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When Voyeurism Exceeds Exoticism

When Voyeurism Exceeds Exoticism

By Christopher Kirkley on January 8, 2019

By Christopher Kirkley on 8 January 2019 in  BLOG

In the film «Oulaya’s Wedding», one is thrown into the middle of a traditional wedding in the Western Sahara. But is the overwhelming proximity to the filmed Sahraoui culture able to bypass exoticism, asks the director and archivist Christopher Kirkley.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged 9. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Exotica, Tradition, Voyeurism | Leave a response

How to Escape Exotism

How to Escape Exotism

By Maha El Nabawi on November 13, 2018

By Maha El Nabawi on 13 November 2018 in  STORIES

For musicians living and performing abroad, it can be a challenge to avoid being exoticised and framed in an aesthetic prison. The Egyptian Mohamed Abozekry has reconciled the traditional and the avant-garde.

Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Exotica, Tradition | Leave a response

Exotica in South African House Music

Exotica in South African House Music

By Percy Mabandu on October 2, 2018

By Percy Mabandu on 2 October 2018 in  STORIES

Percy Mabandu takes us through a maze of hit music videos to study the genre’s fascination with performed exotica. African clichés or a re-connection with tradition and the past by nostalgic modern taste-makers?

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Exotica, Othering, Seismographic Sounds, South Africa, Tradition | 2 Responses

«Art Can Have Great Power»

«Art Can Have Great Power»

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on May 15, 2018

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 15 May 2018 in  STORIES

Bishi Bhattacharya and Matthew Hardern have been working together for ten years now. Composer, artist, performer, and club impresario Hardern (aka Glamorre) tells us about the hidden politics and intentions of their project.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Albion Voice, art, Bauhaus, Bishi, Bishi Bhattacharya, Cubists, Exotica, Glamorre, God Save the Queen, Harder Faster Louder, Irony, Islamic State, Kash Point, La Boeuf sur le Toit, Leigh Bowery London, Matthew Hardern, Multiculturalism, New Geographies, NWA Pussy Riot, One Nation (under CCTV), Power, Protest, Seismographic Sounds, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Smashing, speed darkcore, The Mint Tea Rooms, The Siren Suite, Transnationality | 2 Responses

Lost and Found Folklore

Lost and Found Folklore

By Kimberly DaCosta Holton on March 30, 2018

By Kimberly DaCosta Holton on 30 March 2018 in  STORIES

After the 1974 revolution in Portugal, folklore music was still alive — and even more politicized as it caused tension within the different folklore groups. Ethnomusicologist Kimberly DaCosta Holton about the culture of the «ranchos folclóricos».

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Ethnomusicology, Exotica, Folklore, Othering, Seismographic Sounds | Leave a response

Playing with the Dustbin of History

Playing with the Dustbin of History

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on March 17, 2018

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 17 March 2018 in  STORIES

The Lebanese-Swiss duo Praed experiments with sounds that cultural elites call trash or kitsch. Through Praed’s style, they attack cultural canons within the Arab World, and they present a fresh mix towards Europe. Here is a different take on Exotica.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged 8 Giga, Aleppo, Anarchive, Annihaya, Authenticity, belly dance, Björk, Charles Hirschkind, CW Tapes, dabké music, Electro Sha‘abi, Europe, Exotica, folclore, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Irony, Islam Chipsy, Kitsch, Lebanon, made in Japan, Mahmoud El Husseini, Mahragan, Maqsum Rhythm, mijwiz, New Conceptualism, New Music, Omar Souleyman, Othering, Paed Conca, Parody, Post Digital Pop, Praed, Raed Yassin, Sampling, Seismographic Sounds, Sha‘ban ‘Abd al-Rahim, sufi, Taste, The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics, Trash | Leave a response

Expeditions of Desire

Expeditions of Desire

By Oliver Seibt on March 6, 2018

By Oliver Seibt on 6 March 2018 in  STORIES

Ethnomusicologists used to travel to exotic islands to research local music. Today, their fieldtrips lead to scattered urban place. German scholar Oliver Seibt conducted three months of research in the Tokyo visual-kei scene, and stood out of the crowd.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Ethnomusicology, Exotica, Gender Roles, Seismographic Sounds | Leave a response

The Great Fantasies of Exotica

The Great Fantasies of Exotica

By Gerald Van Waes on February 12, 2018

By Gerald Van Waes on 12 February 2018 in  STORIES

The history of «Exotica» is rich in amazing music, sounds, instruments, and stories. Gerald Van Waes collects these often rare and obscure sounds and writes about them on his blog psychevanhetfolk. For us he wrote a manifesto for exotica.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Exotica, Music Business, Seismographic Sounds | 1 Response

Exotica in the Mix by Vladimir Lenhart

Exotica in the Mix by Vladimir Lenhart

By Vladimir Lenhart on January 19, 2018

By Vladimir Lenhart on 19 January 2018 in  AUDIO

The Serbian musician and journalist Vladimir Lenhard, founder of the tape label Lenhart Tapes, has remixed sounds, interviews, videos, and other material from the section of «exotica» from the Norient exhibition Seismographic Sounds.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Exotica, Kitsch, Lenhart Tapes, Othering, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Mixes, Vladimir Lenhart | Leave a response

The Misunderstood Farmer Boy

The Misunderstood Farmer Boy

By Xander Ferreira on December 29, 2017

By Xander Ferreira and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 29 December 2017 in  STORIES

With his project Gazelle, Xander Ferreira aims to show the diversity of cultures in South Africa, and to translate the political strategies of African dictators to the world of pop music. Ferreira is white, which became an issue.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged African dictators, Appropriation, Black Noise, Conceptual Art, Cultural Appropriation, Die Antwoord, Exotic, Exotica, exploitation, Gazelle, Graceland, Idi Amin, Jack Parow, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, London, Mobutu Sese Seko, Mozambique, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nick Matthews, Paul Simons, Radioclit, Segregation, Seismographic Sounds, Sotho, South Africa, The Very Best, Xander Ferreira | Leave a response

Mermaids Are not Seapunk

Mermaids Are not Seapunk

By FrankJavCee on November 30, 2017

By FrankJavCee on 30 November 2017 in  STORIES

The Internet genres vaporwave and seapunk mix slowed-down 1990s smooth jazz with house music, and cannot live without images of dolphins, palm trees and Greek marble statues. A round up.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Appropriation, Aqua Thief, Azelia Banks, Blank Banshee, DJ Warlord, Exotica, FrankJavCee, Internet Art, Irony, Macintosh Plus, memes, Post Digital, Ramona Andra Xavier, Rihanna, Saint Pepsi, satire, Seapunk, Seismographic Sounds, Vaporwave, Vektroid | 4 Responses

The Politics of Folk Dances

The Politics of Folk Dances

By Johanna Hilari on October 18, 2017

By Johanna Hilari on 18 October 2017 in  VIDEO

«Somos Sur» by Ana Tijoux, featuring Shadia Mansour, is an anti-colonialist statement of autonomy. To underline this, the video clip re-contextualizes two significant folk dances, which historically are linked to both socio-political identification and struggle.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Ana Tijoux, Bolivia, Chile, Dabké, dance, Exotica, Folklore, Johanna Hilari, Pachamama, postcolonial, Potosí, Seismographic Sounds, Shadia Mansour, Social Movement, Somos Sur, Tinku | 1 Response

The CNN of the South

The CNN of the South

By Ariel Altamirano V. on September 16, 2017

By Ariel Altamirano V. on 16 September 2017 in  VIDEO

In Chile the video clip has become an important artistic tool and a socio-political weapon. Our author Ariel Altamirano V. from Discos Pegaos comments on a music video by Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Aldo Guerrero, Ana Tijoux, Ariel Altamirano V., B +, Brian Cross, Chile, community, cultural identity, Exotica, Identity, Latin America, Mochilla, music video, Portavoz, Protest, Resistance, Seismographic Sounds, Shadia Mansour, Somos Sur, Subverso | 1 Response

Sampling Stories Vol. 9: Dr. Das

Sampling Stories Vol. 9: Dr. Das

By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on August 10, 2017

By Hannes Liechti (Norient) on 10 August 2017 in  STORIES

Aniruddha Das understands sampling as a political, yet militant instrument. In the interview he gives insight into his sampling practice and talks about musical exoticism, political meaning, and his use of distortion.

Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Appropriation, Diaspora, distortion, Exotica, Hybridity, Migration, Race, Sampling, Sampling Stories | 1 Response

Multi-Mediated Pidgin Rap

Multi-Mediated Pidgin Rap

By Jesse Weaver Shipley on April 15, 2017

By Jesse Weaver Shipley on 15 April 2017 in  VIDEO

The song «BRKN LNGWJZ» and its video announce the FOKN Bois as critical, global, political, and absurdist hip hop voices. It marks the birth of international pidgin rap not only as a style once can dance to, but as a modernist multi-media art form.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged BRKN LNGWJZ, Coz Ov Moni, Exotica, FOKN Bois, Ghana, Hip Hop, Hustling, Jesse Weaver Shipley, M3nsa, Parody, Pidgin, Seismographic Sounds, Smoothe Da Hustler, Wanlov The Kubolor | 3 Responses

Rapping Against the Common Sense

Rapping Against the Common Sense

By Maame Adjei on April 12, 2017

By Maame Adjei and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 12 April 2017 in  AUDIO

«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.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Blasphemy, Exotica, FOKN Bois, Ghana, M3nsa, Maame Adjei, religion, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Podcasts, Thomas Burkhalter, Wanlov The Kubolor, YouTube | 2 Responses

Taqwacore: Punk Polyculturalism

Taqwacore: Punk Polyculturalism

By Wendy Hsu on April 10, 2017

By Wendy Hsu on 10 April 2017 in  ACADEMIC

Taqwacore combines an alternative practice of Islam with a punk ethos, best known through the U.S. band The Kominas. Norient’s 4-part series of Wendy Hsu deals with the band’s experiences as brown-identified, South Asian Americans living in the US.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Appropriation, Belonging, Exotica, Race | 8 Responses

The Banalization of the Exotic

The Banalization of the Exotic

By Martin Stokes on April 7, 2017

By Martin Stokes and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 7 April 2017 in  STORIES

What happens to Exotica when unfamiliar sounds are only few mouse-clicks away? Is listening to «foreign» music a private matter or a political activity? An email interview with scholar Martin Stokes.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Anthropology, Barbara Engh, colonialism, Cultural Colonialism, Ethnocentrism, Ethnomusicology, eurocentric, Exotica, Exoticism, Martin Stokes, Music and Politics, Neoliberalism, Orientalism, Othering, Parody, postcolonial, Sampling, satire, Seapunk, Seismographic Sounds, Vaporwave | 1 Response

The Collision of Worlds

The Collision of Worlds

By Noko 440 on March 15, 2017

By Noko 440 on 15 March 2017 in  AUDIO

They love to provoke and they love to extravagate. London-based underground musician Bishi Bhattacharya and her musical partner Matthew Hardern talk about their biographies, race, and their common project «Albion Voice».

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Albion Voice, Bishi, Bishi Bhattacharya, Exotica, Matthew Hardern, Nationalism, Night Club, Noko 440, Norman Fisher-Jones, Race, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Podcasts, Tradition | 2 Responses

Der gute Pirat

Der gute Pirat

By Eric Mandel on December 30, 2016

By Eric Mandel on 30 December 2016 in  BLOG

Aus der Geschichte gelernt: Der Film «A Story of Sahel Sounds» erzählt von einem Labelmacher aus den USA, der Musiker aus Afrika veröffentlicht und Touren organisiert – mit DIY- und Fairtrade-Ethos statt kultureller Ausbeutung.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged 8. Norient Musikfilm Festival, A Story of Sahel Sounds, Christopher Kirkley, DIY, Exotica, Fairtrade, Les filles de Illighadad, Mali, Mamman Sani, Mdou Moctar, Race Music, Sahel, Takamba Niamey Denn | 1 Response

«Death Metal Takes All My Fears»

«Death Metal Takes All My Fears»

By Dominik Irtenkauf on August 9, 2016

By Dominik Irtenkauf on 9 August 2016 in  STORIES

The death metal band Overthrust from Botswana is a central part of Africas lively metal scene. Their singer Tshomarelo Mosaka about the local scene, breaking taboos and the cathartic effect of listening to metal as watching a horror movie.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Botswana, Death, Death Metal, evil spirits, Exotica, Finland, Heavy Metal, Namibia, Obituary, Overthrust, Saxon, taboo, Zambezi river | 2 Responses

Making Ye Olde England Indian

Making Ye Olde England Indian

By Nabeel Zuberi on July 4, 2016

By Nabeel Zuberi on 4 July 2016 in  VIDEO

Bishi’s video of «Albion Voice» is reminiscent of the Sex Pistols. She subverts imagery of the national flag while she inserts herself into a pastoral old England to question white Britishness.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Exotica, Hybridity, Migration, Nation, Seismographic Sounds, Tradition | 3 Responses

Redefining Englishness

Redefining Englishness

By Louise Gray on June 27, 2016

By Louise Gray on 27 June 2016 in  VIDEO

The music of the british artist Bishi Bhattacharya works perfect as a comment on Brexit. In her songs and artwork, she is hijacking and redefining notions of being «british» and claims a multicultural commonwealth.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged colonialism, Exotica, Race, Seismographic Sounds

Photo Series: New South African Music

Photo Series: New South African Music

By Chris Saunders on January 27, 2016

By Chris Saunders on 27 January 2016 in  BLOG

In his photo series for the Norient book and exhibition «Seismographic Sounds», photographer Chris Saunders portrays the vivid and now exploding South African music scene. With Tshetsha Boys, Nozinja, DJ Spoko, DJ Invizable and Spoek Mathambo.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged 7. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Bacardi House, Chris Saunders, DJ Invizable, Exotica, Fantasma, Gazelle, Nozinja, Photo Series, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Photo Series, Shangaan Electro, South Africa, Spoke Mathambo, Spoko, Warp Records | 3 Responses

Zulu Science-Fiction

Zulu Science-Fiction

By Ben Verghese on January 25, 2016

By Ben Verghese on 25 January 2016 in  VIDEO

Present day South African artists like Nozinja and Okmalumkoolkat let time and cultures collide, and in mixing languages, slangs, dances and rituals they create new homes. Commentary on the recent music video «Allblackblackcat» by the latter.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 7. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Afrofuturism, Ben Verghese, BoyznBucks, Chris Saunders, Counter-Culture, Dirty Paraffin, DIY, Dr SpiZee, Exotica, HipHop Pa, Hyperdub, innovation, Internet, Johannesburg, Language, LV, Mzansi, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, OkMalumKoolKat, Prophets of Da City, RSA, science fiction, Seismographic Sounds, Smiso Zwane, South Africa, Tumi Molekane, Utopia, Vanderbijlpark, Vernac, Zulu | 2 Responses

Time and Cultures Collide

Time and Cultures Collide

By Atiyyah Khan on December 10, 2015

By Atiyyah Khan on 10 December 2015 in  VIDEO

Rapper Okmalumkoolkat channels his experiences from South Africa into his music with ease. He looks inward, back into the past, and forward to an imaginary future. In his video «Allblackblackkat» he mixes a variety of dreamlike elements.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged dance, Exotica, music video, Seismographic Sounds, youth culture | 3 Responses

Indians in Pedestrian Zones

Indians in Pedestrian Zones

By Julio Mendívil on October 12, 2015

By Julio Mendívil on 12 October 2015 in  STORIES

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.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Ethnomusicology, Exotica, Othering, Seismographic Sounds | 1 Response

Sonic Traces: Sommer Special

Sonic Traces: Sommer Special

By Michael Spahr (Norient) on May 15, 2015

By Michael Spahr (Norient) on 15 May 2015 in  EVENTS

Sonic Traces Radio Show: Montag, 13. Juli 2015, 17 Uhr auf Radio Bern RaBe. Zweistündige Abschiedssendung – unter anderem mit Moses Iten von den Cumbia Cosmonauts und The Swiss Conspiracy.

Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Exotica, Folklore, music video | 5 Responses

Palm Trees, Data Moshing and the Sea

Palm Trees, Data Moshing and the Sea

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on April 18, 2015

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 18 April 2015 in  BLOG

Blank Banshee creates audio-visual works full of samples and exotic images. He is often mentioned as one of the pioneers of Vaporwave. We tried to interview this desktop artist from Vancouver. And we probably failed.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Blank Banshee, Canada, Chrono Cross, Exotica, Exoticism, Hedonism, Post Digital, Sampling, Seismographic Sounds, Vancouver, Vaporwave, Yasunori Mitsuda | 2 Responses

«We Call our Music Ethno Chaos»

«We Call our Music Ethno Chaos»

By Jacek Szczepanek on February 24, 2015

By Jacek Szczepanek on 24 February 2015 in  BLOG

First part of a short festival review about Off, a three day long feast for lovers of alternative music, that takes place every year in Katowice in Southern Poland. Our author interviews DakhaBrakha, an ethno band from the Ukraine.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Exotica, Folklore, Othering | 2 Responses

Werdet ihr indisch bleiben?

Werdet ihr indisch bleiben?

By Lucia Vasella on January 15, 2015

By Lucia Vasella on 15 January 2015 in  BLOG

18. Januar 2015 am 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival. Der Hörfilm Notes via a soundscape of Bollywood des Schweizer Klangkünstlers Gilles Aubry führt hinter die Kulissen der Filmindustrie von Mumbai und tritt in die Fussstapfen von Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, colonialism, Exotica, Sound | 2 Responses

Nozinja: Beschleunigte Folklore

Nozinja: Beschleunigte Folklore

By Florian Sievers on October 23, 2014

By Florian Sievers on 23 October 2014 in  STORIES

Der südafrikanische Musikproduzent Nozinja hat die traditionelle Musik seines Volks radikal entkernt, elektrifiziert und beschleunigt. Er bewahrt die Traditionen dadurch, dass er sie ständig verändert.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged BBC, Benedikt Sartorius, bricolage, dance, Exotica, Florian Sievers, Folklore, Honest Jon's, innovation, M.D. Shirinda, Musikbeilage WoZ 2014, Nozinja, Richard Mthetwa, Seismographic Sounds, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, Südafrika, Thomas Burkhalter, Tiyiselani Vomaseve, Tshetsha Boys, Warp, Wills Glasspiegel, Xitsonga Dance, Zinja Hlungwani | Leave a response

Popular Orientalism(s) #5: Soundpolitics von Shakira bis Beyoncé

Popular Orientalism(s) #5: Soundpolitics von Shakira bis Beyoncé

By Anja Wernicke on June 5, 2014

By Anja Wernicke on 5 June 2014 in  STORIES

«Shakira ist die Allzweckwaffe des Exotizismus in der Popmusik» sagt Dr. Markus Henrik Wyrwich im Interview. Neben anderen Norient-Autorinnen und Autoren trägt er auf der Tagung «Popular Orientalism(s)» in Hildesheim (7. – 9.11.) vor.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Beautiful Liar, Dossier: Popular Orientalism(s), Edward Said, Exotica, Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt, Kareen Roustom, Keith Negus, Marcel Eng, Markus Henrik Wyrwich, Maroon 5, Orientalism, Orientalismus, Popular Music, Popular Music Studies, Postkolonialismus, Shakira | 3 Responses

Zwischen Spass- und Protestkultur

Zwischen Spass- und Protestkultur

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on January 27, 2011

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 27 January 2011 in  ACADEMIC

Musiker aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika formulieren selbstbewusste nach-koloniale Positionen. Ihre Parodien auf Exotika und der Fokus auf Gewalt zeigen aber: Alte Abhängigkeiten haben weiterhin Bestand.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Adham Hafez, Avant-Garde, baile funk, baltimore club, beat research, Beatniks, Beirut, Cairo, Charbel Haber, Checkpoint 303, Cumbia, Cynthia Zaven, detroit ghettotech, Die Antwoord, digitalization, Diplo, DJ Rupture, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Dubsided, dubstep, Exotica, Favela Chic, Gazelle, Ghislain Poirier, glitch, Global Ghettotech, Globale Nischen, globalization, grime, Halim al-Daph, Hassan Khan, Jagwa, K'Naan, Kode 9, kuduro, kwaito, Luigi Russolo, M.I.A, Mad Decent, Mahmoud Refat, Major Lazer, Man Recordings, Mazen Kerbaj, Music 2.0, Music and Satire, Nortec, Omar Souleyman, Osman Arabi, Out of the Absurdity of Life, Outhere Records, Pastiche, Postkolonialismus, postmodern, Raed Yassin, Ramsi Lehner, reggaeton, Schlachthofbronx, Scrambled Eggs, Secousse, Shangaan, Shangaan Electro, Steve Goodman, Tam Tam Motherland, Tarek Atoui, Tashweesh, Terry Lynn, The Hardcore Continuum, Thementage2012, UK Funky, Veit Erlmann, War, Wayne Marshall, Werner Jauk, Wildlife, World Music 2.0 | 16 Responses

Weltmusik 2.0: Zwischen Spass- und Protestkultur

Weltmusik 2.0: Zwischen Spass- und Protestkultur

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on July 16, 2010

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 16 July 2010 in  STORIES

Die tamilische Sängerin M.I.A. schockt mit ihrem neuen Gewaltvideo. Die Südafrikaner Die Antwoord locken mit Ironie 5 Millionen Besucher auf You-Tube.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Avant-Garde, baile funk, baltimore club, Cumbia, detroit ghettotech, Die Antwoord, digitalization, Diplo, DJ Rupture, Dossier World Music 2.0, dubstep, Exotica, Gazelle, Ghislain Poirier, glitch, Global Ghettotech, globalization, grime, K'Naan, kuduro, M.I.A, Major Lazer, Music 2.0, Music and Satire, Nortec, Omar Souleyman, Postkolonialismus, postmodern, Raed Yassin, reggaeton, Tam Tam Motherland, Tarek Atoui, Terry Lynn, UK Funky, War, Wildlife, World Music 2.0 | 12 Responses

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