Wahlen BL 2023

Die nächste Generation von Musikproduzenten und Künstlern in Nairobi meldet sich zu Wort:

In den letzten Jahren haben immer mehr kleine Studios in Nairobi begonnen, Musik vor Ort zu produzieren. Einige davon erreichen Millionen von Zuhörer:innen in Kenia oder sorgen für grosses Aufsehen in internationalen Nischenmusikszenen. Ihre Produzent:innen und Musiker:innen stellen alte Hierarchien auf den Kopf,
und fordern oft soziale und politische Reformen. Aber sie stossen auch auf viel Widerstand.

TIMEZONES ist ein gemeinsames Projekt des Goethe-Instituts und Norient, dem weltweiten Redaktionsnetzwerk für zeitgenössische Musik- und Medienkulturen. Radio X ist neu als Partner mit an Bord.

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Nairobi's next generation music Producers and performing artists speak out:

In recent years, small-scale studios in Nairobi have begun producing music locally, and some of their output reaches millions of listeners in Kenya, or create buzz and noise in international niche music scenes. Their producers and musicians are turning old hierarchies upside down, often calling for social and political reforms. But they’re also facing a lot of resistance.

Featuring:
Baby Elephante, Blinky Bill, Boutross, Coco.em, DJ Raph, Hitman Kaht, Kamwangi Njue, Karun, Janice Iche, Jinku, Joseph Kamaru (KMRU), Manch!ld (debe), Moroko Kalahari, MR. LU (XPRSO), MUNYASYA and Wambui Kamiru

A podcast by Thomas Burkhalter

Director, idea, interviews: Thomas Burkhalter
Music: Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob
Additional Samples: Joseph Kamaru, Boutross + soundofnairobi.net
Additional Voiceovers: Kacey Moore, Selasia A. Djameh
Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson
Editing: Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob
Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs
Graphics Cover: Šejma Fere

The Timezones Podcast Series is co-initiated and co-produced by Goethe-Instituts and Norient. Radio X is now on board as a partner.

Biographie Thomas Burkhalter:

Thomas Burkhalter is an ethnomusicologist, interdisciplinary artist and music journalist from Bern (Switzerland). He is the founder and director of Norient – Performing Music Research (norient.com), the Norient Film Festival (NFF) and the Norient Space «The Now In Sound» (2020). He co-directed the documentary films «Contradict» (2020 - winner Berner Musikpreis) and «Ghana Controversial» (Al-Jazeera Witness, 2019), the AV/theatre/dance performance «Clash of Gods» (2018), is the author of «Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut» (Routledge), and he co-edited the books «The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East» (Wesleyan University Press), «Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World» (Norient Books), and «Out of the Absurdity of Life – Global Music» (Norient/Traversion). His experimental radio feature, «Gqom Edits – A Durban Visit», was nominated for Prix Europa in 2017.

Next TIMEZONES Episode: 24.05.23 BEIRUT: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem