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Algerian Rai Pop: Student protests, terrorism and religious tension – The music stuck in the middle of a civil war
Before we delve into the unsavoury scenes which loomed over Algeria throughout the next decade, let’s figure out where the hell music comes into this story…
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Nueva Canción: How Latin American Folk music led a revolution… before it’s eventual demise into murder and censorship
A story which begins with dreams of hope, community and revolution. But very quickly turns into a nightmare of despair, political interference and death. This is the story of Nueva Cancion – 20th Century Latin American Folk Music.
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED: The uniting AND dividing role of hip-hop in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict
It has been over 70 years since Israel was created in an effort to split Palestine into seperate Jewish and Arab states. I’m sure you’re well aware that this created quite a few more problems than it solved. The youth in the region needed an outlet to express their frustrations and hopes, hence the emergence…
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HABIBI FUNK: A German tourist, a Casablanca junk shop, and a James Brown cover – the revival of Arabic Funk
Whilst on a stroll down the streets of Casablanca, Stürtz came across a small shop full of random junk and broken electronics. As you would, he ventured in. This is where he first discovered the power of Arabic funk.
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ETHIO-JAZZ: Attempted assassinations, decades of censorship and an unlikely French ‘hero’. How Ethiopian Jazz survived and thrived after so many years of repression.
September 11th 1974. Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, is alive with the sounds of youth, culture and hope. But this wouldn’t last. The music has stopped and the sun has risen, the whole country about to witness a seismic, soviet change. Has the music stopped forever?
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AROUND THE WORLD: Yu-Mex – The story of how Mexican music and culture took over post-war Yugoslavia. Sombreros and all.
What comes into your mind when you think of 1950s Yugoslavia? I bet you’re not imaginging them walking around singing Mexican music and wearing sombreros. If you are, well done, nice knowledge. If you’re not, prepare your brain to take this in, because it is pretty cool, very random and incredibly interesting.
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AROUND THE WORLD: Jazz on Russian bones – How and why discarded x-rays were used to sneak forbidden music behind the iron curtain
Imagine a world where the music you listened to was controlled by the state. Imagine having to meet a dealer down a dark alleyway just to listen to The Beatles latest track. Even more unbelievable, imagine listening to this music on a discarded x-ray of someones rib cage. This was the reality from the 1940s…
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AROUND THE WORLD: Japanese City Pop – How a music genre gave false promises of a capitalist utopia… and why it has sneaked into modern western youth culture
Emerging during the late 70s and peaking throughout the 80s, City Pop used western influence and drew from genres such as funk, disco, boogie, R&B and soft rock. This was a completely new sound for the Japanese people. It took very little influence from their predecessors in Japan, completely ignoring them you could argue.
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