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Der Hurrikan schüttelt seine Locken
Die Band Skip & Die lässt Elektro mit Volksmusik aus aller Welt kollidieren – und will damit die Apokalypse verhindern. Kann das mehr als nur gut gemeint sein? Meistens reicht ein Armband oder...
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Retro-Sounds aus den Anden
Die multi-kulturelle Truppe Chicha Libre aus Brooklyn spielt die peruanische Cumbia mit den kalifornischen Surf-Gitarrensounds der 1970er Jahre. Auf ihrer neuen EP «Cuatro Tigres» stülpen die Musiker...
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Insider’s Perspectives on New Wave Cumbia
Since the beginning of the 21st century «new wave cumbia» has been growing as an independent club culture simultaneously in several parts of the world. Innovative producers have reinvented the dance...
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Kuduro meets Tecno-Brega
… and other «Lusotronic» encounters in Club Gretchen, Berlin, 17-18 May 2013. «Lusotronic» festival in May 2013 brought Portuguese electronic music to Berlin's multicultural neighborhood Kreuzberg. The...
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Cumbia Nights with the Sound System
When Sonidero DJs in Mexico build up their huge sound systems in the streets … a long night of dancing lies ahead. Swiss photographer Mirjam Wirz documented these so-called «Bailes» for some years and...
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Norient April 2014 Selection
Norient keeps searching for new sounds and puts together a monthly playlist from Soundcloud. Enjoy or skip through tracks from upcoming and well-known artists from a wide variety of places – urban pop...
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Norient Blognotes #8
Während in Kanada fleissig und sinnbefreit Hände gewaschen werden, grassiert in Afrika Ebola. Was das mit Pop zu tun hat, lesen Sie in der achten Ausgabe der Norient Blognotes. In dieser Folge finden...
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In our video clip series we're heading for Mexico this time. Australian author Moses Iten compiled five Mexican clips for Norient between field recordings, Reggaeton and Cumbia. He begins with one of...
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The sound of Cumbia
Cumbia is the most popular dance music in Mexico and booms out of the giant sound systems of the Sonidos. The Australian DJ and musician Moses Iten captivated the Cumbia's hypnotic, dragging rhythm in...
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Anti-Dub – Perus music pirates
The label Terror Negro from Lima is a home for south american bassmusic hybrids. The founder Deltatron talks about subverting the eurocentric mainstream and the micropolitics of Perus club culture....
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