Now out on Lumière: BODYBUILDER

A dramatic comedy about an unusual father-son relationship of the French actor and director Roschdy ZEM

EXCLUSIVE Russian Rarities / Best of collection, featuring tons of exclusive, rare and deleted tracks! Limited and hand-numbered edition of strictly 500 worldwide! Welcome to the building place! Orange clothing and helmets, hammers and drills, open bottle of beer & scotch-tape – all in a really serious way! However, any work will be a very hard task without the accompanying music by German cultact PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF. Thoughtful ambient for «tower crane operators», catchy disco rhythms for week-end parties and melodic Electro / EBM for the working class!

Brigadier Sven Wolf (ex-DUST OF BASEMENT) has long experience in perfect music-construction! The Russian label Razgrom Music prepared a special compilation of their best tracks, most of which are not available on physical formats, or previously released on (long sold out) singles and limited edition EPs only. Moreover, «Ударник» (‘Udarnik’ = in Soviet Union era it was the meaning for «Leader of the Socialist Work») contains some never previously unreleased remixes and songs. Perfect soundtrack for all listeners who can personally work with drill & hammer and that have a good sense of humor. Extremely authentic socialistic-art in the design of the booklet! 

Now available on DVD: LEVIATHAN

The stunning new film from modern Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return, Elena), LEVIATHAN is a gripping parable of class, faith and corruption, centering on a land dispute between a small-time mechanic and his local authorities that reaps unimaginable consequences.

Kolia (the magnetic Alexey Serebryakov) lives in a coastal village near the Barents Sea in Northern Russia, running an auto-repair shop from the garage of his childhood home, shared with young wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova) and his teenage son from a previous marriage.

The family’s world is under threat: Vadim Sergeyich (Roman Madyanov), the imperious town Mayor, has slapped a compulsory acquisition order on Kolia’s prime land, earmarking the site for a development of undetermined but dubious funding (and offering risible, token compensation). To Sergeyich’s great surprise, Kolia enlists the help of ex-army friend Dmitri (Vladimir Vdovitchenkov), now a hotshot lawyer from Moscow. Dmitri has uncovered some highly incriminating evidence that he believes will force the Mayor to back down, even if he has secrets of his own. Soon tempers and passions are inflamed, events spiral out of control, and lives are placed at stake.

Zvyagintsev’s deftly-drawn and morally complex thriller is an electrifying, vodka-fuelled examination of the familial, sexual and judicial tangles of ordinary human lives, played out against the monstrous machinations of Putin’s seemingly unchecked regime. Saturated with incredible imagery, superb performances and sly, Kafkaesque humour, this astounding and frequently surprising masterwork should, quite simply, not be missed.

Out on Lumière: WTF

Release Date: 21st February

Director: Raphaël Frydman

Stars: Rémi Gaillard, Nicole Ferroni, Franc Bruneau

Remi Gayyar is the real character of the World network, troll, provocateur, one of the biggest-selling comic actor in Europe. One and a half milliards of viewing and millions of fans. A day came, and he decided to steady down: got married, settled down on work on a parking place, promised a pregnant wife, that also «goes away to the decree» and gives up the pranks. But how to deafen talent and disorderly conduct of fantasy?. Fans can not assume his care. Gayyar returns.

The electro-EBM masters are finally back with an all new album! Biomekkanik is the solo project from Christer Hermodsson, a.k.a. Crull-E, from legendary Swedish bands S.P.O.C.K.. Tracing many years of experience with electronic music, both as a band member and as a producer, Christer units his experience from the synth pop of S.P.O.C.K and Sista Mannen På Jorden, coupled with the harsher and heavier sound from producing bands like And One or Cat Rapes.

His debut ‘State of Perfection’ (Subspace 2009) charted on No.2 in German DAC charts and was a very promising launch of the EBM project. Due to personal reasons, it took Biomekkanik 5 years to deliver this follow up! The album title serves as sort of ‘contents’ for the songs: In fact, the 10 tracks represent a fine balance of beautiful and melodic Electro with harsher EBM! The ‘architecture’ of the songs and lyrics translate into some really ‘cinematic’ songs that capture the listener from the first second. A very strong album: Violent & beautiful!