By Susan Lindholm on December 11, 2018
By Susan Lindholm on 11 December 2018 in
STORIES
The Scandinavian code of conduct «jantelagen» encourages modesty and conformity. The movie «Silvana» shows, how the Swedish rapper Silvana Imam celebrates the exact opposite: pride and individuality.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 9. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Desire, Gender Equality, Migration |
By Lisa Blanning on December 8, 2018
By Lisa Blanning on 8 December 2018 in
STORIES
The documentary film «Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.» portrays the popstar M.I.A. as a multi-faceted person. Screened at the 9th Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern, Lausanne, and St. Gallen.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 9. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Activism, Migration, War |
By Anna Trechsel on December 6, 2018
By Anna Trechsel on 6 December 2018 in
STORIES
Monzer Darwish’s compelling documentary «Syrian Metal Is War» captures the story of how the Metal underground in Syria seeks to survive during war. Screened on January 12, 2019, at 9th Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 9. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Migration, War |
By Emma Dabiri on September 7, 2017
By Emma Dabiri on 7 September 2017 in
VIDEO
With her video «Orangutan» Italian artist and activist Karima 2G responded on racist comments of Italian politicians in the context of the election of Italy’s first black government minister Cécile Kyenge in 2013.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Belonging, Blackness, Cécile Kyenge, Dolores Valandro, Emma Dabiri, Identity, Italy, Karima 2G, Mario Borghezio, Migration, Music and Politics, Orangutan, racism, Roberto Calderoli, Second Generation, Seismographic Sounds |
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 |
By Werner Hasler on February 7, 2017
By Werner Hasler on 7 February 2017 in
AUDIO
In the podcast Palestinian singer Kamilya Jubran talks about her biography, being a musician in Europe, the power of music, and her song «Suite Nomade, Pt. 1», based on poetry from World War I about the state of war and how it effects fragile communities.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Belonging, Experience, Freedom, Kamilya Jubran, Migration, Music and Politics, Palestine, Sarah Murcia, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Podcasts, War, Werner Hasler |
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 |
By Simon Grab on March 23, 2016
By Simon Grab on 23 March 2016 in
AUDIO
Within a hyperactive week of studio recording in Lomé Togo, Yao Bobby and Edgar Sekloka produced 5 tracks from scratch – together with skilled musicians and a patient sound engineer. The EP «Ispasskoi?» is available for download via Bandcamp for free.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged 1+1: Lomé, Migration |
By Benjamin LeBrave on March 18, 2016
By Benjamin LeBrave on 18 March 2016 in
BLOG
Another track from the 1+1 recording week in Lomé, Togo. Furthermore Benjamin LeBrave, founder of the Akwaaba record label in Accra, talked to 1+1 featured artist Yao Bobby about state pressure and his way to keep on standing straight.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 1+1: Lomé, Awareness, Migration |
By Norient on March 7, 2016
By Norient on 7 March 2016 in
AUDIO
A Track by Salome MC and Shing02, produced within the 1+1 project – a worldwide recording project by Norient and Sound Development, July 9-15th, 2015, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A Podcast, lyrics and translation.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged 1+1: Honolulu, Migration |
By Simon Grab on March 7, 2016
By Simon Grab on 7 March 2016 in
AUDIO
Within a hyperactive week of studio recording in Lomé Togo, Yao Bobby and Edgar Sekloka produced 5 tracks from scratch – together with skilled musicians and a patient sound engineer. «Kilodé» means «What’s going on?» and is the main track.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged 1+1: Lomé, Migration |
By Elijah Wald on January 26, 2016
By Elijah Wald on 26 January 2016 in
VIDEO
In their 2014 music video «La Bala», the Mexican narcocorrido stars Los Tigres Del Norte condemn the life of crime – quite unusual for norteño musicians. Here, our author talks about the ambivalence one can see in the band’s public representation.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Crime, Drug War, Elijah Wald, Los Tigres del Norte, Mexico, Migration, Narco, Narco Cultura, Narcocorrido, norteño, Seismographic Sounds, Sergio Arau, Tradition, USA, Violence, War |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on July 8, 2015
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 8 July 2015 in
STORIES
Beirut based Syrian-Filipino Rapper Chyno writes lyrics and produces video clips dealing with the Syrian Civil War, a suicide bomber and other topics of the world he lives in. An interview.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Beirut, Chyno, Class, Dossier Arab World, Fareeq El Atrash, Fight or Flight, Jackson Allers, Jon Stewart, Lebanon, Mashrou’ Leila, Migration, Rap, Seismographic Sounds, Suicide Bomber, Syria, Syrian Civil War, The Americanization of Emily, The Colbert Report, The Cult of the Suicide Bomber, Tupac, War |
By Anna Trechsel on January 10, 2012
By Anna Trechsel on 10 January 2012 in
STORIES
Gleich zweimal Hip-Hop aus dem Libanon zeigen die zwei Kurzfilme «Life from the BBC» und «Visit me once a year». – Am 13.1.2012 am 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged „Life from the BBC“, „Visit me once a year“, 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Arab World, Beirut, Bourj al-Barajneh, Diaspora, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, France, Hip Hop, I-Voice, Jackson Allers, Kitaa Bey-Route, Lebanon, Migration, Palestine, Rap, Siska, TNT, YaSeen |
By Marc Dietrich on December 26, 2011
By Marc Dietrich and Martin Seeliger on 26 December 2011 in
ACADEMIC
Zur Inszenierung von deutschen Rappern im Spannungsfeld von kultureller Tradition und politischem Diskurs. – «Bitte erzählt mir nix von Gangstarap, meine Jungs da draußen würden 50 Cent erstechen.»
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 4 4 da mess, 50 Cent, A-zad, afro-american culture, Aggro Berlin, Azad, Bambi, Boogie Down Productions, Bushido, Conscious Rap, Da Fource, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Gangsta-Rap, Gangster, Ghetto Culture, ghetto tech, Global Ghettotech, globalization, Hip Hop, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Migration, Mobb Deep, Moses P, N.W.A., Niggaz With Attitude, PA Sports, prostitution, Public Enemy, Rap, Realness, Schoolly D, Snoop Dogg, USA, Violence, Warheit, weapons, Westside Connection |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on February 28, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 28 February 2011 in
AUDIO
Ausländische Musikerinnen und Musiker in der Schweiz formen oft Musik, die so in ihrer Heimat nicht gehört wird – und gerade deshalb stösst sie auf Interesse.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Diaspora, Globale Nischen, Kara Sylla Ka, Meduoteran, Migration, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Swiss Music, Switzerland, Thementage2012, Wael Sami, Yang Jing |
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on February 7, 2011
By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 7 February 2011 in
AUDIO
Kara Sylla Ka lives in Geneva since 1996. He offers me tea, and reflects on the differences of being a musician in Senegal and in Switzerland.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Diaspora, Geneva, Globale Nischen, Kara Sylla Ka, Migration, Peul, Senegal, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Swiss Music |
