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Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World

Tue, 15 Feb 2022

The amazing story of electronic music: its epic journey from its origins in Europe, at the hands of the great artists of the post-war classical avant-garde, to the great post-industrial cities of the USA, where this genre of genres took over music stores, shady clubs and, eventually, the big stages.

White Star

Thu, 27 Oct 1983

A clean-cut synth artist in Germany hopes to turn his career around with the help of a washed-up, erratic, publicity-crazed American manager.

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

Thu, 08 Mar 2012

An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the daring sexual transformations the pair underwent for their 'Pandrogyne' project.

I Dream of Wires

Mon, 10 Nov 2014

An independent documentary film about the phenomenal resurgence of the modular synthesizer — exploring the passions, obsessions and dreams of people who have dedicated part of their lives to this esoteric electronic music machine. Inventors, musicians, and enthusiasts are interviewed about their relationship with the modular synthesizer — for many, it's an all-consuming passion.

Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution

Tue, 02 Sep 2008

Kraftwerk's vision of a keyboard-driven world of clicking metronomic rhythms and digitised sound bites may have been the stuff of avant fantasy in the 1970s (the decade that saw the band's first groundbreaking albums), but it is a reality in the new millennium. Their visionary style is explored in KRAFTWERK AND THE ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION, a study of the group, their career and their emergence as the most influential electronic band in the world.

Discovering Electronic Music: Revised

Sat, 01 Jan 1983

A short educational documentary on early electronic composition and synthesizers.

Jean-Michel Jarre: The Concerts In China

Tue, 01 Jun 1982

The Concerts in China was a concert tour by Jean Michel Jarre, notable for marking the opening of post-Mao Zedong China to live Western music, in 1981. Five concerts were held in the two biggest cities, for an estimated audience of 120,000 spectators, on October 21 and 22 in Beijing, and on October 26 through 28 in Shanghai.

Who Goes There?

Sat, 28 Nov 2020

Three individuals try to survive the night, the masked killer, and each other.

Savannah Electric

Wed, 06 Feb 1985

On a post-apocalyptic world, a mobile desert factory (Savannah Electric) run by the first thinking machine (The Benefactor), scavenges the last remnants of civilization. Amidst the ecological blight, a clone worker (Gerit Stone) attempts to escape the grip of the machine and psycho-addictive virtual reality device (The SuperInducer), in a half-conscious attempt to regenerate the frontier into what it had once been. In response, The Benefactor dispatches a bounty hunter (H. A. Roc) to eliminate the rogue worker before he can succeed.

Synth Britannia

Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.

Rock n' Roll Cowboys

Fri, 30 Dec 1988

Working as a roadie for a high decibel rock band, young Mickey Lagrange, fantasizes about someday playing his own songs up on stage. He also longs for the sexy lead singer and is jealous of the spotlight clamoring Guitarist. Desperate and frustrated Mickey is at his wits end as to a solution, until a neighbour supplies him with a synthesizer that creates music through pure thought.

Gary Numan - The Touring Principle

Fri, 28 Sep 1979

Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, London - September 28, 1979

Roots

Fri, 01 Oct 2010

A probate lawyer handles the will and testament of his recently deceased elderly clients and uncovers a shocking secret about their middle-aged son's unusual roots.

Music for Ordinary Life Machines

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From Choris Perideraio and Anti to Human Puppets and Regressverbot. From In Trance 95 and Alive She Died, to Selofan and Doric. The underground Greek 80's scene, where new wave and punk was expressed via synthesizers, becomes the starting point for MFOLM in order for it to capture the musical subculture in Greece that left an indelible mark on the hearts of those who fell in love with the 'machines'. A concise documentation of Minimal Synth and Synthpunk scene in Greece since the 80's, starring the synthesizers, the rhythm-boxes and the guys who loved them.

Synthesize Me

Fri, 13 Jun 2025

In April 1989, in a liminal town near Mexico City, young teenager Violeta finds a way to bring her mother's synthesizers back to life with disastrous consequences for her and her father.

Patch CV: Controlling Voltage

Wed, 01 Jan 2020

This documentary film focuses on the rapidly growing modular synthesis movement, the diverse artists creating soundscapes of emotionally charged content, and the developers pushing the boundaries of sonic invention with their community driven creations. Capturing this immediate creative vision and personal process from patch to pulse will be the journey we share.

Cutoff

Mon, 02 Dec 2019

An isolated, misanthropic composer finds his sanity beginning to fray when a sinister presence invades his apartment.

Ambient Trip Commander

Sat, 07 May 2022

AMBIENT TRIP COMMANDER is the story of Samantha Tapferstern, a geeky young woman who lives a rather dull life in a medium-sized European city. She works a mundane job at a synthesizer store and spends her lonely evenings playing RPG games. One day she receives a cryptic email from a hacker group inviting her to Lonetal, a village secluded somewhere deep in the European Alps. As we follow her journey to Lonetal, things become more sinister and a grand mystery starts to unfold…

That Bag Talk

Wed, 09 Dec 2020

A performative criminal is unable to find a valuable bag; instead, he finds a suspicious man who may be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Rytíři Bastlíři

Wed, 27 Nov 2019