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  • Norient Mixtape #2 – South Asian Pop meets Resistance (photo: Thomas Burkhalter/Jusomor).
    Norient Mixtape #2 – South Asian Pop meets Resistance
    Mixtape by Thomas Burkhalter
    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.
  • La Propia.
    5 Video Clips from Uruguay: Defending Free Spirit
    Playlist by Pobvio
    For Uruguay’s music undergrounds, pushing aesthetics and social change forward goes hand in hand. Listen to 5 music videos that function as safe spaces to express feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, and hedonism.
  • Made in GDR: old cassette (photo: Kripps Medien/Pixabay, 2011).
    5 Music Video Clips from the GDR – Part 2: Underground Bands
    Playlist by Natalie Gravenor
    Music videos, as a product of «Western» capitalism, were also made in the socialist media ecosystem of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Watch a unique two-part video list from GDR filmmakers, from post-punk to experimental electronic music.
  • A music and television cabinet with a tube radio from Stassfurt in the Pirna GDR Museum (photo: Pirna Toffel/Wikimedia, 2015). o: Pirna Toffel/Wikimedia, 2015).
    5 Music Video Clips from the GDR – Part 1: Officially-Supported Acts
    Playlist by Natalie Gravenor
    Music videos, as a product of «Western» capitalism, were also made in the socialist media ecosystem of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Watch a unique two-part video list from GDR filmmakers, from post-punk to experimental electronic music.