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, Swedish rapper Silvana Imam on the contrary pride and individuality. The movie «Silvana» will be screened on January 11, 2019, at the 9th Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 9. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Anti-racism, Christina Tsiobanelis, diversity, feminism, Hip Hop, jantelagen, Migration, Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Queer Feminism, Rap, Silvana Imam, Sweden |
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on January 13, 2018
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on 13 January 2018 in
BLOG
Musik aus dem Globalen Süden und die Thematisierung von Queerness sind in. Doch wie lässt sich kulturelle Aneignung oder «positive othering» verhindern? Ein Gespräch mit Festivalkurator Thomas Gläßer (Köln).
Posted in BLOG, XFEATURED | Tagged Antonio Gramsci, Blackness, Clubmusik, Diaspora, Digging the Global South, DJ Lag, DJ Marfox, Don´t DJ, Durban, Europäisches Zentrum für Jazz und Aktuelle Musik, Faka, globaler Süden, Gqom, Klein, Lissabon, Lukas Ligeti, Migration, Moor Mother, positive othering, Postkolonialismus, Queerness, Subkulturen, Thomas Gläßer, Wiener Festwochen |
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 Ableton, Advocacy, Aniruddha Das, Appropriation, Asian Dub Foundation, Bryn Jones, Chris McGuinness, Cultural Meaning, Diaspora, Digitakt, distortion, Dr. Das, Elektron, Exotica, Glokale Sounds, Hannes Liechti, Migration, Miles Davis, Multiculturalism, Music and Politics, Music Production, Muslimgauze, Ohmicide, racism, Sampling, Sampling Motivations: Identity, Sampling Motivations: Politics, Sampling Stories, SNF, Technology |
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 Albion Voice, Bishi, Bishi Bhattacharya, Brexit, Britannia, British psychedelia, British-Indian, Britishness, Daniel Defoe’, Derek Jarman, Downton Abbey, empire, England, Exotica, Folk, Great Britain, Heritage, hybridized identity, Indian raga, Jamie Reid, Jubilee, Migration, Morrissey, Nabeel Zuberi, Nation, national flag, national voice, Nationalist Music, Nostalgia, pastoral, post-imperial migration, Punk Rock, Queen Elizabeth, queer film, Ravi Shankar, Rule Britannia, Seismographic Sounds, Sex Pistols, South Asian, subversive, Tradition, United Kingdom, video, weaving of clans, white Britishness |
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 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 Alborada, Andean music, Augusto Pinochet, Bolivia, Buenos Aires, Buskers, Carlos Vila, Chile, Ecuador, ethnography, Ethnomusicology, Exotica, Fernando Ríos, Folklore, Germany, Identity, Illapu, Incas, Indians, Inti Illimani, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Julio Mendivil, Karl May, La Paz, Los Clchakis, Los Incas, Los K’jarkas, Mallku, Migration, música latinoamericana, Nueva Canción Chilena, Oliver Shanti, Othering, Paris, Paul Simon, Peru, Quilapayún, Raymond Thévenot, Salvador Allende, Savia Andina, Seismographic Sounds, Sixto Ayvar, Teobaldo Martínez, Uña Ramos, Urubamba |
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 Norient on December 2, 2013
By Norient on 2 December 2013 in
BLOG
The american musicblog Afropop Worldwide has just published a three part series on the Middle East country Lebanon. Have a small overview and a brief insight into a very special approach to this topic: the Lebanese-Syrian community in Brazil.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged A.J. Racy, Afro-Rock, Afropop Worldwide, Banning Eyre, Beirut, Brasil, Diaspora, Dossier Arab World, Fairuz, Ghana, Hasafer Baeed, Highlife, Hip Deep, It Could Happen To You, Kenneth Habib, Lebanon, Migration, Najib Hankash, Ottoman Empire, Syria, Thomas Burkhalter |
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 |
