(313) Berlin

2004-08-15 Thread Christopher Davey
I'm going to be in Berlin from August 20 to 30. So it's the usual request for any nights I should make it to, and good record stores I should visit (Hardwax obviously, but I don't know any others). Replies will be much appreciated. Cheers Chris

(313) Techno Films

2004-08-15 Thread Cyclone Wehner
I have been thinking about 'techno' films - ie films that the techno community have adopted as part of their subculture - as lately I've been catching up on DVDs when I am too tired to do anything else constructive. ;) I guess hip-hop types have Star Wars but techno people I find are into

Re: (313) Techno Films

2004-08-15 Thread Stewart Caig
Tetsuo has to be one of the ultimate techno movies for me, if such a thing exists. Also most movies by David Cronenberg. I guess its just the reacurring theme of the man's fusion with the synthetic. I also think of things like Altered States, but I think thats probably more as drug thing than

(313) Japan

2004-08-15 Thread Cyclone Wehner
I am going to a junket to Tokyo for 5 days and don't know much at all other than it's super cool. Does anyone have any practical travel tips? These are the things worrying me: 1. Is it hard moving around, ie from airport into city, by train? Is there any English signage? 2. Is it hard to get

Re: (313) Techno Films

2004-08-15 Thread matrix313
for some reason, when I think techno films futuristic/SciFi films rarely pop into my head. does that make me an abomination? I think of movies like Snatch, Kill Bill, Unbreakable, Seven, Fight Club, The Fifth Element (okay so one SciFi film maybe), Frailty, John Woo or Kirosawa (sp?) films, and

Re: (313) Techno Films

2004-08-15 Thread Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks
Cyclone Wehner wrote: I have been thinking about 'techno' films - ie films that the techno community have adopted as part of their subculture - as lately I've been catching up on DVDs when I am too tired to do anything else constructive. ;) I guess hip-hop types have Star Wars but techno

Re[2]: (313) Techno Films

2004-08-15 Thread Brian 'balistic' Prince
Sometimes the boldest move an artist can make is to cater to an imaginative adolescent whim or two. It's what separates good classic techno from the forgettable self-important sonic wallpaper of IDM. So until I make my own techno movie, give me Nude on the Moon, Attack of the Giant Leeches,

Re: Re[2]: (313) Techno Films

2004-08-15 Thread Stewart Caig
Stewart: would not have pegged you as a Tetsuo fan. Man, Tetsuo is cool. I love the imagery and the soundtrack. Im a huge fan of Aisian Cinema, just watched Visitor Q by Tesheki Mikke(sp?) , now that's some screwed up sh!t!! I think also something like Eraserhead is pretty techno in the way it

RE: (313) Techno Films

2004-08-15 Thread Ralf Gill \(healthAlliance\)
I guess hip-hop types have Star Wars but Was this a joke? I've just woken up... What about TRON, ZARDOZ and THX1138