gqom edits 001/002 / Experimenting with interview formats // We meet gqom producer Citizen Boy and his grandmother in the Avoca Hills township of Durban to discuss about dark electronic gqom tracks.

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Quote: Citizen Boy

Rapping Against the Common Sense

Norient Snap by !Mediengruppe Bitnik
Rapping Against the Common Sense

«It's like a deformed anger which comes out us», says Wanlov the Kubolor, one half of the Ghanaian rap duo FOKN Bois. With his musical partner M3nsa he talks about their visions and their way of doing art in a religious context.

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Design: !Mediengruppe Bitnik
Sound: Göldin & Bit-Tuner, OUS Records

Easterndaze: Irony, Kitsch, and Noise

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Easterndaze: Irony, Kitsch, and Noise

Far from folkloristic clichés and beyond the radar of the taste-shaping music press, there are alternative music scenes thriving in Central and Eastern Europe. Watch its most urgent video clips.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Overwrite Your Mind and Body

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Overwrite Your Mind and Body

The human body is a drilled animal. The meta-national art and music collective NON Worldwide opposes this. Their performance «The Great Disappointment» at CTM Festival aimed at decolononizing the dancefloor by creating sensual disorientation.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Sampling Stories Vol. 4: M.E.S.H.

Norient Snap by Faisal Khan
Sampling Stories Vol. 4: M.E.S.H.

In times of constantly bubbling news tickers that have long ago stopped covering sport events only, Berlin-based James Whipple has produced a LP that is dealing with the resultant feeling of information overload.

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Photo: M.E.S.H.
Sound: M.E.S.H.

Sugarbread and Whip

Norient Snap by Fahad Hossain
Sugarbread and Whip

The austrian artist Soap&Skin makes highly dialectic music. In her self made video with grainy black-and-white images of the song «Sugarbread» she invokes nothing less than the cleansing power of the apocalypse.

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Quote: Soap & Skin
Design: Fahad Hossain, Akaliko Collective
Photo: Soap & Skin
Sound: Soap & Skin
Remix: The B Regiment

The Vibe of a Piece of Sound

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
The Vibe of a Piece of Sound

In this experimental podcast Ethiopian producer Endeguena Mulu speaks about what makes him feeling lonely as an African and Ethiopian artist, the access to the digital World, and traditional music.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Remix: Ali Sayah

Sampling Stories Vol. 3: Moro

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Sampling Stories Vol. 3: Moro

In «Libres» Argentine producer Moro is bridging the Atlantic slave trade with the current refugee crisis. The main element of the track is a sample of chain sounds, transformed into a historically meaningful rhythm.

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Quote: Moro
Design: Uno Design
Sound: Moro

Bedroom Producers

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah

In the 21st century, the world’s musical hits and trends are often created in bedrooms, where musicians exchange files online without meeting. But can a bedroom producer change the world?

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Quote: Norient
Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Gregg Michael Gillis aka Girl Talk

Sampling Stories Vol. 2: Ibaaku

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Sampling Stories Vol. 2: Ibaaku

Although it's been labeled as an afro-futuristic project and also comes along as such through an eclectic and futuristic sound collage, fashion, photography, and music videos, «Alien Cartoon» by Senegalese producer Ibaaku is deeply rooted in place.

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Quote: Ibaaku
Design: Imtiaz Nasir, Akaliko Collective
Photo: Jean-Baptiste Joire
Sound: Ibaaku
Remix: Dhaka Dub Hierarchy