Jan09
Lucian Busse, who documented the vibrant Chinese punk rock scene as cinematographer (BEIJING BUBBLES) and director (THE JOYSIDE OF EUROPE), is also involved in the visualization of alternative music in his hometown of Berlin. Busse’s documentary BERLINIZED is a personal remembrance of a underground music, club and art scene based in Mitte which emerged in
Jun29
Films on realeyz.tv about music and identity: Ondas Indigenas/Sevdah-The Bridge that survived
Apr22
HOME RECORDINGS by director Mari Soppela is a documentary chronicling the dissolution of her marriage to producer-musician Leo Anemaet. Somewhat along the lines of “Scenes from a Marriage” or “5×2″ meets “Let It Be” (a film which documents the Beatles recording their last released album while growing increasingly estranged in the process, ready for
Feb08
The influx of international musicians to Berlin is reaching new heights. It currently rivals the David Bowie/Iggy Pop sojourn in 70s Schöneberg. Or the 80s, when half of the Melbourne postpunk scene (Nick Cave, Jim “Foetus” Thirlwell et al.) hung and strung out in the Wall City, or when Martin Gore of synthpoppers Depeche Mode
Jan25
Ralf Regitz, one of the founding fathers of Berlin’s techno club scene and driving force behind the love parade from day 1 died at age 46. I shared some time with him in the 80s drifting in and out of Fischlabor and other places of the late Westberlin. Our paths crossed very sporadically only