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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...
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Pulling 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...
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A 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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Ali Gul Pir is a comedian, writer, producer, and entertainer from Karachi, Pakistan. In the Norient podcast he tells us what's the only good thing about doing music in the national music scene. He...
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Rapping a Message with Simplicity
When it comes to understanding media, many people are in a race to study the content of a particular work. They’ll study the lyrics, the dialogue, the sets, the props, the stunts, the actions, the...
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Loneliness in the Mix by Zavoloka
Ukrainian electronic artist Zavoloka produced an experimental sound piece accompanied by selected speech fragments from Olimpia Splendid, Ali Gul Pir, Ethiopian Records, Graeme Miller and Leila who...
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Debate: Music and War
War is the most horrible drama of human kind. Yet the noises of war – everything from swords clanging to modern machine guns and bombs – have fascinated musicians and composers for centuries. We asked...
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Risking Your Life for YouTube
Karachi-based rapper and YouTube star Ali Gul Pir wants to be a man who matters. He attacks powerful warlords with satire and opposes the YouTube ban in Pakistan. For this he received death threats....
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Conference: Pop – Power – Positions
From October 18 to 20, 2018, the next biennial research conference by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, German-speaking branch (IASPM D-A-CH), will be organized in...
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