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Mixtape from Mexico City
For their series of mixtapes on cities and their sounds, Domus Magazine traveled to Mexico City and catched up with journalist and blogger Daniel Hernandez. For the first in our series of mixtapes on...
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Sünden und Wunder
Die Mexikanerin Lila Downs hat sich für ihr neues Album „Pecados y Milagros“ (Sünden und Wunder) viel Zeit gelassen. Jetzt trumpft sie mächtig auf. Lila Downs singt mit ihrem 3-Oktaven-Mezzosopran mal...
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Cumbia – Grenzwelten einer Subkultur
Neben Kolumbien ist Mexiko zu einer Cumbia-Hochburg geworden. Ab den 1960er Jahren feierte dort die música tropical beträchtliche Erfolge. Von der Peripherie der kolumbianischen Karibikküste wanderte...
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Insider’s Perspectives on New Wave Cumbia
Since the beginning of the 21st century «new wave cumbia» has been growing as an independent club culture simultaneously in several parts of the world. Innovative producers have reinvented the dance...
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Cumbia Nights with the Sound System
When Sonidero DJs in Mexico build up their huge sound systems in the streets … a long night of dancing lies ahead. Swiss photographer Mirjam Wirz documented these so-called «Bailes» for some years and...
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In our video clip series we're heading for Mexico this time. Australian author Moses Iten compiled five Mexican clips for Norient between field recordings, Reggaeton and Cumbia. He begins with one of...
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Live 1: Seismographic Sounds – Visionen einer neuen Welt (Bern)
Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2016. Danny L Harle (PC Music / Columbia Records), Zutzut und Paul Marmota (Naafi), Okzharp feat. Manthe Ribane (Hyperdub) und neue Neue Elektronische Sounds aus Bern am...
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Against Techno Patriarchy
Constanza Piña is a chilean dancer and electronic musician. In her art, she questions the use of technology as a (male) ideology. Peter Gonda, aka gnd, met her at the Piksel Festival in Bergen, where...
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Queer Fightback: Reggaetón Underground
Music scenes can serve as safe spaces for marginalized groups. In Mexico, reggaetón underground parties are an important home for the country's LGBTIQA+ community to express their discontent against a...
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