On Back on Track, Italian producer Nicholas reinterprets a collection of tracks released in the early nineties by Nu Groove. |
REVIEW: BACK ON TRACK
Thu, December 15, 2011
A renewed interest in early dance music and the resulting release of numerous remix compilations, edits and remakes, allows a new audience to get acquainted with this creative period in dance music. Now it’s time for seminal New York imprint Nu Groove to receive a well deserved remix treatment. Although the Nu Groove label only existed 4 years, its 100+ output was prolific and almost singlehandedly produced by Ronald, Reginald and Rheji Burrell under various aliases. On Back on Track, Italian producer Nicholas Lammatteo reworks the imprint's back catalogue, taking a snapshot of an era when house music laid down some of its roots. A rising star on the Italian dance scene,…
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DON’T THINK - A MOVIE STARRING THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
Wed, December 28, 2011
Filmed with 20 cameras at a headline show at Japan's very own Glastonbury - Fujirock Festival - Don't Think is the first time the full Chemical Brothers’ live experience has been captured on film.
Directed by long-term visuals collaborator Adam Smith this full-length concert movie places cameras in the centre of the stage as well as at the very heart of the crowd to perfectly capture a fan's eye view of the heightened emotional reactions of the audience seeing the band at their very best.
During the film, Smith takes advantage of one of the most unique festival settings in the world when he follows selected audience members away from the stage and out into the natural environment. Then, by adding avant-garde magic realist moments where trippy visuals leave the screens and invade the open spaces of the festival,
Don't Think undergoes a transformation…
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