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    Sarcastic Rap Experiments from BelgradeShonegrad O'Connor
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    Wikluh Sky is part of the hip hop trio Bad Copy from Serbia. In the podcast he talks about making art in Serbia, their video «Esi mi dobar», and about what would happen when Hans Zimmer would call him and offer him a job.

  • Norient Snap by Fahad Hossain
    Sampling Stories Vol. 6: RE:VIVEGregory Markus
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    We trace the history of the carillon of the biggest church in Rotterdam, the Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk. Its bell sounds play an important role in the tracks of the compilation «010», released by the Dutch initiative RE:VIVE.

  • Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
    In Ghana, Stromae Wouldn't Be LonelyWanlov The Kubolor
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    I was thoroughly fooled by Stromae’s video for «Formidable» the first time I saw it. I found Stromae to be very intelligent, beautiful, meticulous and his music made me want to dance. A commentary from a Sub-Saharan perspective.

  • Norient Snap by Csenge Csato
    Kicks and Strings from DurbanThomas Burkhalter, Bit-Tuner, Daniel Jakob
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    Gqom edits 001/002 / Experimenting with interview formats // We meet gqom producer Citizen Boy and his grandmother in the Avoca Hills township of Durban to discuss about dark electronic gqom tracks.

  • Norient Snap by !Mediengruppe Bitnik
    Rapping Against the Common SenseThomas Burkhalter, Maame Adjei
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    «It's like a deformed anger which comes out us», says Wanlov the Kubolor, one half of the Ghanaian rap duo FOKN Bois. With his musical partner M3nsa he talks about their visions and their way of doing art in a religious context.

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    Easterndaze: Irony, Kitsch, and NoiseLucia Udvardyová
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    Far from folkloristic clichés and beyond the radar of the taste-shaping music press, there are alternative music scenes thriving in Central and Eastern Europe. Watch its most urgent video clips.

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    Overwrite Your Mind and BodyPhilipp Rhensius
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    The human body is a drilled animal. The meta-national art and music collective NON Worldwide opposes this. Their performance «The Great Disappointment» at CTM Festival aimed at decolononizing the dancefloor by creating sensual disorientation.

  • Norient Snap by Faisal Khan
    Sampling Stories Vol. 4: M.E.S.H.Hannes Liechti
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    In times of constantly bubbling news tickers that have long ago stopped covering sport events only, Berlin-based James Whipple has produced a LP that is dealing with the resultant feeling of information overload.

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