The Barcelona-based music festival Primavera Sound will return in 2024 with headlining performances from Lana Del Rey, Sza, and Pulp. The event is scheduled to take place between May 29 and June 2, with additional appearances from Disclosure, FKA Twigs, Justice, Mitski, The National, Phoenix, and more.
The lineup also features performances from Pj Harvey, Vampire Weekend, Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli Xcx, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib will deliver a special anniversary performance celebrating 10 years of Piñata,...
The lineup also features performances from Pj Harvey, Vampire Weekend, Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli Xcx, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib will deliver a special anniversary performance celebrating 10 years of Piñata,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
“Perhaps what is needed now is a cinema that is no longer Latin but something else,” said the Mexican director Pablo Escoto Luna in an interview for his short Ruinas Tu Reino, praising the late films of Glauber Rocha and Fernando Birri as “the delirious cinema of vibrancy and rapture that transcends historical narratives, in which any revolutionary movement is shown as one leading to decay and rubble.” Now, his radical, rhapsodic feature All the Light We Can See is a bracing and mostly successful embodiment of the 24-year-old director’s ambitious pronouncements and lyrical anti-historiographic approach. It conjures the ghosts of history, who flit through vignettes shot around the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl in the Valley of Mexico. Risking vagueness and grandiosity with its airily conceptual approach and engagement with history on the level of myth, All the Light We Can See is a New Directors/New Films title worth remembering.
- 5/3/2021
- by Mark Asch
- The Film Stage
"Repetition is a form of change," said Brian Eno, a pivotal figure in the development of electronic music. David Wexler quotes this at the start of his documentary about composer William Basinski. Twice. By this time the original Disintegration Loops album is already playing and we are reminded that it is 63 minutes long. Some viewers will find this funny, some relaxing. If you're in the latter group, don't worry. Wexler quickly drops the imitation in favour of analysis and conversation. The Loops resurface at strategic intervals in a more complex soundtrack, just as Basinski's story ebbs and flows within a wider reaching portrait of New York City.
Basinski's life is every inch a New York story. Years spent on the breadline, eking a living as an electronic musician, much admired by his small community but with no means of breaking through into the mainstream. Going from party to party, always.
Basinski's life is every inch a New York story. Years spent on the breadline, eking a living as an electronic musician, much admired by his small community but with no means of breaking through into the mainstream. Going from party to party, always.
- 3/28/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"Trying to make something from nothing..." An early festival promo trailer has debuted for a documentary film titled Disintegration Loops, which is premiering at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival this week. The film is a 45-minute doc, directed by David Wexler, about the "avant-garde composer" William Basinski. It was made while they were quarantined in the midst of Covid-19. All of the interviews are shot on Zoom, interspersed with dramatically eerie shots of an almost empty NYC at the outset of the pandemic. Along with tons of archival footage. As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looms near, Basinski contemplates the enduring legacy of his album "The Disintegration Loops" (his elegy to the 2001 Attacks) during the 2020 pandemic. This is yet another "made during the pandemic" creation, but I'm intrigued. Seems poetic and philosophical. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for David Wexler's Disintegration Loops, from YouTube: As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looms near,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If you’re a fan of ambient music, you’re probably already aware of William Basinski’s iconic album, “The Disintegration Loops,” and its historical significance. However, if you have yet to experience the music and its tragic context, perhaps the upcoming documentary, “Disintegration Loops,” will help shed some light on how one man was able to tap into the cultural zeitgeist during a tragic time in US history and release one of the most acclaimed albums of the past two decades.
Continue reading ‘Disintegration Loops’ Exclusive Trailer: William Basinski’s Iconic Album Takes The Spotlight In This SXSW Doc at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Disintegration Loops’ Exclusive Trailer: William Basinski’s Iconic Album Takes The Spotlight In This SXSW Doc at The Playlist.
- 3/12/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Sir George Martin is best known, of course, for producing the Beatles, as well as Seventies albums by America and Jeff Beck. But early in his career, did he help popularize electronic music? Two unearthed recordings, to be reissued in May, hint at another, forgotten side of Martin’s story.
In April 1962, two months before Martin met the Beatles, a mysteriously named act called “Ray Cathode” released a single on Parlophone, the U.K. label owned by Emi. Called “Time Beat,” the two-minute instrumental A-side sounded like cocktail lounge music for a robot party.
In April 1962, two months before Martin met the Beatles, a mysteriously named act called “Ray Cathode” released a single on Parlophone, the U.K. label owned by Emi. Called “Time Beat,” the two-minute instrumental A-side sounded like cocktail lounge music for a robot party.
- 3/9/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
A year after its in-person 2020 edition was canceled due to the pandemic, the SXSW Film Festival is bellying up for yet another virtual edition. But with a year of learning and innovating behind them — not to mention the lessons of a variety of other festivals that have gone the virtual route over the past 365 days — the SXSW team is preparing to offer up a multi-faceted event with ease. One major change: a single-serving pass that will get you into everything. (Learn more about that process right here.)
With reservations for film and episodics screenings open this afternoon, allow us to guide you toward a dozen of our most-anticipated picks for this year’s festival. Some of these titles have appeared at other events, but are just landing on U.S. shores (and screens now), while at least one is a holdover from last year’s truncated SXSW festival. All of...
With reservations for film and episodics screenings open this afternoon, allow us to guide you toward a dozen of our most-anticipated picks for this year’s festival. Some of these titles have appeared at other events, but are just landing on U.S. shores (and screens now), while at least one is a holdover from last year’s truncated SXSW festival. All of...
- 3/9/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThe poster for Hong Sang-soo's latest, Introduction, which will compete at this year's Berlinale. The competition slate for the 71st Berlin International Film Festival features a wide range of heavy hitters, from Hong and Radu Jude to Aleksandre Koberidze and Céline Sciamma. The competing titles, as well as the rest of the lineup, can be found here.The lineup for this year's SXSW Film Festival has been announced. The roster includes the directorial debut of House of Psychotic Women author Kier-La Janisse, a documentary on musician William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops, and a restoration of Les Blank's I Went to the Dance. Recommended VIEWINGFrom February 17 to February 23, the National Gallery of Art is screening the series "The Voice and Vision of Billy Woodberry." The series includes Woodberry's Bless Their Little Hearts, a landmark work of the L.
- 2/19/2021
- MUBI
The SXSW Film Festival has today announced its full 2021 feature film lineup, in addition to a variety of episodic offerings and special events. The program will be available entirely online to passholders, along with the other components of the festival. As previously announced, the festival will open with “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,” director Michael D. Ratner’s multi-part YouTube Originals look at the singer’s efforts to rebuild her life after a 2018 drug overdose. Its closing night selection is “Alone Together,” Bradley Pell and Pablo Jones-Soler’s look at pop star Charli Xcx, who produced an album in quarantine. Seventy-five feature films were selected for the festival from a three-week submission period last October, including 57 world premieres.
The festival finds SXSW returning to the festival circuit one year after the gathering was canceled by Austin mayor as the coronavirus pandemic spread throughout the United States. SXSW film head...
The festival finds SXSW returning to the festival circuit one year after the gathering was canceled by Austin mayor as the coronavirus pandemic spread throughout the United States. SXSW film head...
- 2/10/2021
- by Eric Kohn and Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
28th edition of Texas festival will run online-only from March 16-20.
SXSW Online 2021 has unveiled its full film line-up of 75 features as well as shorts, episodics and special events, and announced Charli Xcx documentary Alone Together from Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler as the closing film.
The Headliners selection about quarantined pop star Charli Xcx making an album that unifies a community appears in that section alongside Mary Wharton’s documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free, and previously announced SXSW opener Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil.
The 28th edition of SXSW will run from March 16-20. Seven films...
SXSW Online 2021 has unveiled its full film line-up of 75 features as well as shorts, episodics and special events, and announced Charli Xcx documentary Alone Together from Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler as the closing film.
The Headliners selection about quarantined pop star Charli Xcx making an album that unifies a community appears in that section alongside Mary Wharton’s documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free, and previously announced SXSW opener Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil.
The 28th edition of SXSW will run from March 16-20. Seven films...
- 2/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore will receive the 2019 Moog Innovation Award at this year’s Moogfest. A ceremony for the prize — which honors artists who exemplify the “bold, innovative spirit” of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog — will take place Friday, April 26th following Gore’s keynote conversation with Mute Records founder Daniel Miller.
The annual music-technology festival kicks off Thursday, April 25th and runs through Sunday, the 28th in Durham, North Carolina. Previous Moog Innovation Award winners include Brian Eno, Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads), Devo, Gary Numan, Bernie Krause and...
The annual music-technology festival kicks off Thursday, April 25th and runs through Sunday, the 28th in Durham, North Carolina. Previous Moog Innovation Award winners include Brian Eno, Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads), Devo, Gary Numan, Bernie Krause and...
- 4/25/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
An unconventional tale of revenge, Alice Lowe's Prevenge is now available to stream on Shudder, and to celebrate the film's release and its haunting synth score, we caught up with Pablo Clements and James Griffith (of the band Toydrum) to discuss the creativity that went into scoring Lowe's multidimensional horror film.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us! How did you initially get involved with Alice Lowe’s Prevenge?
"We met Alice a few years back when we scored a short called Pieces, directed by our good friend Jack Weatherley, and Alice was part of the cast. A year later, Alice asked us to score her short film called Solitudo, and a year after that she came to us with Prevenge. We always got on really well and have a mutual respect for each other's work, so it was easy and enjoyable to work together.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us! How did you initially get involved with Alice Lowe’s Prevenge?
"We met Alice a few years back when we scored a short called Pieces, directed by our good friend Jack Weatherley, and Alice was part of the cast. A year later, Alice asked us to score her short film called Solitudo, and a year after that she came to us with Prevenge. We always got on really well and have a mutual respect for each other's work, so it was easy and enjoyable to work together.
- 3/29/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ext. New York – evening. A static shot of the Downtown Manhattan skyline, filmed from a Brooklyn rooftop. The Woolworth Building is silhouetted clearly among other less discernible structures, offices and apartment blocks. Thick plumes of smoke and dust shade much of the image on the left. To the right, bands of yellow light blend into the blue of the upper sky. As evening descends, the cityscape below is bathed in shadow first, giving a Magritte-like surrealness to this most surreal of American days: September 11, 2001. The title of the painter’s ‘Empire of Light’ might be applied here, with an additional descriptive: fading. Not only will the natural light ebb from the picture, shifting first through red hues and darker blues; the musical motif on the soundtrack, too, will slowly wear away to little more than a resonant drone. To describe this as the establishing shot of the twenty-first century might seem trite or insensitive.
- 9/6/2016
- MUBI
America Lost and Found is a three film retrospective on Mubi of Peter Bo Rappmund's work. Psychohydrography (2010) starts playing on January 12, 2016, with Tectonics (2012) starting January 17 in the Us and 19th elsewhere, and Vulgar Fractions (2012) on January 26.PsychohydrographyAlong with an array of field recordings and non-diegetic aural effects, filmmaker Peter Bo Rappmund delicately integrates the sound of a skipping turntable needle at key junctures of his first feature, Psychohydrography (2010). Inspired by William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops—a 4-disc collection of tape loops from the early-80s which slowly deteriorated in real-time as the experimental composer attempted to transfer the recordings from analog to digital storage space in September 2001—the film’s unique sonic accompaniment functions in these moments as both quasi-score and thematic augmentation to what can generally be described as an observational landscape film. The correlations between Basinski’s opus, now synonymous with the tragedy of 9/11, and Rappmund...
- 1/17/2016
- by Jordan Cronk
- MUBI
It's a belated release, but we'll take it: David Michod's "The Rover" is finally getting a soundtrack release. Lakeshore Records will release the album digitally on October 7th and on CD November 11. We revealed details of all the music featured in the post-economic collapse drama during Cannes, but now you'll be able to actually have the music all in one place. The highlight, beyond existing tracks by Tortoise and William Basinski already available online, is an original score by Antony Partos (“99 Homes,” “Animal Kingdom”) with additional music by Sam Petty (“Animal Kingdom”). Here’s some details from the press release. Antony Partos is one of Australia’s most awarded film composers. His passion lies in creating innovative scores that morph acoustic with an eclectic mix of bespoke elements. His feature film credits include the Sundance Festival winning film, Animal Kingdom (starring Guy Pearce and Oscar® nominee Jacki Weaver), The Home Song Stories (starring.
- 9/24/2014
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
For anybody who has and will see David Michôd's "The Rover," there's another strong lead besides Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce: its soundtrack is like another character. The score for the film was composed by Antony Partos and performed by sound designer Sam Petty. (They both also helmed the sounds for Michôd's "Animal Kingdom.") Michôd initially presented his cast with previously recorded and powerful songs from accomplished saxophonists and composers Colin Stetson and William Basinski, post-rockers Tortoise, Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi and -- yup -- pop star Keri Hilson. Partos and Petty chewed on them too, and riffed on the descending scenery for Pattinson's Rey and Pearce's Eric. What they weaved in became a gorgeous black mass of ominous, dissonant, agitated and aggressive compositions to rove to in the Australian outback. Today, we exclusively reveal "The Rover" score tracks on their own; below, Michôd and Partos discuss arriving at sounds,...
- 6/27/2014
- Hitfix
What makes some film soundtracks transcend from mere background music to helping a director tell a story and help invoke an emotional response? Is it a clever mix of well chosen tunes that capture the zeitgeist or an eclectic mix of older material that either captures a time and place or sets a tone of nostalgia? The answer varies depending on the feature film. 2012 was a fantastic year for original motion picture movie scores but not so good for soundtracks. Still, Simon and I have managed to pull a list of what we feel were the very best.
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Tabu
The second half of Tabu by Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes, is the direct opposite of what came before. Gomez effortlessly shifts gears omitting any audible dialogue except for a persistent (but suave) voice-over narration from one of the characters – combined with lush synchronized ambient sounds, a few sparse foley effects, and...
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Tabu
The second half of Tabu by Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes, is the direct opposite of what came before. Gomez effortlessly shifts gears omitting any audible dialogue except for a persistent (but suave) voice-over narration from one of the characters – combined with lush synchronized ambient sounds, a few sparse foley effects, and...
- 12/22/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The movie title "The Comedy" is a bit of a subterfuge. While the movie is led by "Tim & Eric" comedian Tim Heidecker, and features his buddy Eric Wareheim, LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy and more, the movie itself is more of a deconstruction of the genre and perhaps of a lifestyle. Taking irony and provocoative humor to task, the movie is a challenging look at one man adrift as he contemplates his future. And the soundtrack is appropriately moody. You won't find any of these on a top 40 playlist as the sixteen track collection -- which also features dialogue cuts from the movie -- includes indie rockers Here We Go Magic, two cuts from English singer/songwriter Bill Fay, two excerpts from avant garde legend William Basinski's famed "Disintegration Loops," hipster-approved soul act Gayngs, and a tune from recently rediscovered yacht rock duo Donnie & Joe Emerson and even more.
- 10/1/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Raindance have just announced their line-up for their 20th annual film festival. The 2012 festival will, like every year showcase some of the best independent movies that we can expect in the coming year and beyond. Raindance 2012 will take place 26th September to 7th October at the Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus in London. This year we can expect to see 105 features, more than 138 shorts, 64 UK Premieres, 13 International Premieres, 5 European Premieres, 19 World Premieres and 24 Directorial Debuts from 38 countries.
Scroll down to see the full press release as well as all the feature films that will be showing at the festival. To find out more, click here to visit their official site.
Opening the festival on Wednesday 26th September is the International Premiere of Here Comes The Devil a powerful fantasy horror from Mexico. Shot in Tijuana, a married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana.
Scroll down to see the full press release as well as all the feature films that will be showing at the festival. To find out more, click here to visit their official site.
Opening the festival on Wednesday 26th September is the International Premiere of Here Comes The Devil a powerful fantasy horror from Mexico. Shot in Tijuana, a married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana.
- 9/4/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World (Secretly Canadian)
It figured that Antony Hegarty's live album would be no rote effort; he's not one for half measures or meeting expectations. The first track, which gives its name to the album, is in fact a new studio track complete with orchestra; it comes from an opera he's writing with avant-gardist William Basinski, The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, about a Serbian performance artist. Furthermore, the second track, "Future Feminism," is seven-and-a-half minutes not of music, but of Antony's ruminations on being a witch, the oceans as Earth's blood, the relative merits of masculine versus feminine political leaders, and more.
Then comes the concert, also with orchestra thanks to a variety of arrangers (including Nico Muhly, who -- though out of his depth as a leader on his own albums -- is good at this sort of assignment, as he's...
It figured that Antony Hegarty's live album would be no rote effort; he's not one for half measures or meeting expectations. The first track, which gives its name to the album, is in fact a new studio track complete with orchestra; it comes from an opera he's writing with avant-gardist William Basinski, The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, about a Serbian performance artist. Furthermore, the second track, "Future Feminism," is seven-and-a-half minutes not of music, but of Antony's ruminations on being a witch, the oceans as Earth's blood, the relative merits of masculine versus feminine political leaders, and more.
Then comes the concert, also with orchestra thanks to a variety of arrangers (including Nico Muhly, who -- though out of his depth as a leader on his own albums -- is good at this sort of assignment, as he's...
- 8/8/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The Brooklyn Academy of Music has provided Indiewire with its entire short film program for the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival taking place next month. The lineup includes films from Bill Morrison and his cat Gene, legendary experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe. The program is curated by Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner of The National. The three-day festival runs May 3 - 5 and will also include performances from St. Vincent, the Walkmen, Beirut and others. For more information, visit the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry site. Here's a short preview of Bill Morrison and Gene's short, "A Trip to the Beach." Full line-up below Bill Morrison & Gene, A Trip to the Beach (2012) 12min. Music composed by William Basinski. Jonas Mekas, Happy Easter Ride (2012) 9min. Music by Dalius Naujo Orchestra. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and hitRECord, And A New Earth Reprise (2012) 3min....
- 4/23/2012
- by Devin Lee Fuller
- Indiewire
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