What if Indonesia’s electronic music scene wasn’t born in clubs, but actually forged out of arranger keyboards, DIY sound systems, and the raw social energy of village life?
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Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip-hop have become global cultural forces.
Detroit has a rich music tradition and is known for its role in the development of house.
The beats are fresh but the performances are second rate and lacking star quality.
During the coronavirus pandemic the Jerusalema dance challenge enacted a way for communities to connect - repetitive enough to be picked up and varied enough to tease.
A crate digger essentially builds a personal library of sonic texts that often can’t be found on the internet or in official archives.
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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