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What is World Music?
World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. More specifically, the term is currently used to classify the many genres of non-Western music which were previously described as "folk music" or "ethnic music". However, "world music" does not have to mean traditional folk music, it may refer to the indigenous classical forms of various regions of the world, and to modern, cutting edge pop music styles as well. Succinctly, it can be described as "local music from out there", or "someone else's local music". Music from around the world exerts wide cross-cultural influence as styles naturally influence one another, and in recent years "world music" has also been marketed as a successful genre in itself. Academic study of world music, as well as the musical genres and individual artists with which it has been associated, can be found in such disciplines as anthropology, Folkloristics, Performance Studies and ethnomusicology. In essence, the term "world music" refers to any form of music that is not part of modernmainstream Western commercial popular music or classical music traditions, and which typically originates from outside the cultural sphere of Western Europe and the English-speaking nations. The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry, and it is generally used to classify any kind of "foreign" (i.e. non-Western) music. In musical terms, "world music" can be roughly defined as music which uses distinctive ethnic scales, modes and musical inflections, and which is usually (though not always) performed on or accompanied by distinctive traditional ethnic instruments, such as the kora (African lute), the steel drum, the sitar or the digeridoo. Most typically, the term "world music" has now replaced "folk music" as a shorthand description for the very broad range of recordings of traditional indigenous music and song from the so-called Third World countries. Although it primarily describes traditional music, the world music genre also includes popular music from non-Western urban communities (e.g. South African "township" music) and non-European music forms that have been influenced by other "third world" musics (e.g. Afro-Cuban music), although Western-style popular song sourced from non- English- speaking countries in Western Europe (e.g. French pop music) would not generally be considered world music. Examples of popular forms of world music include the various forms of non-European classical music (e.g. Japanese koto music, Hindustani raga music, Tibetan chants), eastern European folk music (e.g. the village music of Bulgaria) and the many forms of folk and tribal music of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Central and South America. Read more Wikipedia >>
About us
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“The traditional authentic
music of every nation in the world has a global character and belongs to the
global legacy of the entire mankind. It is the only thing that reflects and
manages to preserve the authentic relation between a man and a man, and not
just history, geography, economy, etc. And whenever the need for the new music
style imposed on the global plan, it has always started from the traditional
music.“ (Dragan Dautovski, Macedonian musician and composer).
A new understanding of sound culture took place at the beginning of the eighties in the twentieth century by a spontaneous compromise between ancient (traditional) musical cultures and contemporary musical trends. Such a union produced a cultural trend called simply World Music. World Music obtained very quickly a great significance in the modern society due to its artistic scope. It largely overgows the literal understanding of the notion of music, for, with its conception, it approaches the sociological / philosophical ideas of the New age. World Music sharing the vision that the world is a patchwork of millions of local traditions and music, each different in contents yet equal in value.
Seeing that the Festival Etnomus has succeded to educate for a short time the public and to induce the artists of World Music orientation to go on in the same direction, a group of festival enthusiasts decided to found World Music Association of Serbia (WMAS). WMAS was registered at the Justice Ministry of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 4th January 2001. (No 1729) as non-governmental and non-profit making organization. The main duty of WMAS is the affirmation of the national World Music culture, education of the society and co-operation with organizations and individuals of the same orientation throughout the world.
Activites of World Music Association of Serbia
In order to achieve their aims, the activists of WMAS are starting a series of campaigns:
-Organization of World Music Festival Etnomus (1997- 2006),
-Organization of the scientific gatherings and publication of the works which examine questions related to World Music (since 2001),
-Publication of the World Music Magazine ETNOUMLJE (since 2007),
-Informative service with Register which contains a database about Serbian bands, musicians and organizations of World Music orientation (since 2007),
-World Music archives of audio, video, photo and written documentation (since 2007),
-Promotional CD “World Music from
-Serbian World Music SWM Internet Radio (since 2008).
WMAS is open to all amateurs of World Music culture in Serbia and elsewhere. That is why we invite all organizations and individuals to join us for co-operation and an exchange of experiences in our common noble desire to affirm World Music culture.
World Music Festival Etnomus (Jagodina, Serbia) 1997-2006.
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International World Music Festival ETNOMUS present music in the area of world, ethnic, traditional, folk and roots music. Festival sharing the vision that the world is a patchwork of millions of local traditions and music, each different in contents yet equal in value. Festival ETNOMUS is the originator of a new musical expression in Serbia. It originated in 1997. with the financial support of the Fund for an Open Society in Belgrade, Serbian Ministry of Culture, Pro Helvetia Fund, SO Jagodina etc. Modestly, yet significantly, Festival ETNOMUS has presented so far nearly 200 musicians of World Music orientation in twelve program evenings in Jagodina town. Its conception is based on presenting of the primordial music of the Balkans and of new artistic forms created by the union of the traditional and contemporary music. We are persuaded that the Balkans can present to the rest of the world their high musical achievements thus bringing together different cultures and different nations globally. World Music is the right way to mutual understanding and peace among the peoples of the Balkans. Since 2006. the festival ETNOMUS is not taking place. The festival is replaced by World Music concerts together with conferring of World Music Magazine ETNOUMLJE in Jagodina during the whole year. |
Serbian World Music Magazine Etnoumlje
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Editorial Dear fans of World Music, For the first time you can see a double
issue which represents the 3rd year since the foundation of the journal. When
we look back on the texts published in this and the previous issues, written
thanks to the numerous associates (and enthusiast), we are convinced that we
are on the right track to set our goal: to present Serbian world music texts,
(afterwards regional and then the world music scene), to inform the readers
about the background of the world music idea, to publish theoretical and critical
texts, studies about ethnomusicology and to write about significant events,
primarily the concerts. |
SWM Internet Radio
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Početak emitovanja Serbian World Music SWM Internet Radija planiran je za prvi kvartal 2009. godine. Pripreme su u toku a one podrazumevaju formiranje Arhiva (Fonoteke) srpske World Music kao i organizaciju finansijske podrške za ovaj projekat. SWM Internet Radio predstavljaće isključivo srpsko World Music stvaralaštvo. Pokušaćemo da na ovaj način afirmišemo srpsku World Music i predstavimo je svim zaljubljenicima World Music u svetu. |
Nova srpska world music izdanja
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Bajramović, Private, PGP RTS |
Boris
Kovač, Before and after... apocalypse, B92 |
Vrelo, Preko reke, PGP RTS |
Popečitelji,
Horizonti, Odličan Hrčak |
