Vielfältige Türkei

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Das Istanbuler Label Kalan Müzik portraitiert Türken, Armenier, Kurden, Juden, Griechen, Assyrer, Aramäer und Yeziden.

Musikethnologische Aufnahmen werden meistens im Westen produziert. Kalan Müzik macht hier eine Ausnahme. Das unabhängige Istanbuler Label legt auf seinen aufwendig produzierten CDs die kulturellen Wurzeln der Türkei frei und portraitiert die Musik der im Lande lebenden Armenier, Kurden, Juden, Griechen, Assyrer, Aramäer und Yeziden.

Sprecher*innen: Cécile Olshausen (DRS2), Kjell Keller (DRS2)

Mit den Musiker*innen: Hadass Pal-Yarden, Asik Veysel, Roza Eskenazi, Knar, Nizamettin Aric, Aynur, Birol Topaloglu & Ngoluri Didalepe, Hazan Aaron, Kohen Yasak, International Italian Quartet.

Biography

Thomas Burkhalter, PhD, is an anthropologist, multidisciplinary artist, and writer from Bern, Switzerland. He is the founder (2002) and director of Norient (winner Special Prize for Music 2025 – Swiss Music Prizes) and the Norient Festival. Currently, Burkhalter's focus lies on his new music/AV duo, Melodies In My Head, and the podcast Long Take: Life as an Artist. He is a co-editor of the 2025 released book Home is Where the Heart Strives (Norient Books). Burkhalter has co-directed documentary films, including Contradict (Berner Filmpreis 2020, Al-Jazeera Witness), and created AV/theatre performances. He is the author and co-editor of several books, such as Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut (Routledge) and The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East (Wesleyan University Press).

Biography

Simon Grab, the co-founder of ganzerplatz soundstudios has been an active musician and producer in a wide range of musical contexts. As a composer and sound artist he produces music & sounddesign for feature films, documentaries, theatre and radio. In live performances and installations he uses the venue as an acoustic playground. He likes exploring new grounds by negating existing borders. Follow him on Youtube, Instagram, or BandCamp.

Published on October 21, 2010

Last updated on May 01, 2024

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Cultural Diplomacy

Ethnomusicology

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Gewobene Klänge am Theaterspektakel

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by Michael Spahr,

Simon Grab

Die Musikerin und Gestalterin Stini Arn hat einen Webstuhl zum Musikinstrument gemacht, ohne aber die ursprüngliche Funktion zu verändern. Am Zürcher Theaterspektakel produziert sie jeden Tag Musik und webt gleichzeitig die Hüllen für die CDs mit der Webstuhl-Musik.

Norient hat sie im Webstall besucht – ein Beitrag für Radio Bern RaBe.

Die Schweizer Klangkünstlerin Stini Arn lebte unter anderem in New York, London, Berlin und Bamako. Jetzt lebt sie im Bündnerland, wo sie ihren Webstall mit ihrem präparierten Webstuhl hat. Die Inspiration für das Projekt Webstall stammt allerdings nicht aus der Schweizerischen Geräuschlandschaft, wie sie in folgendem Video erklärt:

Seit den 1990er-Jahren schafft Stini Arn Klangkunst, macht Performances und Installation, produziert Hörspiele und Theatermusik. Einen Überblick über ihr Schaffen gibt es im persönlichen Online-Archiv.

Das Gespräch mit Stini Arn fand im Rahmen des Norient Projekts Sonic Traces: From Switzerland statt.

Biography

Michael Spahr (VJ Rhaps) is a historian MA, journalist, and media artist. He was on the board of Norient from 2008 until 2014. He developed the website norient.com. He was the co-founder and co-director (2009–2014) of the Norient Musikfilm Festival. He contributed with his video art to the audio-visual scientific media performances of Norient. He was the host and DJ of Norients monthly radio show Sonic Traces on Radio RaBe. He works as a freelance artist, film maker, and journalist in Bern (Switzerland). Follow him on his Website.

Biography

Simon Grab, the co-founder of ganzerplatz soundstudios has been an active musician and producer in a wide range of musical contexts. As a composer and sound artist he produces music & sounddesign for feature films, documentaries, theatre and radio. In live performances and installations he uses the venue as an acoustic playground. He likes exploring new grounds by negating existing borders. Follow him on Youtube, Instagram, or BandCamp.

Published on August 29, 2011

Last updated on October 20, 2020

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Experiment

Soundscape

Capitalism

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Sonic Traces: From Switzerland

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Musik und Zensur im Libanon

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by Thomas Burkhalter,

Simon Grab

Zensur ist in der arabischen Welt allgegenwärtig. Filme werden zensuriert, Theaterstücke, Bücher, und Musik auch. Im Libanon sei die Zensur am lockersten, sagt man. So ganz stimmt das jedoch nicht. Oder etwa doch?

Mit den Musiker*innen: The New Government, Marcel Khalife, The Kordz, Weeping Willow, The Arcane, Raed Yassin, Rayess Bek und Nadim Mishlawi. Sprecher: Raphael Zehnder (DRS2), Eric Facon (DRS4), Thomas Burkhalter (Norient).

Der Freemuse Report «Headbanging Against Repressive Regimes – Censorship of Heavy Metal in the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia and China».

Biography

Thomas Burkhalter, PhD, is an anthropologist, multidisciplinary artist, and writer from Bern, Switzerland. He is the founder (2002) and director of Norient (winner Special Prize for Music 2025 – Swiss Music Prizes) and the Norient Festival. Currently, Burkhalter's focus lies on his new music/AV duo, Melodies In My Head, and the podcast Long Take: Life as an Artist. He is a co-editor of the 2025 released book Home is Where the Heart Strives (Norient Books). Burkhalter has co-directed documentary films, including Contradict (Berner Filmpreis 2020, Al-Jazeera Witness), and created AV/theatre performances. He is the author and co-editor of several books, such as Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut (Routledge) and The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East (Wesleyan University Press).

Biography

Simon Grab, the co-founder of ganzerplatz soundstudios has been an active musician and producer in a wide range of musical contexts. As a composer and sound artist he produces music & sounddesign for feature films, documentaries, theatre and radio. In live performances and installations he uses the venue as an acoustic playground. He likes exploring new grounds by negating existing borders. Follow him on Youtube, Instagram, or BandCamp.

Published on September 03, 2009

Last updated on October 16, 2020

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Censorship

Place

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