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Deconstructing Violence in Grime

Deconstructing Violence in Grime

By Derek Walmsley on September 4, 2018

By Derek Walmsley on 4 September 2018 in  STORIES

Violence may be a frequent theme in UK grime music, but its influence on the aesthetics of the music is stronger than its connection to real life disputes. War is everywhere in grime lyrics, but violence is fictionalized.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Othering, Seismographic Sounds, Violence, War | Leave a response

Sampling Stories Vol. 13: Chino Amobi

Sampling Stories Vol. 13: Chino Amobi

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on January 5, 2018

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 5 January 2018 in  BLOG

Chino Amobi is heavily sampling in his tracks, from airport soundscapes to chicken clucks and – not least – gun shots. In this short quote he explains why the latter are in fact uniting people.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Game Culture, Sampling, Sampling Stories, Seismographic Sounds, Utopia, Violence | 1 Response

Bad Copy: Serbian Satire

Bad Copy: Serbian Satire

By Vladimir Lenhart on October 25, 2017

By Vladimir Lenhart on 25 October 2017 in  VIDEO

The 2013 video «Esi mi dobar» by Serbian hip hop group Bad Copy is a persiflage on postwar Serbia where the true gangsters are not getting caught and no one seems to care. The video shows kids playing with big guns. Exotica or bitter reality?

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Djolodjolo, Esi mi dobar, Hip Hop, Irony, Parody, Protest, Rocky Balboa, Saša Popović, Seismographic Sounds, Serbia, Sky Wikluh, Slobodan Milošević, Tupac Shakur, Violence, Vladimir Lenhart, War | 1 Response

Sounds of Pakistan: The D/A Method

Sounds of Pakistan: The D/A Method

By Pascal Rudolph on September 19, 2017

By Pascal Rudolph on 19 September 2017 in  VIDEO

The progressive rock band The D/A Method has been described as a unique addition to the Pakistani music landscape. With Gali Films and its director Kamal Khan, they recently published a video clip of the song «The Desert Journey». An interview.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Bruce Soord, Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey, Gali Films, Gul Muhammad, Istvan Csabai, Kamal Khan, Loneliness, music video, Pakistan, Pascal Rudolph, progressive rock, prostitution, Sounds of Kolachi, Sounds of Pakistan, Talha Alvie, The D/A Method, Umair Dar, Usama Siddiq, Violence, Waquas Hussain | 2 Responses

Silvana Imam Calls for Violence

Silvana Imam Calls for Violence

By Mona Aurich on August 25, 2017

By Mona Aurich on 25 August 2017 in  VIDEO

Our author understands the 2014 music video «I·M·A·M (jj Remix)» by Swedish rapper Silvana Imam as a call for fight. She finds proof in both the lyrics and the video footage. Further she asks: who will be included in the revolution, proclaimed by Imam?

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Activism, Elin Kastlander, I.M.A.M., Mika Gustafson, Mona Aurich, Olivia Kastebring, Queer Feminism, Seismographic Sounds, Silvana Imam, Social Movement, Sweden, Violence, Women's Quota Law | 1 Response

Posthuman Grooves

Posthuman Grooves

By Martin Daughtry on February 24, 2017

By Martin Daughtry on 24 February 2017 in  VIDEO

By sampling footage from contemporary sci-fi and action films, the video «Mecha» by Nguzunguzu appears to take the same delight in the spectacle of combat as the Italian Futurists did at the beginning of the last century.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Anagrammatic Violence, dystopia, Hyperfuturism, Jude MC, Mecha, MechWarrior, Nguzunguzu, Sampling, Seismographic Sounds, Technofuture, The Matrix, Transformer, Violence, War | 2 Responses

Fantasies of War

Fantasies of War

By Arie Amaya Akkermans on February 20, 2017

By Arie Amaya Akkermans on 20 February 2017 in  VIDEO

Media converts real wars into long distance entertainment. But the condition of war and the fantasy of it belong to the same articulation of a collective desire. It’s this what the energetic US clubmusic duo Nguzunguzu is using as sonic elements in their music.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Battlefield, Death, Mecha, media, Musique Concrète, Nguzunguzu, science fiction, Seismographic Sounds, sounds of war, Violence, War | 6 Responses

Shopping Is Civil War

Shopping Is Civil War

By John Hutnyk on May 25, 2016

By John Hutnyk on 25 May 2016 in  VIDEO

Supermarkets are a popular setting for music videos. The cultural theorist John Hutnyk comments on this and presents a kind of a Marxist theory of shopping.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Capitalism, Labor, Money, Seismographic Sounds, Violence | 1 Response

The Voice of the Mexican People

The Voice of the Mexican People

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 | 1 Response

Syrian Metal in the Civil War

Syrian Metal in the Civil War

By Monzer Darwish on January 20, 2015

By Monzer Darwish on 20 January 2015 in  BLOG

In Syrian Metal is War, I provide a portrait of musicians who play metal music during the Syrian war. While other people choose to fight and kill, they play music. Screened as a Partial Rough Cut on January 17, 2015, at 6th Norient Musikfilm Festival.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged 6. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Counter-Culture, Seismographic Sounds, Violence, War | 3 Responses

Humorvoll, nicht fröhlich

Humorvoll, nicht fröhlich

By Jean-Martin Büttner on January 1, 2015

By Jean-Martin Büttner on 1 January 2015 in  STORIES

Stromae, der elektrische Chansonnier aus Brüssel, schreibt dunkle Verse mit geschmeidigen Melodien. Und er singt sie für Millionen. Ein Rendezvous vor seinem Zürcher Konzert im Dezember 2014.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Fame, Music Business, Violence | 2 Responses

Dancehall – 100 Veröffentlichungen pro Woche!

Dancehall – 100 Veröffentlichungen pro Woche!

By Michael Spahr (Norient) on January 14, 2012

By Michael Spahr (Norient) on 14 January 2012 in  VIDEO

Der Film «Hit Me With Music» bietet vielseitige Einblicke in das jamaikanische Musikgenre Dancehall. – Am 14.1.2012 am 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged «Hit me with Music», 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Bern, Dancehall, Documentary Film, Goldrush International, Homophobie, Jamaica, Kingston, Reggae, Switzerland, Violence, Wildlife | 3 Responses

Gangsta-Rap – mal wissenschaftlich

Gangsta-Rap – mal wissenschaftlich

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 | 1 Response

Tarek Atoui: Digital Bricolage

Tarek Atoui: Digital Bricolage

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on September 18, 2010

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 18 September 2010 in  STORIES

Reflections on the new multi-local musical Avant-Gardes of the 21st Century. An essay on the Lebanese musician Tarek Atoui, Luigi Russolo, Mazen Kerbaj and many artists more.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged 2006war, Ahmad Qaboor, Arab World, Avant-Garde, Beirut, Christine Sehnaoui, Cynthia Zaven, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Futurism, Globale Nischen, Iannis Xenakis, IRCAM, Khaled al-Habre, Lebanon, Luigi Russolo, Marcel Khalife, Mazen Kerbaj, Musique Concrète, Orientalism, Peter Brötzmann, Philemon Wehbe, Psychedelic Music, Raed Yassin, Scrambled Eggs, Sharif Sehnaoui, Tanya Traboulsi, Tarek Atoui, Violence, War, Xardas | 6 Responses

«Wir sind keine Satanisten!»

«Wir sind keine Satanisten!»

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on July 20, 2010

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 20 July 2010 in  AUDIO

Metal, Rock und Zensur im Libanon. Eine Radiosendung von Thomas Burkhalter

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Arab World, Dossier Arab World, Lebanon, Metal, Post-War, Satanism, The Arcane, Trauma, Violence, Weeping Willow | 3 Responses

Israeli Troops Play with Popular Music in Hebron

Israeli Troops Play with Popular Music in Hebron

By Keith Kahn-Harris on July 7, 2010

By Keith Kahn-Harris on 7 July 2010 in  BLOG

Reflections on Metal, Popular Music and Politics in Israel and Palestine.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Israel, Metal, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, Propaganda, Violence, War | Leave a response

War, Propaganda, and Bombs

War, Propaganda, and Bombs

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on August 28, 2009

By Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) and Simon Grab on 28 August 2009 in  AUDIO

Musicians from Beirut talk about their sonic memories from the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) and the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Amal, Arab World, Charbel Haber, Cyrille Najjar, Death Metal, Dossier Arab World, Garo Gdanian, Hizbullah, Israel, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mazen Kerbaj, Noise, Propaganda, Raed Yassin, Sonic Memory, The Force, Trauma, Violence, War, Weeping Willow | Leave a response

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