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Soundtrack der arabischen Revolutionen

Christian Scholze vom renommierten Weltmusik-Label Network Medien hat mit Mounir Hentati und Simon Louzani wichtige Lieder der politischen Revolutionen in Ägypten und Tunesien gesammelt und teilweise...

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«Sira – Wenn der Halbmond spricht»

Im Dokumentarfilm von Sandra Gysi und Ahmed Abdel Mohsen stellt Sayyed el-Dawwy den Sira, den grössten arabischen Epos, in einer zeitgenössischen Interpretation vor. Sayyed el-Dawwy ist 80 Jahre alt...

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Islam und Musik in Kairo

Der Islam ist im akustischen Alltag der ägyptischen Hauptstadt Kairo allgegenwärtig. Die Taxifahrer im chaotischen Verkehr lassen sich von kunstvollen Koran-Rezitationen beruhigen. Und im...

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Revolutionsmusiker wird geehrt

Ramy Essam, Protestsänger aus Ägypten, erhält den Freemuse Award 2011. Sein Song "Irhal" ("Hau ab") wurde letzten Februar zur Hymne der Proteste auf dem Kairoer Tahrir-Platz. Nun wird er für sein...

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2011 – das Jahr der arabischen (Hip Hop) Revolution

Radio-Interview mit dem amerikanischen Hip-Hop-Kenner Jackson Allers über die Bedeutung des Hip Hop für die Revolutionen in der arabischen Welt. Foto von Jackson Allers Blog "Beats and Breath" 2011 –...

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Wenn die Scheinwerfer ausgehen

Musik, Gesang und Bauchtanz gehören in Ägypten zu jedem Hochzeitsfest. Je pompöser und kostspieliger Band und Tänzerinnen, desto angesehener ist der Gastgeber. Paradoxerweise geniessen die Tänzerinnen...

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Mapping Cairo

France24's multimedia-webdocumentary «The song of Tahir square. Music at the heart of revolution» invites to dive in contrasting places of music in Cairo. The interactive concept gives a new approach...

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Die Antithese zur Revolutionsmusik

Mit Lobeshymnen auf die Revolution kann sich die Electro-Szene in Kairo wenig identifizieren. Hinsichtlich der institutionellen und politischen Bedingungen sind ihre wilden Parties mit...

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Metal in Egypt

15 years ago Egyptian metal-heads were indicted with Satanism and accordingly controlled – since then little has been heard from Egypt’s metal scene. Ralph Kronauer and Luca Tommasini have been talking...

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New Sounds from Cairo

I’m just back from a research trip in Egypt. I visited Cairo to write an article on subcultural music for a book around arts and culture in Egypt, published by Goethe Institute Cairo in autumn 2013. We...

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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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Sonic Traces: From the Arab World – Release

This limited vinyl offers music, sounds and noises from the Arab World: Propaganda music by political groups and clans, psychedelic Arabic Rock from the late 1960s and 1970s, the noises of bombs and...

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On the occidental perception of Sha3byton

The swiss DJ Phil Battiekh is one of the first to import Electro-Sha3by/Shaaby/Chaabi from Egypt to Europe. In his essay he reflects about the occidental perception, fictitious causalities by the...

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Missverständnisse erwünscht

Cairo Liberation Front aus dem niederländischen Tilburg ist das erste westliche DJ-Kollektiv, das sich in seinen Live-Performances und Soundcloud-Mixes Electro Sha‘abi aus Kairo einverleibt. Im...

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Electro Sha’abi: Autotune-Rebels in Cairo

Mahragan is the digital version of Sha'abi, the popular party sound of Cairo's satellite suburbs. The lyrics talk about banalities of everyday life and revolution-weariness – in biting sarcasm and with...

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Alternative Musiker in Kairo zwischen Aufbruch und Verwirrung

Die alternativen Musikszenen in Kairo sind in den letzten Jahren stark gewachsen. Metal, Indie Rock, Punk, Rap, Elektronika, Mahragan - es sollen rund 600 Bands, Kollektive und DJs sein. Die...

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Tamer Hosny – The army, the revolution and his fans

Working as a musician during times of a revolution can be a hard thing to do. The Egyptian pop singer Tamer Hosny has to maintain a balance between those in power and his fan base. A thin line. To the...

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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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Norient Dark Summer Selection 2014

This Norient «Dark Summer-2014-Selection» invites you to loose yourself in noisy textures, field recordings, endless loops, digital kitsch, pop tunes for every dancefloor, and fast spitting rap tracks....

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Civil Rights Movement, Islam and Arab Hip Hop

In its series Future Academics Norient presents Bachelor or Master theses in musicology, ethnomusicology or popular music studies to promote young academics. This time Anne Haack from the Freie...

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