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    Splendid IsolationistsBritt Brown
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    Olimpia Splendid transcend Finland’s tight-knit free folk scene with giddy punk recklessness. This year they released their debut album. With their video clip «Jukka-Pekka» they are part of the Norient book and exhibition «Seismographic Sounds».

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    The Power of PleasurePetra R. Rivera-Rideau
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    Dances such as perreo in reggaeton receive much criticism for being sexist. But what do women who actually dance to them think? Our author sheds a different light on reggaeton’s sexual politics.

  • Norient Snap by meLê Yamomo
    Indians in Pedestrian ZonesJulio Mendívil
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    The Peru-born author performed with folkloric groups on the streets and squares of Germany to earn his living. Here, he discusses amongst others how Andean musicians changed their repertoire to meet German tastes.

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    The Creature’s GripCarlos Pérez
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    Gato Diablo's music video «Nunca Tendremos Mar» (We'll Never Have the Sea) discusses Bolivia's national trauma: the loss of its access to the sea in the War of the Pacific between 1879 – 1883.

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    Swiss Sound Pioneer of the First HourThomas Burkhalter, Immanuel Brockhaus
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    Bruno Spoerri is a saxophonist, composer, and a pioneer of electronic music in Switzerland. We interviewed Spoerri about his ways of working with synthesizers, virtual instruments and samples.

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    Five Experimental Video ClipsGaudenz Badrutt
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    Das Musikvideo wird im Bereich der experimentellen und der Neuen Musik nur selten aufgegriffen. Diese Clips zeigen verschiedenste Ansätze, wie mit dem Medium Video umgegangen werden kann.

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    Satirical Rap from PakistanThomas Burkhalter
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    Rapper Ali Gul Pir from Karachi has a lot of courage. His video clips about feudal lords and against the YouTube ban in Pakistan inspired hot controversies. Gul Pir received death threats. «I want to be a man who mattered», he says in this interview.

  • Norient Snap by Ali Kazmi
    The Relationship Bubble Problem in Temi DollFace’s «Pata Pata»Kay Thompson
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    «Pata Pata» is about women who run from their relationship problems by consuming, as the Nigerians did in the 1970's due to the alienation from their government.

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