Pruitt Igoe by Kangding Ray | New EP with Remixes by Ben Frost & Alva Noto
The new EP by Klangding Ray will feature guest appearances by man of the moment Ben Frost as well as Alva Noto, on whose Raster Noton label the record is due to come out. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]The EP draws its inspiration from a gigantic social housing project Pruitt-Igoe, completed in 1955 [...]
D/B Video Feature: Into The Cosmos by Architeq & Chopsy
“INTO THE COSMOS” is ChopsyAnimations (chopsyanimation.com) first foray into the world of music videos, a tie-in with music maker Architeq from Tirk Records. Originally it was conceived as a short film by Chopsy (director Darren Robbie), with a simple premise: “what happens to all the old vinyl people used to play? From out of attics, [...]
D/B Movie Feature: The Golem by Paul Wegener | Completely Online & new Score by Black Francis
Often regarded as the height of German expressionism, the silent, black and white film “The Golem” was the last of a series of three films by director Paul Wegener and was released in 1920. Set in the 16th century, “The Golem: How He Came Into The World” tells the story of the persecution of the [...]
D/B Movie Feature: The Way Back by Peter Weir with Colin Farrell & Ed Harris | Trailer
When they escape a Siberian labor camp in 1940, seven courageous multi-national prisoners discover the true meaning of friendship as their epic journey takes them across thousands of miles of hostile terrain en-route to India and their freedom. Six-time Academy Award Nominee Peter Weir Directing. Based on the novel The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz. [...]
D/B Recommended: MULATU ASTATKE & The Heliocentrics @ Volksbühne Berlin | Sunday, 31.10.2010
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics (from the drummer sampled by Madlib & Yesterdays New Quintet & the band that backed DJ Shadow) again live in Berlin. Digital in Berlin highly Recommended. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Mulatu Astatke is an Ethiopian musician and arranger. He is known as the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Alma by Rodrigo Blaas | Animated short film
Alma is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years, in Spain and in the United States. Seizing the possibility of directing his first independent short film, Rodrigo Blaas asked some of the best artists in their field to take part [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Neds (Non-Educated Delinquents) by Peter Mullan
Inspired by his own rebellious youth, Scottish actor and director, Peter Mullan (The Magdalene Sisters) is currently exhibiting his latest film, Neds, through the film festival circuit. Neds is an acronym for Non-Educated Delinquents. The film follows the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story of a young man drawn into the world of gangs in 1970s Glasgow. Neds [...]
D/B 11+3 Interview with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
11+3 is designed to give you an insight into the motivations and aspirations of the best creative minds in the world. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]This time with the solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth aka. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Each artist is asked 11 set questions and to contribute 3 “facts” which [...]
D/B Tech Feature: Traktor Kontrol S4
Next week Native Instruments release their new DJ controller the S4 which combines a high quality sound card and versatile midi-controller in one package. With the release comes a special S4 version of Native’s award winning DJ software Traktor and so the device represents a true symbiosis of hardware and software.
D/B Recommended: Exhibition: Ein kleiner roter Raum @ Invaliden1 Galerie in Berlin | 09.10. – 20.11.2010
Pedro Cabrita Reis complex œuvre is marked by a highly individualized philosophical and poetic discourse, and encompasses a variety of media: painting, sculpture, photography and site-specific installations composed of found and manufactured objects. Cabrita Reis’ Ein kleiner roter Raum mit drei Fenstern at Invaliden1 Galerie revolves around the themes of housing, habitation, construction and territory.
D/B Movie Feature: City State by Olaf de Fleur | Trailer
When a foreign mafia decides to take control of the Icelandic drug market, a police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other. The Iceland Film City State is still in Post production. [...]
D/B Movie Feature: The Co(te)lette Film by Mike Figgis | Trailer
The Co(te)lette Film is Mike Figgis’ cinematographic adaptation of the dance performance by Ann Van den Broek. Women and flesh, beauty and perishableness, raw and fragile. A delirious desire overwhelms the dancers. A desire for physical and mental satisfaction. The dancers go from appeal to sensuality, over lust, fleshness, fame, success, reflection and control, to [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Portable Life by Fleur Boonan with Rutger Hauer | Trailer
Portable Life is the story about the journey of a young woman, a real and an inner journey, through parallel worlds and different times, where certain people are inextricable linked with each other. The world journey of a young women” leads the viewer not only to many different cultural crossroads but also to unidentifiable, non [...]
D/B Recommended: Actual Russian Brides & Manekinekod in Berlin @ Madame Claude | 23.10.2010
Ever a a hive of multi-cultural activity, this saturday our favourite French bar hosts live music from Australia and Greece in the form of Actual Russian Brides from Sydney and Manekinekod from Athens. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Both acts are celebrating recent releases on Brigade Music so be prepared for a blast of [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Wrecked by Michael Greenspan with Adrien Brody | Trailer
A Man (Adrien Brody) awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He’s injured, his legs are trapped, and he has no memory of who he is or how he got there. His only company – a crackling radio broadcast of a violent bank robbery gone wrong and a corpse in [...]
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