As a lesson in well done edutainment, Shalom’s
House tracks down the different styles, production procedures and cultural habits of electronic dance music. Switching between the fast-cut videoclip aesthetic and the fact based narrative of an interview with Dj Scott Hardkiss, this videomusic documentary stands for an inspiring new genre of music related film.
> www.thegoblins.com
Styled on educational films, Nate Harrison's trenchant short film-essay,
Bassline Baseline follows the genesis of the legendary bass synthesizer, TB 303, developed in the early 80s by Roland, and its impact on society, culture and the history of music.
> www.nkhstudio.com
The portrait of
Richie Hawtin closes the Detroit bracket in this year's CTM program (i.e. as the counterpart to "
Mr. D. - A Detroit Story"). For almost 20 years Hawtin – as Plastikman, head of the labels Plus8 and Minus, and under numerous pseudonyms – has been creating trend-setting blueprints that have continuously expanded both the technical and aesthetic limits of Techno. Accompanied by the makers of the Slices DVD series, Hawtin gives us a glimpse of his private world, in which the straight bass drum is present as a constant echo.
> www.sensemusic.de
