We Call It Skweee

We call it Skweee mini preview from David Giese on Vimeo.

31/08-09
WE CALL IT SKWEEE: WORLD PREMIERE!
A full-length music documentary about the Scandinavian electronic funk style known as Skweee. Directed by Iacopo Patierno and David Giese. Camera: Iacopo Patierno. Sound mix: Andreas Franck. Showing at Bio Rio, Hornstull, Stockholm, 31/8 2009 at 19.00.

The film will also be shown at:

0 9 0 9 0 9: RANDY BARRACUDA & RIGAS DEN ANDRE -LEVYJULKKARIT
0 9 0 9 0 9: Randy Barracuda & Rigas Den Andre record release party

9 September 2009
@ Kuudes Linja, Helsinki

Järjestäjä: Flogsta Danshall
Luokitus: Musiikki/Taiteet - Konsertti
Verkosto: Kansainvälinen
Hinta:8 EUR
Alkaa: 9. syyskuuta 2009 kello 21:30
Loppuu: 10. syyskuuta 2009 kello 3:30
Paikka: Kuudes Linja
Katuosoite: Kaikukatu 4
Kaupunki/Kunta: Helsinki, Finland

LIVE:

RIGAS DEN ANDRE (Flogsta Danshall, SWE)

RANDY BARRACUDA (Imatran Voima, Flogsta Danshall, FIN)

MESAK (Mr Velcro Fastener, FIN)

MC MICHAEL BLACK ELECTRO (Ceebrolistics, FIN)

DJ PAVAN (Flogsta Danshall, SWE)

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Ensiesitämme tilaisuudessa myös Iacopo Patiernon ja David Giesen dokumenttielokuvan We Call It Skweee!

ELOKUVA ALKAA KLO 21.30

More:

Skweee showcase @ Sónar 2008

Harmönia Records

Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage (2006)

Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage - Part 1 (of 6) (directed by Iris B. Cegarra, 2006)

2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Trailer

313ctr0 @ pHinnWeb

Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage @ Tampere Film Festival 2008

Darkbeat trailer


Planet B-Boy

Also: North Korea vs South Korea from Planet B-Boy

This year's Tampere International Short Film Festival will take place on 5 - 9 March 2008. Out of the programme, of pHinnWeb interest is at least Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage by Iris B. Cegarra (2006), a documentary on electro music, also featuring Finland's Mr Velcro Fastener among such international luminaries as Aux 88 members, Octagon Man, Cosmic Force and many more. Darkbeat will be shown on Friday 7 March, 10 pm at Plevna 2. Furthermore, Planet B-Boy by Benson Lee (2007) on breakdance culture (Saturday 8 March, 10 pm at Plevna 2) sounds interesting. And also a series of Warp Records videos is promised to be a part of the festival schedule.

Tampere Film Festival @ Wikipedia

See also:

Electronic Music Films @ pHinnWeb Blog

Circle: Saturn Reality

Finnish postrock/post-Krautrock/NWOFHM band Circle is the subject of Saturn Reality (a.k.a. Saturnus Reality, 2007), described as a rock documentary meeting experimental film fantasy; inspired by the works of such as Stan Brakhage and Kenneth Anger. The director/cinematographer of the 60-minute film is Esko Lönnberg. Saturn Reality will have its world premiere at Helsinki's Avanto Festival 2007.

Screenings:

Kiasma Theatre on Friday, 16 November at 7 pm,
second screening on Saturday, 17 November at 7 pm.

Saturn Reality introduction by Mika Taanila @ Avanto site

J.G Ballard: BBC Profile

J.G. Ballard: BBC Profile (36:30)

BBC Four Profile

Wikipedia

What The Future Sounded Like (2007)

What The Future Sounded Like: film teaser (Australia 2007)

As the latest addition to pHinnWeb's list of documentary films on the history of electronic music, the 27-minute What The Future Sounded Like (Australia 2007), directed by Matthew Bate and featuring some Super 8 animation and hand-painted sequences by UK's Ian Helliwell (who also visited Helsinki's Avanto festival some years ago), sounds like a very interesting one...

Synopsis:

Post-war Britain rebuilt itself on a wave of scientific and industrial breakthroughs that culminated in the cultural revolution of the 1960s. It was a period of sweeping change and experimentation where art and culture participated in and reflected the wider social changes. In this atmosphere was born the Electronic Music Studios (EMS), a radical group of avant-garde electronic musicians who utilized technology and experimentation to compose a futuristic electronic sound-scape for the New Britain. Comprising of pioneering electronic musicians Peter Zinovieff and Tristram Cary (famed for his work on the Dr Who series) and genius engineer David Cockerell, EMS’s studio was one of the most advanced computer-music facilities in the world. EMS’s great legacy is the VCS3, Britain’s first synthesizer and rival of the American Moog. The VCS3 changed the sounds of some of the most popular artists of this period including Brian Eno, Hawkwind and Pink Floyd. Almost thirty years on the VCS3 is still used by modern electronic artists like The Emperor Machine (DC Recordings, UK). What The Future Sounded Like colours in a lost chapter in music history, uncovering a group of composers and innovators who harnessed technology and new ideas to re-imagine the boundaries of music and sound. Features music from Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Roxy Music and The Emperor Machine.

Click for larger images: the anti-Moog stance EMS seems to have in this ad is quite interesting, and I also wonder if their perceived target market were sex-starved synthesizer geeks... would perhaps not happen in these more "politically correct" times.

What The Future Sounded Like: official site

What The Future Sounded Like @ MySpace

History of Electronic Music @ pHinnWeb

Electronic Music Films

I was recently asked if I knew any documentary films that would shed more light on the history and beginnings of electronic music. I did some searches, and subsequently found out that most of those documentaries in existence (well, at least those listed at Internet) concentrate mostly on the latest developments in electronic music, or to be more precise, electronic dance music and rave culture.

The early history of electronic music (before 1960s, an area mostly populated by academic/avantgarde composers and inventors of electronic instruments) seems to be only sporadically (or as footnotes) featured in most existing documentaries, bar perhaps Steven M. Martin's 1994 feature on León Theremin or even Mika Taanila's 2002 Future Is Not What It Used To Be on Finnish electronic instrument inventor Erkki Kurenniemi; not forgetting the films dedicated to Robert Moog or Bruce Haack. If you know of any other related documentary films, please let me know.

Music Arcade: BBC Radiophonic Workshop (UK, early 80s?)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Discovering Electronic Music (USA, 1983)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

The Electric Music Machine, Five Days at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (UK, 1988)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

Bring The Beat Back (Finland, 1992)
Credits
Director Hannu Puttonen info

Rave New World (UK, 1994)

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (USA, 1994)
related clips @ YouTube

Universal Techno (France, 1996)

Modulations (USA, 1998)
IMDB entry
trailer @ YouTube

Hang The DJ (Canada, 1998)

Sonic Visions: From Stockhausen to Squarepusher (USA/Netherlands, 1998)

Better Living Through Circuitry (Australia, 1999)
clips @ YouTube

Synergy: Visions of Vibe (UK/Japan/Germany, 1999)
clips @ YouTube

Bass Frequency (USA, 2001)

The Future Is Not What It Used To Be (Finland, 2002)
info @ pHinnWeb

Electro Dziska: Miami 2001-2002
a clip @ YouTube

Radiophonic Workshop -Alchemists of Sound (UK, 2003)
clips @ YouTube
BBC Radiophonic Workshop @ Wikipedia

Bruce Haack: King of Techno (USA, 2004)
clips @ YouTube

Moog (USA, 2004)
IMDB entry
info @ Wikipedia
(see also: Bob Moog clips @ YouTube)

Liquid Vinyl (USA, 2006)
trailer @ YouTube
a clip @ YouTube

Darkbeat, An Electro World Voyage (USA, 2006)
trailer @ YouTube

Feiern (Germany, 2006)
trailer @ YouTube

High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music (USA, 2006)
trailer @ YouTube
another trailer @ YouTube

Put the Needle on the Record (USA, 2006)
a clip @ YouTube

Rough Electro (Romania, 2006)
trailer @ YouTube
another clip @ YouTube

The Sound of Dubstep (UK, 2006)
a clip @ YouTube

What The Future Sounded Like (Australia, 2007)

More related titles @ IMDB:
http://imdb.com/keyword/electronic-music/

All electronic music documentary search results @ YouTube

History of electronic music links @ pHinnWeb

And a silly old text of mine