The almost old-school hard rock riff of Isosceles just comes flashing out of my speaker like holy fury. The intensity of the music forces me to my knees- I swear, this move looks cool in my head, despite the pain shooting through the back of my leg and my general awkwardness with such a “Rock Star” move. …
And yet, all things that touch us, you and me,bind us together like a violin bowdrawing but one sound from two strings.On which instrument though are we both strung?And what violinist holds us in the hand?Oh, sweet, sweet song. Rainer Maria Rilke, Love Song If I had to describe to anybody the special beauty and …
Banned in D.C. with a thousand more places to go. Gonna swim across the Atlantic, cause that’s the only place I can go.You, you can’t hurt me, why I’m banned in D.C. Bad Brains, Banned in D.C. People say that the best about the Bad Brains is the fact that they were all black and still …
Big was the excitement when in 2016 HBO announced a mini-series which would be directed by the Italian Paolo Sorrentino (La grande Bellezza), one of the greats in contemporary arthouse cinema. Curiosity grew when title and topic were announced: „The Young Pope“. And the confusion was perfect when it was revealed who would play this …
You’re in a hell, and you’re gonna die in a hell, just like the rest of ‘em! What better way to confront a crumbling and corrupt society? The Daily Dance is the embodiment of that nihilistic beast of your dreams or nightmares, a righteous plague that reflects all the toxic elements of corruption and hypocrisy …
More than a DJ- HELL is an international producer and publisher of electronic music as well as founder and owner of the renowned International Deejay Gigolos record label. The ‘Munich Machine’ is rooted in the pioneering electronic music tradition of the Bavarian city, which excitingly balances the traditional and cosmopolitan attitude. “I did Kosmische Musik …
Recall for us the first time you ever became aware of Suicide and your impressions of the band. Why do you wanted to produce / be involved with the band? Suicide was active very, very early on in the history of the NY underground scene. Actually they predate CBGB’s. I saw Suicide before I’d even …
Melodramas are the filmic equivalent to country or arabesque music- they have a history of being stubbornly dismissed by the cultural elites who labeled them as sentimental and fatalistic trash for the simple and stupid people, and intolerably inferior to arthouse. This closed-minded understanding of arthouse cinema was temporarily exposed and suspended when Danish director …
We’re all feeling it. That creeping sense that something is deeply, even fundamentally wrong. Let’s call it the “Post-Corona-Syndrome”. Technology, social media… tracking us on these fucking smartphones. Modern Western society embraced the promise and creeping of technology long ago- all this technology would soon “ease the burden of man”. By now, we sense the …
Asian cinema has become a strong, innovative, purposeful and revitalizing beast. Recently, it has earned a unique and unmatched reputation due to its unique way to experiment with different genres. The final products often turn out to be peculiar, strange, violent and elegant. We just need to take a look at the tremendous success of …
