Heavy Metal Queens

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Heavy Metal Queens

In Botswana, heavy metal is a subversive form of self-expression, especially if the fans are female. The South African photographer Paul Shiakallis captured the metal «queens» in their homes. Norient spoke to him about his experiences with the Marok.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Island Fever: Darker Than You’d Think

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Island Fever: Darker Than You’d Think

In the context of the new recording project 1+1 by Norient and Sound Development, one of the first female Iranian rappers Salome MC and multilingual rapper Shing02 worked together in Honolulu for one week.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Pulling the Plug on Art

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Pulling the Plug on Art

In their 2014 music video «#Kholo BC» Karachi-based rapper and comedian Ali Gul Pir and rapper and singer/songwriter Adil Omar criticize the Pakistani government for banning the video-sharing site YouTube.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ali Sayah

Die Kulturrevolution als YouTube-Kult

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Die Kulturrevolution als YouTube-Kult

Auch 40 Jahre nach dem Ende der Kulturrevolution ist die chinesische Popkultur voll von Mao Zedong und im chinesischen Internet bekommt die damals etablierte Propagandamusik neuen Aufwind. Eine Suche nach neuen Helden.

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Design: Ali Kazmi
Sound: Ali Kazmi

Zulu Science-Fiction

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Zulu Science-Fiction

Present day South African artists like Nozinja and Okmalumkoolkat let time and cultures collide, and in mixing languages, slangs, dances and rituals they create new homes. Commentary on the recent music video «Allblackblackcat» by the latter.

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Sound: Okmalumkoolkat

The New Hi-Tech Underground

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The New Hi-Tech Underground

In the past decade, culture was longing for the nostalgic and authentic. The new Internet underground celebrates the contrary: hi-tech, artificiality and kitsch. Is it a critique of capitalism or a capitulation to it? Both and neither, says our author.

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Is This the New Punk?

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Is This the New Punk?

Punks didn't give a fuck. Dux Content cares. Read a second commentary on the music video «Life Style» by digital pop duo Dux Content. «It's entertaining» our author states. And: «It leaves imprints of zapping images that will fit each viewer’s obsessions.»

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Sound: Aam Taateel

A Satire of Digital Culture?

The cultural content of the digital age is an endless permutation of the same
A Satire of Digital Culture?

Dux Content is one of the less well known but arguably most interesting acts under the umbrella of the controversial new London-based label PC Music. The first of two commentaries on their colorful music video «Life Style».

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Sound: Aam Taateel

Digitalization

Norient Snap by Ben Aqua
Digitalization

A keyphrase from the Norient project «Seismographic Sounds» designed by Ben Aqua (USA).

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Quote: Norient
Design: Ben Aqua
Sound: Flor de Fuego

Place II

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Place II

A keyphrase from the Norient project «Seismographic Sounds» designed by Tomasz Jurecki (Poland).

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Quote: Norient
Design: Tomasz Jurecki
Sound: Woo

Vision

Norient Snap by Akaliko Records
Vision

A keyphrase from the Norient project «Seismographic Sounds» designed by Shonegrad O'Connor (Serbia/Canada).

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Quote: Norient
Design: Akaliko Records
Sound: The B Regiment