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

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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

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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

Place I

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Place I

A keyphrase from the Norient project «Seismographic Sounds» designed by Javier Lourenço (Argentina).

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Quote: Norient
Design: Javier Lourenço
Sound: Woo

Research

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Research

Revolutionary changes in music demand new approaches in Ethnomusicology. A keyphrase from the Norient project «Seismographic Sounds» designed by Jorge Verdin (Mexico/USA).

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Design: meLê yamomo
Photo: Jorge Verdin
Sound: Alborada

Mit Pop an unserer Seite

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Mit Pop an unserer Seite

M.I.A. choreografiert Flüchtlinge, Antony erwärmt das Klima im Club, und Kate Tempest ruft schon mal den Aufstand aus: Drei spektakuläre neue Songs schliessen das politischste Popjahr seit langem ab.

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Design: Apollonia
Sound: Kate Tempest
Remix: Miss Auto, Akaliko Collective

Finland «Lo», and «Fi»

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Finland «Lo», and «Fi»

A reinforcement of outmoded and stereotypical ideas about Finnish-ness, without even the slightest hints towards nostalgic irony? Another commentary on the music video «Jukka-Pekka» by Finnish underground punk band Olimpia Splendid.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ali Sayah