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Urbane Sounds aus der Arabischen Welt
Urbane Sounds aus der arabischen Welt: Ein Mixtape von norient (Simon Grab) Die oft propagierte McWorld hat längst ihre kreativen Gegenspieler: Musiker, Komponisten und Soundkünstler von Peking bis...
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Tarek Atoui: Digital Bricolage
Reflections on the new multi-local musical Avant-Gardes of the 21st Century. An essay on the Lebanese musician Tarek Atoui, Luigi Russolo, Mazen Kerbaj and many artists more. To me, Tarek Atoui...
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Weltmusik 2.0: Zwischen Spass- und Protestkultur
Musikerinnen und Musiker aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika verarbeiten Klänge und Klangformen mit den Prinzipien von Avantgarde, Pop-Avantgarde und jamaikanischer «Bass-Culture». Sie interagieren in...
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Irtijal Festival on Ruptured
Lebanese musicians Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem In My Heart) and Charbel Haber (Scrambled Eggs) were the guests of Ruptures on Monday 4 April, to present the 11th edition of the Irtijal Festival of...
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Golden Beirut-New Sounds from Lebanon
The first CD release by norient and Outhere Records focuses on a young generation of musicians from Beirut that is tired of war, fed up with politics, sick of religious madness, and angry about...
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Cyber-Mix 001: Beirut Transnational
A new electro/rap album from Beirut inspired me to continue clicking through the World Wide Web. Within transnational Lebanese networks I found great, crazy, funny, strange and sometimes also worrying...
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Local Music Scenes and Globalization – Transnational Platforms in Beirut
Transnational Platforms in Beirut - This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music scenes in Beirut. Buy hardcopy and/or recommend to librarian via Routledge or Amazon.com....
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The Arab Avant-Garde – Music, Politics, Modernity
The co-edited book is finally out! Ten articles about new musical positions in the Arab World. Order the book via Wesleyan University Press, Amazon or via your local bookstore. From jazz trumpeters...
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