I (and some people on this list) went to see this film in London last year.
It was shoddy and amateurish. Maybe they've totally re-shot and re-edited it since then... And for the record, it's not the first film to 'tackle the deep roots of techno music'. You wrote: > HIGH TECH SOUL DVD > > Directed by Gary Bredow, HIGH TECH SOUL is the first film to to tackle > the deep roots of techno music and the city that spawned it: Detroit. > With Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and many more. > > "Bredow's cast of alumni -- the holy trinity of Atkins, May and > Saunderson at the front -- fill out this tale with passion, pride and, > oddly for music of the future, nostalgia too." - Dazed & Confused > > HIGH TECH SOUL is the first documentary to tackle the deep roots of > techno music alongside the cultural history of Detroit, its birthplace. > From the race riots of 1967 to the underground party scene of the late > 1980s, Detroit's economic downturn didn't stop the invention of a new > kind of music that brought international attention to its producers and > their hometown. > > Featuring in-depth interviews with many of the world's best exponents of > the artform, High Tech Soul focuses on the creators of the genre -- Juan > Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson -- and looks at the > relationships and personal struggles behind the music. Artists like > Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, Carl Craig, Eddie Fowlkes and a host of > others explain why techno, with its abrasive tones and resonating > basslines, could not have come from anywhere but Detroit. > > With classic anthems such as Rhythim Is Rhythim's "Strings of Life" and > Inner City's "Good Life," High Tech Soul celebrates the pioneers, the > promoters and the city that spawned a global phenomenon. > > Soundtrack Includes: Aux 88, Cybotron, Inner City, Juan Atkins, Mayday, > Model 500, Plastikman, Rhythim Is Rhythim, and more! > > The film features: Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Eddie > (Flashin) Fowlkes, Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, John Acquaviva, Carl Cox, > Carl Craig, Blake Baxter, Stacey Pullen, Thomas Barnett, Matthew Dear, > Anthony "Shake" Shakir, Keith Tucker, Delano Smith, Mike Archer, Derrick > Thompson, Mike Clark, Alan Oldham, Laura Gavoor, Himawari, Scan 7, Kenny > Larkin, Stacey "Hotwax" Hale, Claus Bachor, Electrifying Mojo, Niko > Marks, Barbara Deyo, Dan Sordyl, Sam Valenti, Ron Murphy, George Baker, > and Kwame Kilpatrick. > > > http://www.hightechsoul.com > > > also look out for > Submerge: Live In Japan DVD > > >
