an audiovisual snap from www.norient.com
author article: Eduardo Santos, Luisa Fernanda Uribe
snap sound: Bésame Emisora, Lalo Cortez, Gabriela Ponce, Los Niños Telepáticos
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap quote: Eduardo Santos, Luisa Fernanda Uribe
snap photo: Gregorio Díaz
snap design: Juliana Acero

In this selection of 20 songs, Eduardo Santos and Luisa Uribe delve deeply into the sounds that are defining various alternative scenes in Bogotá. From alternative rock, rap icons, and highland cumbia musicians, to electronic artists who are diving within the dancefloor with guaracha, electro, and IDM, and beyond it with ambient and sonic soundscapes.

full article: https://norient.com/luisa-fernanda-uribe/sobeteo-cabeceo-bogota-playlist

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From Sobeteo to Cabeceo: a Bogotá Playlist (Snap)

an audiovisual snap from www.norient.com
author article: Camilo Casallas Torres, Santiago Álvarez Méndez
snap sound: Zoroxxe
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap quote: Camilo Casallas Torres, Santiago Álvarez Méndez
snap photo: RTVC
snap design: Juliana Acero

Join the label In-Correcto in exploring the city of Bogotá through historical footage, label recordings, and spoken poetry. // Únete al sello In-Correcto para explorar la ciudad de Bogotá a través de archivo histórico, grabaciones del sello y spoken poetry.

full article: https://norient.com/camilo-casallas-torres/b-de-burro

B de Burro (Snap)

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author article: Rou Rodríguez
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap photo: Rou Rodríguez
snap design: Juliana Acero

Rou Rodríguez captures Bogotá’s dynamic street culture, showcasing its fusion of architecture, nature, sounds, and people. // Rou Rodríguez captura la dinámica cultura callejera de Bogotá, mostrando su fusión de arquitectura, naturaleza, sonidos y personas.

full article: https://norient.com/rou-rodriguez/decontextualization-city-through-music-and-street-sounds

The Decontextualization of the City Through Music and Street Sounds (Snap)

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author article: Canina
snap sound: Camila Vargas
snap remix: Juliana Cuervo
snap quote: Camila Vargas
snap design: Juliana Cuervo

Canina delivers a track filled with the sounds of what Bogotá means to her, capturing the essence of a renewed cultural wave of communities occupying the city. // Canina presenta un track con los sonidos de Bogotá, capturando a una ola de comunidades que ocupan la ciudad.

full article: https://norient.com/canina/bogota-xoxo

BOGOTÁ XOXO (Snap)

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author article: Colombian Drone Mafia
snap quote: Colombian Drone Mafia
snap sound: Colombian Drone Mafia
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap photo: Carolina Sánchez
snap design: Juliana Acero

A sonic exploration of Bogotá through the ears of Colombian Drone Mafia. // Una exploración sonora de Bogotá a través de los oídos de Colombian Drone Mafia.

full article: https://norient.com/colombian-drone-mafia/santa-fe-ensename-bailar

Santa Fé, enséñame a bailar (Snap)

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author article: Mariposa
snap quote: Mariposa
snap sound: Genosidra, Yullola, WOST - MASSIVV,⁠ ⁠⁠Ana María Romano, ⁠⁠Broken English Club, ⁠⁠Las Hermanas
snap remix: Juliana Cuervo
snap design: Juliana Cuervo

A mixtapefrom five artists gathered by Mariposa to answer questions about common sounds and contradictions of Bogotá. // Un mixtape de cinco artistas reunidos por Mariposa para responder preguntas sobre los sonidos comunes y contradicciones de Bogotá.

full article: https://norient.com/mariposa/flutter-butterflies

A Flutter of Butterflies (Snap)

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author article: Juan Sebastián Barriga
snap quote: Juan Sebastián Barriga
snap sound: Chupame el dedo, Verraco, Babelgam, Carmelo Torres, Tristán Alumbra, Gato e’ Monte
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap design: Juliana Acero

A journey through the history and horizons of six independent venues at the center of the nightlife and cultural movement of Bogotá, Colombia: Matik-Matik, Latino Power, El Edificio, Ace of Spades Club, Asilo, and Video Club.

full article: https://norient.com/juan-sebastian-barriga/six-venues-feel-bogotas-mixed-blood

Six Venues to Feel Bogotá’s Mixed Blood (Snap)

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author article: Santiago Cembrano
snap quote: Santiago Cembrano
snap sound: La Etnnia
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap design: Juliana Acero

An exploration of the development of hip hop in the rainy mountains of Bogotá. The essay traces how the genre has followed and then evolved beyond the classicist tradition to make room for other rap subgenres that mirror a diverse city that, as its music, never stops moving.

full article: norient.com/rou-rodriguez/decon…c-and-street-sounds

Beyond Boom Bap (Snap)

an audiovisual snap from www.norient.com
author article: Rou Rodríguez
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap photo: Rou Rodríguez
snap design: Juliana Acero

From the idea of needing a room of one’s own to the shared knowledge on production, venues, and community around electronic music, this piece explores what’s ahead for women and queer communities in Bogotá, Colombia.

full article: https://norient.com/luisa-fernanda-uribe/room-ones-own-shared-city

From a Room of One’s Own to a Shared City (Snap)

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author article: Luisa Fernanda Uribe
snap sound: Biselad
snap quote: Luisa Fernanda Uribe
snap remix: Nicolás Gutiérrez García, Tembe Laboratorio Sonoro
snap design: Juliana Acero

A look at the city’s contrasts that delves into how diverse voices blend resistance and celebration. // Una mirada a los contrastes de la ciudad que explora cómo diversas voces mezclan resistencia y celebración.

full article: https://norient.com/luisa-fernanda-uribe/sounds-contradiction

The Sounds of Contradiction (Snap)

Norient is an audiovisual gallery and a community (of practice) for the sound of the world:
We conceive music, sound, and noise as seismographs of our time, 
facilitating space and place for thinkers and artists from over 50 countries to tell new and different stories of the now and tomorrow.

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