Archive for category Documentary'
It’s coming in 2013 – the story of how the Roland TR808 changed music when Arthur Baker and Afrika Bambaataa made Planet Rock. This documentary, directed by Alex Dunn at You Know, features interviews with some of the biggest names in dance music in the 30 years since Planet Rock was released, including Norman Cook, [...]
Monday, 23. July 2012 | Comments Off
Tags: Alex Dunn, Arthur Baker, Planet Rock & Other Tales of the 808, You Know
Big Easy Express, Emmett Malloy’s documentary follows a trio of bands – Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – on their tour across America via an unusual mode of transport: a historic train, that travels from San Francisco to New Orleans – the Big Easy Express. The [...]
Friday, 23. March 2012 | Comments Off
Tags: Big Easy Express, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Emmett Malloy, HSI London, Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show
Huse Monfaradi’s excellent documentary film on artist/producer David Guetta receives it’s first airing this Thursday/Friday on Channel 4 (Feb 9th/10th) at 12:20am. The film, titled Nothing But The Beat, is the story of the influential producer and house music “as told by himself, his fans and the legions of legendary artists he’s worked with”. The [...]
Monday, 6. February 2012 | Comments Off
Tags: David Guetta, Huse Monfaradi, Nothing But The Beat, Partizan
Don’t Think, the Chemical Brothers’ feature length concert doc directed by longtime visual collaborator Adam Smith, is released early in 2012. As the new trailer suggests, it’s completely awesome. Adam’s innovative direction of the BBC’s coverage of the Chems’ Glastonbury show this year was a mere taster of what he’s achieved with Don’t Think. Shot [...]
Monday, 5. December 2011 | Comments Off
Tags: Adam Smith, Black Dog Films, Don't Think, EMI, Parlophone, Stefan Demetriou, The Chemical Brothers
Huse Monfaradi has made a documentary about arguably the most influential person in global pop music right now – David Guetta. Well he is, isn’t he? Here’s the teaser for Nothing But The Beat – the Movie – a Partizan production – which will be released theatrically in September.
Friday, 15. July 2011 | 2 comments »
Tags: David Guetta, Huse Monfaradi, Nothing But The Beat, Partizan
For the past 12 months Pulse Films’ directing duo FRED&NICK have been filming and editing a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary on the reunion of Take That with Robbie Williams, and the creation of the resulting album, Progress. Shot in New York, LA and London, and with unrestricted and highly privileged access to the band and [...]
Friday, 12. November 2010 | Comments Off
Tags: Fred & Nick, Look Back Don't Stare, Polydor, Pulse Films, Take That
Following the theatrical release of No Distance Left To Run, a unique Blur double has just been released on DVD: No Distance Left To Run, the documentary of the history of the band, directed by thirtytwo, plus the video record of their spectacular live concert at Hyde Park last summer, directed by Giorgio Testi – [...]
Thursday, 18. February 2010 | 4 comments »
Tags: Blur, DVD, Giorgio Testi, No Distance Left To Run, Parlophone, Pulse Films, thirtytwo
Saam Farahmand’s highly anticipated documentary about the phenomenal Soulwax – filmed at an incredible 120 shows on their seemingly neverending world tour in Europe, Japan, US, Latin America and Australia – premieres tonight in London at the Ether Festival at the Royal Festival Hall. Also featuring 2manyDJ’s, James Murphy & Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem), Erol [...]
Thursday, 24. April 2008 | 1 comment »
Tags: Part Of The Weekend Never Dies, Partizan, Saam Farahmand, Soulwax