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All Artists are Anonymous
The existence of this CD, Proibidão CV, the subject of my talk, is due in no small part to the efforts of American DJ Wesley Pentz, aka Diplo, who first brought funk to a certain kind of American...
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I’m Ugly But Trendy
Denise Garcia hat einen sehr direkten und persönlichen Film über die Frauen der Baile Funk Szene in Rio de Janeiro geschaffen. Ein Interview mit der brasilianischen Regisseurin. norient: Dein Film “I’m...
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Tecno Brega from Brazil
Manrecordings presents a great piece of the Tecnobrega sub-genre Eletromelody by Maderito e Joe. «Eletromelody is a definite progression for Tecnobrega, moving away from the romantic themes to talking...
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Neues aus dem Paradies
Die Brasilianerin Cibelle ist ein Hippie-Kind mit Modelmassen und macht Musik zwischen schrillem Kitsch und linder Melancholie. Am Mittwoch 23.2.2011 tritt sie in der Turnhalle in Bern auf. Die...
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Berner Brasilien-Beats
Da Cruz, das Duo der Bern-Brasilianerin Mariana Da Cruz und des Berner Musikjournalisten und Produzenten Ane Hebeisen, pendeln auf ihrem Album „Sistema Subversiva“ zwischen Club-Musik und Hör-CD. Bern...
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Afropop Special on Lebanon
The american musicblog Afropop Worldwide has just published a three part series on the Middle East country Lebanon. Have a small overview on Norient and a brief insight into a very special approach to...
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Digging Music Documentaries #2
This series goes out to those of you who couldn't be part of the 5. Norient Musicfilm Festival and missed the great variety of documentary films from all over the world. Here is a compilation of great...
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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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Funk is Culture – Music Politics in Brazil
One Month before FIFA World Cup in Brazil starts one can everywhere read about the «pacification» of Rio's favelas. Therefore police or militias causes deep ruptures in the social fabric of the...
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