Messing around with my modular synthesizer. Sometimes nice sounds come around.
Enter The Clones Of Bruce (2023)
When Bruce Lee died in 1973 he was on top of is game. He was in heavy demand and he left a void. And producers tried to make up for it (or make money out of it), employing martial arts artist, who looked like Bruce Lee and acted like Bruce Lee. And gave them stage names like Bruce Le, Bruce Li or Bruce Lai, just to make it more appealing. This documentary talks to about a dozen of clones and tells their story.
IMDB / Tailer
The Whiskey Bandit (2017)
This is a fast paced action drama, which is told basically through flashbacks. Based on a true story, obviously. The interesting part is that it is set in Hungary, which gives the movie a nice eastern European flair. There are some banks to be robbed, love affairs to be lived, people you care about to be disapointed and there are some intersting turns in the plot. As the title suggests, liquor plays its part too.
Wikipedia / Trailer / The Original Gangster referred to
Disco Godfather (1979)
This is one out of five Rudy Ray Moore 1970s Blaxploitaion Classics. The actor itself is unique and one of the few queer black cinema artists of the 70ies, who actually made it. The ex-cop, now club owner and badass dance machine Tucker Williams needs to solve a case, which involves some Angel Dust pushers making trouble. Awesome dancing actions guranteed.
Wikipedia / Trailer / Full Movie
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Despite the high praise this move gets on some internet portals, I believe it is “just a solid” mid 50ies science fiction movie. Robby the robot is definitly a fine character, but what catches me most on this film is the soundtrack, presumably the first purely electronically sythesized score. The soundtrack and the composers behind it have their own facinating story to follow. Money quote: “When the Krell [a sort of evil antique mysterious underground super computer] died, the electical circuit making the sound[track] died.”
Trailer / Wikipedia / Composers
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2003)
This documentary clearly romanticizes the dirty old american south. However it doesn’t miss it’s point. How the southern part of the US is, or was in 2003, but probably it didn’t change to much over the years. Special feature guest is author Harry Crews, protagonist of the film is Jim White, who actually did a good album in 1997 inspiring the documentary.
Wikipedia / Tailer / Film free to watch
Harry Belafonte – Island In The Sun
Donavan – Sunshine Superman
Earl Singer – Escape from Ibiza
Magia Blanca – Dejate Llevar
Free Tax – Paris Babylone
Marengo -Puente De Esperanza
Quincy Jones – Summer In The City
Kool And The Gang – Summer Madness
The Velvet Underground – Who Loves The Sun
Reflection – Because
Ara Pacis – To The Westcoast
Rob Mehl – House On The Rock
Yellow Sunshine – Yellow Sunshine
Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound – El Pato De La Bahia
N.E.R.D – Backseat Love
Rhythm, Rhyme, Revolution – Bad Thing
Kingdon Of Kaffa – Kutiri
Stelvio Cipriani – Sofisticated Shake
Lovage – (I Am)
Madonna – Isle Of Bonita (RMX)
Suzanne Ciani – History Of My Heart
The Vernon Spring – Mustafa feat. Iko Niche
Ida Urd & Ingri Hoyland – Woe
The Vernon Spring – Esrever Ni Rehtaf
Kalma / Chiu / Hones – Encourte Au Loin
JJ Whitefield & Forced Meditation – Movement 5 – Experience
Girls In Airports – Caz feat. Halvcirkel
Misha Panfilov – Caleidoscopio
Peter & The Whales – Peter & The Whales pt. 6 feat. Ansimorph
Spektrum Wiese started out as a radio show in Berlin in 2010. After about 7 episodes it became a privatly hosted podcast by Slow Pete. It ran from 2010 until 2017 and morphed into the On The Move podcast.
The show features mainly vinyl records and occasionally some interjections by the host in German language. Finally all episodes, except for a 4-5 in the beginning are available in my online archive.
Spektrum Wiese war eine Radio Show auf Radio Alex für etwa 7-8 Episoden. Anschließend wurde es zu einem Podcast bis es nach Episode 183 in das neuen On The Move Format überführt wurde. Spektrum Wiese ist auf Deutsch moderiert und wurde zwischen 2010 und 2017 produziert. Nun sind (fast) alle Episoden online im Archiv verfügbar.
A Pidgeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existance (2014)
This is the scandinavian Pulp Fiction. Just without any action. And without any plot. And a weird disturbing kind of humor. You watch this movie for about 30 minutes and it feels significantly longer. You really hope it makes some sense in the end. That’s what you hope. Oddly facinating.
Trailer / Wikipedia
Demon Seed (1977)
This film is picking up on AI when its still in Kindergarden. Cool Effects, 70ies super computers, synthetic consciousness, and an actor (side character, which ultimatly dies) looking confusingly similar to the “Hackerman” from “Kung Fury”. When the smart home automation is taking a weird turn, employing deepfakes on visitors, this is just the beginning of an amazingly shocking storyline never seen before.
Trailer / Wikipedia
BAM BAM: The Sister Nancy Story (2024)
Who is the greatest? Sister Nancy probably is, when it comes to jamaican female power. Often reduced to her super hit called “Bam Bam”, this woman has a lot of more to offer and the documentary, starring herself, showes it all. True inspiration for women in music and in general.
Trailer / Website
She-Devils On Wheels (1968)
It’s the late 60ies, it’s america. it’s motorcycles. And you might think of the Hells Angles or Easy Rider first. However there have been female motorcycle crews too. Female empowerment meets trash could be the motto of this film. It documents the live and times of the purely fictional female crew named “The Man Eaters”. Name says it all. Definitly no lack of brutality in this flick.
Trailer / Wikipedia / Full Movie
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Films about weird, ancient, satanic rites are mostly worth watching. This case proves this asumption right. Even though this is an adoption from a 1934 more or less trash novel, Christopher Lee does a great job in making this movie watch-worthy. The plot jumps right into the scene and stays hot and fast paced until the end.
Wikipedia / Trailer
C2C – Beause Of You
Kid Koala – Wrong Side Of The Tracks
Satellites – Seni Sen Oldugun Icin Sevdim
Thee Lakesiders – Parachute
The Colossians – Alejandra
Ellen Beth Abdi – Sad Chords
Erykah Badu – Other Side Of The Game
Ellen Beth Abdi – Elsewhere
The Natural Yogurt Band – Soft Cheese
Ghia – Out Of Luck
Annie – The Greatest Hit
Pelegrino & Zodyaco – Malia
CH.OP. – My Best Friend
Zackey Force Funky & XL Middleton – Hey MF
Jelly Roll Morton – Pianists and Honky Tonks
Che & Ray – Old Stuff
Leon Bell – Nostalgie
Jimmy Ponder – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Bonnie Warwicke – Walk On By
Elton John – Your Song
Lemon Jelly – A Song For Jack
Helge Schneider & Pete York – Heart Attack No.1
Thelonious Monk Quartet -Nutty
Janko Nilovic & The Soul Surfers – Maze Of Sounds
Eins Zwo – Tschuldigung
Cool Savage – Neongelb
Naughty By Nature – Written On Your Kitten
Shurik’n – Y’a pas la choix
Aufwärts – Channel 7
Sofa Surfers- Can I get an witness
Harry J All Stars – Liquidator Riddim
Jackie Mittoo – Ghetto Organ
Augustus Pablo – Far East
Dj Shadow – Organ Donor
Renegate – Terrorist
Sandro Brugnolini – Dichromeico
Masahiko Sato – Andy Warhol
Alessandro Alessandroni – Frustrazione
Sandro Brugnolini – Africaneidico
Jay Richford & Gary Stevan – Flying High
Paolo Ferrara – Regardless
Mario Molino – Andante Ritmico
Mario Molino – Barbara
Mario Molino – Cometa Leslie
Alessandro Alessandroni – Orgoglio
Masahiko Sato – TBSF
Moggi – Danza Galattica
Gruppo D’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – Settimino
1. Ebo Taylor – Heaven
2. K. Frimpong – Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena
3. Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band – Bukom Mashie
4. Cos-Ber-Zam – Né Noya
5. Marijata – Otanhunu
6. Rob – Make It Fast, Make It Slow
7. Ebo Taylor – Nga Nga
8. Los Issifu & His Moslems – Kana Soro
9. Uppers International – Dankasa
10. Apagya Show Band – Ma Nserew Me
11. Muyei Power – Bi Loko
12. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Apple
13. Muyei Power – Yamba Sowe
14. Itadi – Live In Other World
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
College humor sci-fi. Bill and Ted travel time in a phone booth in order to do some research for their final history exam. Untimately some major and not so major figures of history are collected and meet up in the present (well 1989 for that matter) day. So thats the kind of movie Keanu Reeves did before he entered the matrix. Cult movie.
Trailer / Wikipedia
Sorry To Bother You (2018)
A wild, funny and fast dystopian movie which is based in a call center (before they got replaced by cheaper AI bots). Cassius needs desperately some money and takes on a lousy job. But somehow he is good at it, gets promoted and finds out about the real business behind the scene.
Trailer / Wikipedia
Detroit 9000 (1973)
I didn’t even know this movie had a trailer. In my memory 90% of this movie is a hot persuit. I wrote an article on this one about 12 years ago and it is still valid. Find out more.
Trailer / Wikipedia
Volver (2006)
Family drama at its best. The grandmaster of spanish cinema, Pedro Almodóvar, develops a multi-layered story about a maybe not so normal family. Complicated relationships, strong emotions in every direction, great actors and here and there a little humor.
Trailer / Wikipedia
Pi (1998)
A fast paced dark and obscure “math” thriller. Unemployed number scientist Max Choen comes across some mysterious 216 digit number, which seems to hold the key to all the mysteries of the world. From religious affairs to stockmarkets. This leaves the door wide open for conspiracy theories.
Trailer / Wikipedia