BRIEF
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> SOUND TALK «Soundscapes
from the Edges» Krakow, Poland.
17.4.2008
> FILM «Buy More Incense»
Krakow, Poland. 17.4.2008
> NORIENT SOUNDSYSTEM Krakow,
Poland. 19.4.2008
> MOTHERLAND «Banjul»
Zürich. 2.5.2008
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Book Arab-Avantgarde
5.5.2008
> LECTURE «Music in Beirut»
Wien. 7.6.2008
see below for more details ...
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EVENTS
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SOUND
TALK - «SOUNDSCAPES FROM THE EDGES»
Musicians
and sound artists from Beijing, Mumbai to Sao Paulo, from Istanbul,
Belgrade to Johannesburg create music and soundscapes that reflect
the effects of localisation and globalisation prcesses on various
levels. We hear new representations beyond exotic East-West-Formulas,
we hear the noise of World Politics, Propaganda and War in challenging
settings. - A sound lecture with artists who work towards new
definitions of what is local and global music. By Thomas Burkhalter
(CH), Tarek
Atoui (Leb)
and VJ Rhaps
(CH) More Information Here
17.4.2008 Festival
Muzyka i Swiat, Krakow, Poland
For bookings please send email to:
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DOCUMENTARY
FILM - «BUY MORE INCENSE»
British Asian musicians talk
about the history of their music in Great Britain, the music
business, their own position in British society and their future
visions. They also give us a glimpse at the various music styles
they represent, such as bhangra, worldfusion-cyberpunk, break
beats and other kinds of popular music, in which they often
combine modern technology and traditional instruments and sounds.
This documentary film has been produced by Thomas Burkhalter
and Michael Spahr.
See a glimpse on YouTube
17.4.2008 Festival
Muzyka i Swiat, Krakow, Poland
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NORIENT
SOUNDSYSTEM
A DJ-Night with Daladala
Soundz, our favorite DJs from Munich: «Daladala Soundz
is bringing you a new vibe of African music: songs on heavy
rotation from daladala minibuses in Dar es Salaam, select tunes
from the danfo drivers of Lagos or the car rapides of Dakar:
street music from the hot urban music scenes of Africa.»
Visuals come from VJ
Rhaps (CH),(Ger) and EleKTro
mOOn (Pol, Hun).
19.4.2008 Festival
Muzyka i Swiat, Krakow, Poland
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MOTHERLAND
- CALLING FROM BANJUL
MOTHERLAND
ist ein musikalischer Shuttleflug
in Afrikas Boom-Regionen von morgen. Präsentiert werden
urbane Sounds aus afrikanischen Metropolen, on stage und on
tape. Nächste Destinationen sind Mombasa/Kenya (7.3.2008),
Duala/Kamerun (4.4.2008) und Banjul/Gambia (2.5.2008). Know
and respect your motherland!
Freitag, 2. Mai 2008, Helsinki
Klub, Zürich. |
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ACADEMIC
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MUSIC
AND NOISE FROM CONTEMPORARY BEIRUT - LECTURE
How should one define ‘locality’ and ‘place’
in music in the contemporary societies of our globalized world?
This is one of the key questions of my PHD-research into the
«subcultural» music scenes in Beirut. Its focus
lies on Lebanese artists who work with electro-acoustic music,
musique concrete, free improvised music, abstract noise, and
death metal. These musicians spent the first fifteen years of
their lives in the Lebanese civil war (1975 – 1990) and
know all the weapons of war just by listening to their sounds.
June 6+7.2008, Universität für Musik und darstellende
Kunst, Wien |
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CALL
FOR SUBMISSIONS
THE
ARAB AVANT-GARDE: MUSICAL INNOVATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
We are currently soliciting chapter proposals for an anthology
on the largely under-researched area of avant-garde music affiliated
to the Arab world. All definitions of experimentalism and any
disciplinary (or anti-disciplinary) approaches will be considered
as we are hoping to produce as varied a volume as possible.
Edited by Thomas Burkhalter, Kay Dickinson and Benjamin J. Harbert.
More Information Here |
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RADIO
AND PODCASTS
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ZWISCHENTOENE
AUS MALI: GRIOTMUSIK IM WELTMUSIKMARKT
Der malische Ngoni-Lautenspieler Bassekou
Kouyate vertont auf der CD «Segu Blue» (Outhere
Records) die alten Legenden aus dem Königreich Segu auf
neue Art und Weise. SWR2 blickt in Bamako hinter die Kulissen
der CD-Produktion und stellt Fragen: Wie vereinbar sind der
europäische Weltmusikmarkt und das Patron-System der Griot-Preissänger
Westafrikas? Ein Feature mit zahlreichen Zwischentönen
aus Mali. Von Anna Trechsel und Thomas Burkhalter.
Download Podcast:
Ausgestrahlt
am 15.10.2007 im Dschungel,
SWR2
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SOUNDSCAPES
FROM THE EDGES - ISTANBUL REMIX
norient edited a 20 minutes
version of the sound lecture «Soundscapes
from the Edges» for the ctrl_alt_del
sound art festival, which will be held in September, 2007
parallel to the International Istanbul Biennial. Musicians,
sound artists and composers from Beijing, Mumbai, Beirut to
Sao Paulo, from Istanbul, Belgrade, Lagos to Johannesburg create
music and soundscapes that reflect the effects of localisation
and globalisation processes on various levels. We hear new representations
beyond exotic East-West-Formulas, we hear the noise of World
Politics, Propaganda and War in challenging settings.
Listen to «Soundscapes from the Edges» via RadioGoethe.
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NORIENT
FORUM
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MUSIKSEMINAR
IN BREMEN
Norient erweitert sein Programm. Wir schaffen
neben der Online-Plattform nun auch eine Austauschmöglichkeit
auf der Musik-Tagung norient FORUM. Hierzu sind MusikwissenschaftlerInnen,
MusikethnologInnen, MusikjouranlistInnen und MusikerInnen
eingeladen. Weitere Informationen: Klicke
hier.
Geplant für 2008 |
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