BASSLINE BASELINE - 2005
Paris / Berlin : 20 Years of Underground Techno
A documentary directed by Amélie Ravalec
52m, 2012Ltd To 500 Copies.
“This is what techno was about, this is what it should be about, and hopefully this is gonna stay this way for a while now..” Adam X (Sonic Groove)
This 52” documentary tells the story of an underground movement, from its beginning until now. Born in Detroit in the late 80s, techno met its audience a few years later in Europe, as the UK, Germany, France and many others countries started to host the foundations of a techno scene.
It is mostly focused on Paris and Berlin. Two different cities, two different tales, but techno grew up in both, from secret underground parties to huge clubs, from a small faceless movement to an etablished business, and from vinyl to digital.
The documentary features those in the scene who kept it true to its original spirit. About twenty people trace the evolution of techno over the years. They all have different profiles - dj, producer, label manager, promoter, record shop owner.. but all share a common passion :TECHNO .
With Adam X (Sonic Groove), Regis (Downwards), Ancient Methods (AM/ Downwards), Kareem (Zhark Berlin), Function (Sandwell District), Lucy (Stroboscopic Artefacts), Laurent Garnier (Fcom), Nick Höppner (Ostgut ton), Terence Fixmer (Planète Rouge), Christophe (Toolbox Records),Tama Sumo (Ostgut ton), Dasha Rush (Full Panda), Henning Baer (Grounded Theory), Milton Bradley (Do not resist the beat), Lupo (Dubplates&Mastering), Tobias Rapp (Berlin, techno und der Easy Jet set), Electric Rescue (Skryptom), Fabrice Gadeau (Rex Club), Laurent Baylet / Patrick Bamberger (Dimuschi), Mathieu Guilien (Paris III-Sorbonne), Remote (Kill the Dj), Heartbeat (Dement3d)PRE-ORDER HERE (Shipping on around 23rd May 2012)
http://www.paris-berlin-20years.com/orderdvd.html
PREVIEW HERE
Modulations [1998] is a feature-length documentary produced by George Gund and directed by Iara Lee which captures a moment in history where humans and machines are fusing to create today’s most exciting sounds.
It traces the evolution of electronic music as one of the most profound artistic developments of the 20th century. By cutting back and forth between avant garde composers, Kraftwerk’s innovative synthesizer drones, Giorgio Moroder’s glacial Euro-disco, Afrika Bambaataa’s electro-funk and Prodigy’s current worldwide superstarstardom, Modulations celebrates, replicates and illuminates the nomadic drift of the post-human techno sound.
The film examines the kids who have turned the turntable into a musical instrument, disillusioned disco lovers who created acid house out of primitive synthesizers, Motor City mavericks who saw the drum machine as their escape route out of urban neglect, and a generation of British youth who transformed these blips and bleeps into dance floor anthems of their own alienation.
Modulations provides a sense of history and context in which today’s electronic music can be understood. It entertains the converted and remixes the mindset of electronica’s nay-sayers.
Featuring a stunning collage of interviews, cutting-edge visuals, in-studio footage and live performances, Modulations moves at a pace that matches the energy and innovation of the music.
May 5th
2:39 AM
2:39 AM
Surgeon at Blackest Ever Black
Tracklisting:
- John Coltrane - Dearly Beloved
- Surgeon - We Are All Already Here
- Roly Porter - Corrin
- Cub - CU1
- Inigo Kennedy - Scatter
- Surgeon - Exhibit
- Karenn - Chaste Down
- Xhin - Teeth (Surgeon remix)
- Swarm Intelligence - Fighting Talk VIP
- KiNK - Machines Don’t Cry
- Surgeon - Presence
- Scorn - The Palomar
- Surgeon - untitled
- Blawan - Coronation
- Inigo Kennedy - Cloudless
- Regis - Guiltless
- Surgeon - those who do not
- Universal Indicator - Red
- Kraftwerk - Its More Fun To Compute (Surgeon Remake)
- Aphex Twin - Digeridoo (Surgeon Remake)
- Emptyset - Return
- Tomohiko Sagae - Deburring (Paul Damage + Makaton Wasps mix)
- Ed Rush, Optical + Fierce - Alien Girl
- Raudive - Over
1:52 AM
Surgeon greeted audiences in Japanese / Club Museum at
UNIT / 3rd May 2012
1:50 AM
May 4th
3:45 AM
3:45 AM
trudyecreen ha contestado a tu publicación<span >: <em >Surgeon 20th at Dommune Japan
I saw a little of it earlier but missed him saying Hi to me!! :(((((( sounded like a great set too.
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Yes Trudy, i saw when He talked about you and then the Djset was fantastic…
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May 1st
11:43 PM
11:43 PM
This is my new Art print by Trudy Creen. Now i need to buy a beautiful frame. Surgeon talked about his last album “Breaking the frame” and He talked about the album’s cover made it by Trudy. Congratulations Trudy for your fantastic job.
