Satirical Rap from Pakistan
Rapper Ali Gul Pir from Karachi offers biting satire and humor, and he has a lot of courage. In tracks like «Waderai Ka Beta» [about the feudal system] and «#KholoBC» [against the ban of YouTube in...
View ArticlePulling the Plug on Art
In their 2014 music video «#Kholo BC» Karachi-based rapper and comedian Ali Gul Pir and rapper and singer/songwriter Adil Omar criticize the Pakistani government for banning the video-sharing site...
View ArticleA Finger to the Establishment
«Nowadays no song is independent», says journalist Manal Faheem Khan from Karachi and explains how the Pakistani music business works. The music video «#Kholo BC» by Ali Gul Pir and Adil Omar might be...
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A kaleidoscopic tumble through decades of international street fashion, the video clip «Champs-Élysées» poses puzzles about class and style. Drawing from Britain’s chav, America’s ghetto fabulous, and...
View ArticleFresh and Ironic
«In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.» That's how the video clip «Champs-Élysées» by...
View ArticleBrowse the past to build the future
Inspired by panafricanist thought, Togolese rapper Yao Bobby browses the past to build the future in a country that is misruled by the same family since almost 50 years. In and beyond Togo, other...
View ArticleEt il verse un peu de sucre…
Edgar Sekloka aka Suga is an author, poet, composer and rapper from Paris. He collaborated on the first season of 1+1, a worldwide recording project by Norient and Sound Development in Summer 2015....
View Article1+1=5 Tracks from Lomé: «Wake Up»
Within a hyperactive week of studio recording in Lomé Togo, Yao Bobby and Edgar Sekloka produced 5 tracks from scratch – together with skilled musicians and a patient sound engineer. Featured track:...
View ArticleSpeaking Hip Hop Vernacular
1+1 is a new worldwide recording project, presented by Norient and Sound Development. The project aims to produce and document great tracks from upcoming global artists. 1+1 brings together unexpected...
View Article1+1 EP Release: «Ispasskoi?»
Within a hyperactive week of studio recording in Lomé Togo, Yao Bobby and Edgar Sekloka produced 5 tracks from scratch – together with skilled musicians and a patient sound engineer. The EP Ispasskoi?...
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