yeah, dat was quite an interesting set, guy............da d. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Chuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [313] mills & metropolis
> Metropolis is a masterpiece and a great movie to put techno music over the > top of. > > For a start, it's a silent movie, so the visual element is designed to tell > the story by itself. Second, the theme being technology lends itself to > techno music. > > At a party about 5 years ago in Sydney I played a set while Metropolis was > projected in front of the crowd. > > Some tracks that I think go really well together with the movie are: > LFO's 'Tied Up' for a really industrial feel in the early scenes with the > men working the machines. It's visually very rhythmic. > > Dopplereffekt's 'I am a scientist' is good during the scenes in Rotwang's > laboratory, and 'Pornostar' when the girl dances in front of the men. > > Drexciya's Bubble Metropolis or Waveriders during the Babel tower scene. In > fact, Drexciya with just about any scene in the movie > > Kraftwerks Numbers in the fathers office high above the city > > UR's Elimination or Final Frontier during the final scenes of flooding and > destruction. > > 69 Desire in the chase seen to the roof at the conclusion > > BTW, there are so many similarities between Metropolis and Bladerunner, > don't get me started. > > florian V.II > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
