Splore City 2011 lineup to be announced at ThisCulture

We’re very excited to announce that the team from Splore will be announcing the first line-up for the new Splore-city festival 11/12 Feb 2011 at the final “ThisCulture” night next Wednesday October 20th. Head over to the Splore website to check out all the details of this exciting new festival and come along on Wednesday to be the first to hear the first line-up announcement.

Doors are at 8pm and we’ll have the announcement and “Splore 2010″ documentary from the “Film The Music” crew at 830pm. We’ll be closing the night with a few short doco’s featuring New Zealand musicians and bands plus music from the usual DJ suspects.

Khuja Lounge – Queen street – 8pm till late

 

ThisCulture presents – Film The Music “Splore 2010 Festival Documentary”

The final installment of our “ThisCulture” film series brings you a special series of films focusing on New Zealand music produced by the crew from “Film The Music”. The feature film is a brand new documentary shot at “Splore 2010″. We will also be screening a selection of short documentaries from “Film The Music” and holding a Q&A session with their producer Jennifer Raoult.

“FilmTheMusic is a collaborative project created by two french filmakers and photographers,  Jennifer Raoult and Sebastian Grounauer, who share a common passion for Music and Arts. We love to create unique moments of interaction with each artist consisting in short improvised video sessions, set in unexpected environments, No script, No rehearsal.

The “Splore 2010 Festival documentary” is one of a series of what we call “Festival doco”. These doco are made to document our experiences during festivals all around the world where we organise and shoot improvised acoustic sessions and interviews with artists during the festival. It’s a sort of improvised event within the event.

This 45min doco is an insight into our shared experiences with some amazing artists including Nickodemus,  King Kapisi, Clap Clap Riot, Electric Wire Hustle,  The Nukes, Dub FX, Mystro, Gaslamp Killer, Olmecha Supreme…

This festival offers such amazing surroundings with all the Art installations, sculptures, paintings… in this beautiful landscape which is truly inspiring. It is through the artists and the amazing surroundings of the unique & stunning Tapapakanga Regional park that we’d like people to discover the Splore festival.”

October 20th – Khuja Lounge, Auckland – 8pm
$5 entry – plus DJ support
http://www.filmthemusic.com

Bassweight : a Dubstep Documentary – NZ premier screening

As part of the “ThisCulture” film series we are proud to present the NZ premier of “Bassweight”. Bassweight is the first feature documentary that gives you an insight into the birth, growth and success of Dubstep music.

“From the very start in Croydon, through to a recognised global culture, Bassweight provides a timeline of information via some of the most important exponents from this ever expanding scene. Featuring in-depth in…terviews with the genre’s true ambassadors around the world including; Skream & Benga, Kode 9, Plastician and BBC Radio 1 DJ, Mary Anne Hobbs. Each reflect on their personal journey and provide thought on maintaining Dubstep at the forefront of dance music. With intimate imagery from Europe, Japan and Brazil, Bassweight is a unique stylised music documentary celebrating the art form that is Dubstep.”

September 16th – Khuja Lounge, Auckland – 8pm doors
$10 entry – DJ support from Jason Howson

Favela On Blast – New Zealand premier screening

Our third film in the “ThisCulture” series is going to be “Favela on Blast”. We’re really excited to be presenting the New Zealand Premier screening of the movie on August 18th up at The Khuja Lounge in Auckland. We’ve got El Gato Negro on DJ support duties for the evening so make sure you come down early, this is going to be a night of serious music and dance.

Favela on Blast is the directorial film debut from Grammy-nominated DJ and producer, Diplo, and his partner Leandro HBL. For 20 years, a subculture has emerged under society’s radar. Favela On Blast tells the stories of sex, love, poverty and pride for Rio’s marginalized people. They have their own language, style and heroes. It’s a music that’s… fast, heavy and violent like the city itself. This film is a flash of a few lives of charismatic people that relate to the funk music and a retelling of the subculture itself.

In an unlikely turn of events since pre-production of this film started, baile funk fought its way out of the favela’s, no holds barred. As soon as it reached the ears of music makers and booty shakers around the globe, dots got connected, cables got plugged and the movement just snowballed out of control.

The culture surrounding the favela’s of Rio De Janeiro has been documented before, yet here a unique view is presented to the audience were the camera emerges from the funk balls to give an unseen look into an energetic, underground music scene so powerful it couldn’t be ignored.

Doors 8pm – $5 entry

Special preview screenings from “Film the Music”

“ThisCulture” presents – Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series

We’re very excited and proud to present the NZ Premier of the  “Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series” at Khuja Lounge on July 21st with support from DJ Dan Paine.

Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series is the name of a concert series that was created in homage to the composer/arrangers who have influenced hip-hop in the most literal and profound ways. Timeless was conceived by production house Mochilla in Los Angeles during February and March 2009 and included the performances of over 150 musicians in front of ecstatic sold out crowds. These three historic events were recorded and filmed in exacting detail with Mochilla’s unmistakable style.

The screening will be a 2hr long mix of scenes from all three films in the TIMELESS DVD concert series:

•SUITE FOR MA DUKES – a full orchestra tribute to the late great J Dilla w/ all benefits going to his mother, Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey. the concert was conducted by legendary LA radio DJ, Carlos Nino, and led by string maestro, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – it also features appearances from Dwele, Bilal, Karriem Riggins, and Common among others.

•ARTHUR VEROCAI – legendary Brazilian songwriter/producer/performer. His 1972 self-titled debut was a forgotten treasure turned crate digger’s dream. It has since been sampled by the likes of 9TH WONDER, MF DOOM, JNEIRO JAREL & countless others. It was re-released in 2003 on Ubiquity Records to critical acclaim.

•MULATU ASTATKE – influential Ethiopian jazz musician/arranger. His 1972 LP, Mulatu Of Ethiopia, has been a longtime favorite among record collectors & jazz connoisseurs alike. He has a newfound current audience after his music was prominently featured in Jim Jarmusch’s 2005 film, BROKEN FLOWERS, starring Bill Murray – and has also been sampled by some of hip-hop’s finest, the most well-known of which being NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY’s “As We Enter.”

“thisculture” – new film series for 2010

“Thisculture” is a new project put together to bring a taste of “worldwide beat culture” to the heart of New Zealand. We’ve got an amazing line-up of films for the series starting with a special free evening at the Khuja Lounge where we’ll be screening previews of some of the films from the series including:

Secondhand Sureshots – http://dublab.com/secondhand

Secondhand Sureshots is a filmed experiment in creative sound recycling with music from Daedelus, J-Rocc, Nobody and Ras G.

Timeless – http://www.mochilla.com/timeless

Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series is the name of a concert series that was created in homage to the composer/arrangers who have influenced hip-hop in the most literal and profound ways.

Favela On Blast - http://www.maddecent.com/blog/favela-on-blast

Favela on Blast, the directorial film debut from Grammy-nominated DJ and producer, Diplo, and his partner Leandro HBL, documents a vibrant and innovative musical subculture that has emerged in Brazil’s impoverished slums, known as favelas.

Location: Khuja Lounge, Auckland

June 15th: Special preview screenings
8.30pm doors – 9pm screening – Free entry
previews of Secondhand Sureshots, Timeless, Flavela on Blast
plus DJ support.

June 23rd: Secondhand Sureshots film screening
8.30pm doors – 9pm screening – $5
Secondhand Sureshots – This dublab documentary film features four amazing, LA-based beat makers: Daedelus, J-Rocc, Nobody and Ras G in a secret mission to create new musical magic from the dusty remains of thrift store vinyl.
plus DJ support.

further dates to be confirmed.

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