It was on February 11, 2014, in the Kariakoo neighbourhood in Dar es Salaam when I learned the sad news: The tape is on the brink of extinction.
Norient keeps searching for new sounds and puts together a monthly selection from Soundcloud. Enjoy or skip through tracks from upcoming and well-known artists from a wide variety of places. And read what some artists wrote about their tracks.
2013 überraschten die Berner Indie-Electropopper aus Bern mit einem knalligen Video zu ihrem Sommerhit «Estavayeah». Für Norient kommentieren Jeans for Jesus ihre wichtigsten Einflüsse von Gangsta-Rap bis Surrealismus.
As some of you know, there is a new movement coming from de Rio de Janeiro, in a new style called Rasterinha. Some producers call it raggafunk or axé funk. An brief introduction to a new genre.
In 2012, Switzerland has presented it's Inventory of Living Traditions in Switzerland. Some of the listed practices of intangible cultural heritage have inspired Patrica Jäggi to create her own list – a suspenseful sound montage.
An aural assemblage of field recordings from various locations across Syria, made in April and May 2011. The composition is a great example of suspense and orchestration of ready-made sounds.
A short story of a keyboard virtuoso from Cairo: Islam Chipsy just released his first vinyl.
Jüdische und muslimische Musiker prägten in den 1950er Jahren in Algerien die Chaabi-Musik. Safinez Bousbia macht sich in «El Gusto» auf die Suche nach den Musikfreunden.
Fieldwork in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (Ongoing since 2004). From the Norient book «Out of the Absurdity of Life».
Feldforschung in Ausente de Baixo (Brasilien), 1998. Notizen aus dem Feld aus dem Norient-Buch «Out of the Absurdity of Life».
