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Sampled Lebenswelt
The singer and musician Joy Frempong is currently working under the pseudonym Oy. She associates lively Avant-pop, odd electronica, abstract hip-hop, futuristic soul, Dadaistic world music and...
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Sounds from the MIDI East
The MIDI East project not only takes advantage of the new ways in which music is distributed but also involves the use of an “old” technology (MIDI) to provide music makers with a novel, shared system...
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«Electro-Swing muss kreativ sein»
Seit geraumer Zeit treiben Klischée ihr Unwesen: Sie vermischen guten alten Swing mit modernen Electrobeats und finden damit grossen Anklang: Als Vorband von Parov Stelar konnten sie sich letztes Jahr...
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Out of the Absurdity of Life – Globale Musik
Das erste Buch des Online-Netzwerkes Norient diskutiert Zeitfragen und Trends im globalisierten Musikschaffen zwischen Europa, Afrika, Lateinamerika, Asien und den USA. In Out of the Absurdity of Life...
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Norient Blognotes #5
«We Want More Road»: In Trinidad und Tobago wird für mehr Strassen demonstriert, während Rapper Semi in sechs Sekunden den kürzesten Rap mit der grössten Wirkung zusammenbastelt. Im Kongo steigen...
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Der Sample-Dompteur Christian Marclay
Seit 35 Jahren dreht der in der Schweiz aufgewachsene Amerikaner Christian Marclay Versatzstücke der Popkultur durch den Fleischwolf: am Anfang experimentierte er mit zerschnittenen und deformierten...
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Palm Trees, Data Moshing and the Sea
Blank Banshee creates audio-visual works full of samples and exotic images. He is often mentioned as one of the pioneers of Vaporwave. Online we found one email interview with him only, so we decided...
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Sampling Place
Norient untersucht im geplanten Projekt «Glokale Sounds», wie Tracks Referenzen auf Orte verarbeiten und neu kodieren. Ein erster Überblick mit Beispielen aus Gegenwart und Geschichte. Die...
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Swiss Sound Pioneer of the First Hour
Bruno Spoerri (*1935) is a saxophonist, composer, author, and a pioneer of electronic music in Switzerland - he co-founded the «Swiss Society for Computer Music» and was the co-director of the «Swiss...
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B-movies and Biracial Creatures
It is one of Norient's most favored music videos from the past years: «Nunca Tendremos Mar» from the Bolivian underground band Gato Diablo. Here rock critic Javier A. Rodríguez Camacho analyzes the...
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The New Hi-Tech Underground
In the past decade, culture was longing for the nostalgic and authentic. The new Internet underground celebrates the contrary: hi-tech, artificiality and kitsch. Is it a critique of capitalism or a...
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Music of Bombs and Bullets
Environmental sounds challenge Matthew Herbert more than a piano does. With noises of exploding bombs, collapsing buildings, and a dying pig he creates both abstract tracks and happy dance music....
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Regenerative Culture (part 1/5)
Just like words to create sentences, songs and artworks have become building blocks for new ones. In his essay, Eduardo Navas proposes a future in which constant updates and connectivity will become...
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Regenerative Culture (part 4/5)
Knowledge is becoming fully quantifiable. In the fourth part of his essay, Eduardo Navas explains how the computer keyboard enables sampling work to create image, sound, and text. Classic sample...
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Regenerative Culture (part 5/5)
Sampling technology compresses the labor of producing in the studio. In the last part of his essay, Eduardo Navas explains how sampling puts the focus on selectivity as the crucial factor in the...
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