The BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop was set up in 1958, born out of a desire to create ‘new kinds of sounds’. Alchemists of Sound looks at this creative group from its inception, through its golden age when it was supplying music and effects for cult classics like Doctor Who, Blake’s Seven and Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, and charts its fading away in 1995 when, due to budget cuts, it was no longer able to survive.
There are interviews with composers from the Workshop, as well as musicians and writers who have been inspired by the output. Great archive footage of the Workshop and its machinery is accompanied by excerpts of the, now cult, TV programmes that featured these sounds.
Posted in film on June 1st, 2009 by fresh good minimal |
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DubFiles presents the first dubstep documentry which takes a look inside the world of dubstep’s most prolific DJ’s, MC’s, and producers. Detailed and personal interviews with the scenes top players. Finding out their likes, dislikes, roots, influences and production tips.
Featuring: Caspa, Quietstorm, Benga, Skream, Slaughter Mob, Distance, Joe Nice, Search and Destroy, N-Type, D1, Rusko, Hatcha, Crazy D and Pinch.
Philip Sherburne prezinta pe blogul sau trailerul documentarului “Speaking Code” care se lanseaza saptamana viitoare la Festivalul de Film din Boston.
“The film tries to tell a broader story about electronic-music culture by following a few individuals as they make their way through it. Filmed over the course of a couple of years, the documentary principally features Modeselektor and the Wighnomy Brothers, catching both acts at precisely the point where their careers began to really take off. And a supporting cast of likeminded souls—Akufen, Tobias Thomas, Sascha Funke and others—help flesh out the contours of the scene.
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it was at MUTEK, maybe the very first day we were filming; we were talking to Akufen in very broad terms about his productions, about the Montreal scene, about electronic music in general. He said, as a way of expressing that idea of a secret essence to it all, “It’s like speaking in code.” A shiver went up my spine; I knew we had found the title to the film. In that one image was the whole nexus of subculture, technology and of desire — the desire to have a shared secret. It’s been a long time in the making; electronic music is a lot different now than when Amy and David first approached me about the idea of an electronic-music documentary. The whole mediascape is different. The code keeps being rewritten. But I think the desire stays much the same. If nothing else, hearing those familiar tracks over the trailer confirms it.”
“Swedish duo Minilogue will be releasing Animals – The Movie later this month. The film, which gives life to the creatures that you see accompanying much of Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson’s work, is an 80-minute work split into 15 chapters—soundtracked by tunes from the group’s 2008 album of the same name. Trippy scenes are the name of the game.” RA
Moog – a documentary film by Hans Fjellestad / download
Moog este un documentar portret cu si despre autorul sintetizatorului cu acelasi nume, Robert Moog. A fost filmat in 2004, in ultimul an de viata al inventatorului si priveste asupra trecutului tehnologic din anii ’60, nu este o istorie cronologica a instrumentului. Nu exista poze de arhiva si nici narator. Moog insusi vorbeste despre el. Compara impactul social al aparitiei sintetizatorului pe piata cu cel al fotgrafiei la vremea ei. Daca oamenii s-au speriat atunci ca aparatul foto le-ar putea fura sufletul, acum s-au speriat ca sintetizatorul ar putea inlocui muzicianul. Documentarul urmareste atat succesul instrumentului cat si al inventatorului sau. La inceput ti se prezinta cum este construit un moog, dupa care te poarta printr-o serie de interviuri cu muzicieni influentati de tehnologia inventatorului: Keith Emerson, Jean Jaque Perry si Master Mike. In concert vedeti Stereolab, Gershon Kingsley si din nou Keith Emerson. Atentie insa, daca nu esti pasionat de asa ceva, s-ar putea sa te plictisesti – multe discutii tehnice si interviuri cu multi oameni care nu sunt chiar cei mai cunoscuti pionieri.
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