Country Music in Africa

Norient Snap by Heinz Reber
Country Music in Africa

Country Music has been long associated with a strong focus on its country of origin. When Peter Guyer and Thomas Burkhalter were filming their «Contradict» in Ghana, they discovered that it is very popular in West Africa.

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Design: Heinz Reber
Photo: Thomas Burkhalter, Peter Guyer

A Latin Mass as a Symbol for Multiculturalism

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
A Latin Mass as a Symbol for Multiculturalism

The Afro Celt Sound System are a musical collective who, in their own words, are a «genuine and positive example of how multiculturalism can thrive and survive in these troubled times».

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Design: Ali Sayah
Remix: Ali Sayah

Raving Lite: NLC Festival

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Raving Lite: NLC Festival

The Nature Loves Courage Festival in Greece foregrounds female-identifying, queer and non-binary artists and contributes to the development of what is known as post-club culture. What can this festival tell us about today's club culture in general?

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ziur, Gabber Eleganza & Thunderdome Documentary Excerpt

Tbilisi’s Underground

Norient Snap by Fahad Hossain
Tbilisi’s Underground

Georgia's capital Tbilisi has a vivid electronic music scene. Although more and more artists are involved, there are hardly any official live venues in the city. Read Jan Chudozilov's photo series about informal music spaces.

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Quote: Jan Chudozilov
Design: Fahad Hossain, Akaliko Collective
Photo: Jan Chudozilov, Jan Chudožilov
Sound: Ben Wheeler
Remix: Miss Auto, Akaliko Collective

Decolonizing Pop Music

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Decolonizing Pop Music

Colonialism isn’t over, it’s just less visible. As a curator of the Berlin-based label Global Pop First Wave, Holger Lund feels entangled in neo-colonial paradoxes. An essay about the westernization of pop music and why its decolonization is inevitable.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ali Sayah

Here-Now and There-Then

Norient Snap by Simona da Pozzo
Here-Now and There-Then

Photography is a signifier of time, says our author Sumugan Sivanesan. In his photo series on the 2019 edition of «The Long Now» at Maerz Musik festival, he emphasizes the corporeal relations between performer, audience, and architecture.

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Resisting Nationalist Narratives

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Resisting Nationalist Narratives

Music plays an important role in diaspora communities. But it doesn't just unify its members, it also acts as a tool for political control. A comment on the problematic balance between nationalist propaganda and ethnic identity.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Remix: Ali Sayah

Jukka Pekka

Clash of Gods

Norient Snap by meLê yamono
Clash of Gods

«Clash of Gods» is theatre, dance, DJ-set and audio-visual media collage. The performance by Thomas Burkhalter and Christophe Jaquet leads midst into the battle for cultural, political, moral interpretations and definitions of our world.

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Design: meLê yamomo
Sound: Ke$ha

Future Music Superhero

Norient Snap by Apollonia
Future Music Superhero

Christophe Jaquet describes in his fan confession, that the radical musician, thinker, hacker, philanthrope, activist, and curious figure Goodiepal saved him from being depressed about the future of music.

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Design: Apollonia
Sound: Sami Sänpäkkilä/Goodiepal
Remix: Miss Auto, Akaliko Collective

A Profane Religion

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
A Profane Religion

In the Japanese «aidoru bunka» (idol culture), grown men kneel down to mimic their infantile stars. When watching Kyoko Miyake's film Toyko Idols, musicologist Oliver Seibt sees a strong connection between this ritual and the sacred.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ali Sayah