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- We go on a journey of discovery through Cologne, accompanied by artists such as Irmin Schmidt (CAN), Gregor Schwellenbach, Niobe and Wolfgang Voigt, head of the label Kompakt, and immerse ourselves into the inextricable relationship between music, images and architecture. THE SOUND OF COLOGNE presents Cologne from a different, vibrant side. Let's experience the hidden musical history of the city of Cologne, a music and picture imagined metropolis. Artists from all over the world have met in Cologne since the 50s and in the following decades up until today, creating together - thanks to the WDR's electronic studio - an artistic scene which became and stayed one of the most influential music scenes in the world. Music from Cologne is electronic and experimental and doesn't care whether its sorted into E-music or U-music. It is urban, usually danceable and mixes the attitude towards life and the sound of a city in an artistic way that creates new, unheard tones and works that send impulses into the music industry. Heroes of the electronic music scene, from the 70s until today, tell us this story while visiting places throughout the city that were vital for their personal and artistic growth. Their stories will help us to understand the relation of music and places, the birth of an imagined picture of a metropolis that replaces the real image, the correlation of imagination and reality. It will explain why precisely the city of Cologne could generate such a strong attraction that musicians all over the world flocked into the city, where their music could develop into maturity and success.
- What does 'sound' mean? What does 'silence' mean? An intimate, poetic and contrasting portrait of the life and work of Irmin Schmidt, founder of the German band CAN. CAN, whose individual style shaped generations of musicians, has become one of the most influential bands in the pop and electronic music industry. Schmidt, now 85 years old, reinvented himself and his music time and time again. After CAN, Schmidt released 12 solo albums, wrote 80 film scores and an opera. The film follows his path from being a classical conductor to being a pupil of famous composers Karl-Heinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti, from CAN, his work on film scores and finally his love for electronic club music. The film thrives especially on his cinematic value, embedding footage of a time that now, with its inclination to eccentricity and musical adventures, seems colorful and crazy. The deaths of CAN members Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit in 2017 have been the sad inspiration of this film. Irmin Schmidt, himself suffering from poor health, is the last CAN member to be able to tell us the band's story first hand.
- The documentary discovers one of the most significant photographers of her generation - Margo Ovcharenko. Margo works primarily with portrait photography. She studies the perception of her own appearance in people of her age and pushes the borders of beauty standards, sexes and gender roles. What would it take to make it as an artist in today? Galleries close, censorship is getting stronger every day, denials, stereotypes, lies, cheating and critic attacks.
- Chicago, from the 1990s on, has established itself as one of the most interesting cities on a musical level, despite its decentralized position in relation to the West/East Coast dichotomy. The merit goes to people like Steve Albini (journalist, critic and producer, as well as leader of the group Shellac), David Grubbs, Damon Locks, Ken Vandermark, and Ian Williams, who have given life to a type of sound connected to the architecture of this city where different styles of the underground music scene meet.