From M.I.A. to Charli XCX to Priya Ragu – South Asia between global pop, underground sounds, and protest. Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter travelled through South Asia for his upcoming podcast series South Asian Sound Stories and searched current sound streams. His second Norient mixtape offers bhangra pop, rap, indie sounds, and some quotes from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, The Maldives, and the diaspora – produced for SRF3, the Swiss National Radio pop channel.

Tracklist

Isuru Kumarasinghe: «That Butterfly in the Chest»
Ammy Virk: «Teri Jatti»
Jazzy B, Dr Zeus, Happy Singh: «Rude Boy»
Kaldi Moss: «Culture»
Simran Raj: «Kaali Shirt Waleyaa»
Karma DJ: «Racism»
Word Sound Power feat. Banth Singh, Delhi Sultanate, Chris McGuiness: «Comrades»
Rebel 7: «Not Eazy»
Coolie, Jaz Dhami, Jay1: «Kisan»
OJ Da Tamil Rapper: «Graveyard»
SOS, 30KEY!: «Ahad»
Bo Sedkid: «Kavvandha»
Manmeet Kaur: «Time Will Tale»
Arooj Aftab feat. Anoushka Shankar: «Udhero Na»
Phatcowlee: «Nidaauna Deu»
Marvan: «Culture»
Kaaktaal: «Jorgrostho»
Bo Sedkid: «Rahasin»
Aniruddh Menon (with Disco Puppet): «Sunsets»
Prya Ragu: «Adalam Va!»
Disco Puppet: «OK»
Aerate Sound: «Mages»
Yakawrath / Fira: «Flat Line»
K.O: «3DP AND Audiosynthesis»
reFux feat. Gandhi: «Awesome Comes Back»
Shorbanoor, Alien Panda Jury: «Cutlery»
ELSZ: «Take Me to the Sun»
Phatcowlee: «Insomnia»

Extended Playlist

Listen to an extended playlist on Spotify that will be updated with each new edition of the Norient Mixtape.

From the Norient Archive

Buy More Incense was the first production ever done in the name of Norient. Thomas Burkhalter and Michael Spahr have produced and directed this film in the year 2000. Since then many things have happened including 9/11. But somehow the documentary film about British Asian musicians in London and Birmingham is still not totally out of date.