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    Decolonizing Pop MusicHolger Lund
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    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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    Here-Now and There-ThenSumugan Sivanesan
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    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 NarrativesValentina Monsurrò
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    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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    Jukka PekkaHeta Bilaletdin
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    «It’s a lonely world, if you don’t question it and try to fight it.»

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    Clash of GodsThomas Burkhalter
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    «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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    Future Music SuperheroChristophe Jaquet
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    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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    A Profane ReligionOliver Seibt
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    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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    The Impact of Africa in EuropeMichè Calandra Achode
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    Filmmaker Michè Calandra Achode sketches out the future of African music in Europe.

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