Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)

Electronic Body Movie

A journey into Electronic Body Music’s iconic sound, featuring exclusive interviews with the original pioneers of the 80’s.

Be Bop Deluxe at The BBC (1974-1978)

1. Maid in Heaven (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 2. Sister Seagull (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 3. Ships in the Night (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 4. Fair Exchange (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 5. Forbidden Lovers (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 6. Down on Terminal Street (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 7. New Precision (Sight and Sound in Concert) 8. Superenigmatix (Sight and Sound in Concert) 9. Possession (Sight and Sound in Concert) 10. Dangerous Stranger (Sight and Sound in Concert) 11. Islands of the Dead (Sight and Sound in Concert) 12. Lovers Are Mortal (Sight and Sound in Concert) 13. Panic in the World (Sight and Sound in Concert).

Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition

Romantic Warriors II explores the origins of the Rock in Opposition movement in the late 70s, and how it continues to influence contemporary bands throughout the world. Featured bands include Henry Cow, Art Zoyd, Magma, Univers Zero, Magma, Thinking Plague, Etron Fou Leloublan and Samla Mammas Manna.

Sweet-Smelling Movie: Be a Light to the World

A coming-of-age story about a high-school girl who wants to use magic, featuring the 11-member experimental band Vampillia

PROTOTYPE

As a major storm strikes Texas in 1900, a mysterious televisual device is built and tested. Blake Williams’ experimental 3D sci-fi film immerses us in the aftermath of the Galveston disaster to fashion a haunting treatise on technology, cinema, and the medium’s future.

Reflections - Mojave Desert

In late August 2016, the band of Floating Points travelled to the Mojave desert to rehearse and record before their tour of the Southern states of America. Whilst visiting Joshua Tree national park, they were struck not only by its physical beauty, but also of the sonic reflections from the rock formations. A unique sound of reverb, echo and phase shifting modulating the sound from its surroundings.They took advantage of this environment to write and record some new music at the base of some of these natural sculptures which was documented in this short film.

Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live

Skinny Puppy: Doomsday

Pro-shot live recording of the now infamous gig of legendary industrial band Skinny Puppy. Performed in Dresden at Germany's Doomsday Festival. This performance marked the reunion of former bandmates, cEvin Key and Nivek Ogre. It was the first Skinny Puppy concert since 1992, first in Europe since 1988, and first ever in the former East Germany.

Heterodyne

“Geometric animation made entirely by sculptural methods: cutting, punching, welding colored leader. HETERODYNE is related to some of my other work as RNA to a protein or polypeptide. It was made in abject (if blissful) ignorance of Paul Sharits’ early work.” –Hollis Frampton

Skyworks: "Light, Lighten, Lightning" (Three Mile Drop)

16mm film (color, sound); 16 min.

Envío 21

For Barbara Figueroa

Destruction of the Berlin Wall

Filmed in Berlin, July 1990. Images of workers taking down the wall and street peddlers selling pieces of it to make a living.

Complainant

There is nothing left to do but complain.

Popsong

The world appears black on black until it separates from itself, looks at itself, includes itself, and sees colour.

The Rhythm of Life

An examination into life and work of celebrated drummer Carl Palmer, a founding member of influential bands such as Asia and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Locked Off

Rave Culture is one of Britain’s great cultural exports, but after its first wave in the late eighties and early nineties, it was soon forced into the underground by stringent new laws and superclubs. But forward 25 years into in the midst of a nationwide purge on the nation’s nightlife, where nearly half of all British clubs have shut down in the last decade, and a new kind of scene has emerged. Clive Martin investigates this 21st century version of Rave, where young people break into disused spaces with the help of bolt-cutters and complicated squatting laws, to suck on balloons and go hard into the early morning. But with the police using increasingly extreme tactics to clamp down on these parties, and more than one fatality causing nationwide media panic, can the scene survive?

Entrance to the Grand Burial Chamber

1 minute experimental film.

The Aristocrats - Boing, We'll Do It Live!

Boing, We'll Do It Live! is the first live album of The Aristocrats, released on December 10, 2012. Footage and sound for this release were recorded in two concerts held at Alvas Showroom in Los Angeles, California. During those concerts the band played material from their debut album as well as songs from each band members' solo projects. The album was released on double-CD and DVD. The deluxe edition consists of both the DVD and the two CDs including two bonus tracks not featured on standard editions.

One 11 and 103

Avant-garde composer John Cage is famous for his experimental pieces and "chance music" but temporarily branched into video in 1992 with this art film about meaningless activity. The work is composed of two segments that are supposed to be played simultaneously: "One 11" contains the artistic statement, and "103" is a 17-part orchestral piece. Also included is a revealing documentary about Cage and director Henning Lohner.

Pollice Verso Reverso

A 'reversal' of Jean-Léon Gérôme's 1872 painting Pollice Verso.