The new promotional video for Soft Riot’s track “Your Own Private Underworld” has now premiered online. This track was released as a single last year as well as being included as the closing track on the album “Fiction Prediction”, also released last year. The album is available in Europe on Other Voices Records and in the Americas on Volar Records.
The video was shot in East London by the up and coming video production team Wild Beast Productions, comprised of director Mikko Makela and producer James Watson.
Soft Riot is JJD, a former Vancouverite based out of Sheffield UK, using an arsenal of synthesisers, mixers, effects and lighting to fill rooms with sinister, minimalist electronic "pop" songs equally influenced from dystopian film, soundtracks, psychedelia and various types of "wave" music. Over the past year Soft Riot has toured Europe three times, most recently France, Netherlands and Belgium as well as Moscow this past fall and a number of UK cities including London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. Recently Soft Riot has played the Gothic Pogo Party festival in Leipzig DE opening for Robert Görl of DAF, one of the early flagship bands on the legendary Mute Records.
LES VACANCES DE M. HULOT by Jacques Tati is now available on DVD by Lumière.
Monsieur Hulot goes on a holiday to a seaside resort, but accidents and misunderstandings follow him where ever he goes. The peace and quiet of the hotel guests don't last very long with Hulot around, because although his intensions are good, they always turn out catastrophically.
Click here to read the review and here for the interview with Ingrid Hoeben who knows everything (well, kind of) about the man.
DUTCH VERSION
Jacques Tati speelt in LES VACANCES DE M. HULOT voor het eerst het iconische personage Monsieur Hulot: een pijprokende, zowel sociaal als fysiek onhandige kluns. Hulot botst met de moderne samenleving, met grote hilariteit tot gevolg.
In een badplaats aan de Atlantische kust brengt de komst van Monsieur Hulot flink wat opschudding teweeg onder de rijke toeristen, die hun saaie, serieuze gewoontes uit de stad maar niet los kunnen laten. Hulot probeert met volle teugen van zijn vakantie te genieten, maar verstoort met zijn goedbedoelde geklungel onbewust de rust van de andere hotelgasten.
De film bevat verschillende legendarische scènes die vandaag nog even inventief en grappig aanvoelen als toen. Een meesterwerk van visuele humor, vol nostalgie en met een vrolijk maatschappijkritische noot.
EXTRA: BEAU TEMPS, VENT LEGER (een filmanalyse van Stéphane Goudet) (39 min.)
Technische specificaties:
Frankrijk, 1953 | Duur: 87 minuten + 39 minuten (extra) | Taal: Frans | Ondertitels: Nederlands
Formaat: 4/3 - zwart/wit | Audio: Dolby Digital 1.0
From 27th August on you can see Dwayne Johnson in Hercules.
Watch below the spectacular video that is presented by Sony.
Fourteen hundred years BCE, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labours and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and presence of death. These men and women never question where they go to fight or why or whom, just how much they will be paid. Now the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. It is time for this bunch of lost souls to finally have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen when they must train an army to become as ruthless and blood thirsty as their reputation has become.
DUTCH VERSION
Vanaf 27 augustus 2014 spat Dwayne Johnson van het bioscoopscherm als de mytische held Hercules in de gelijknamige actiefilm, gebaseerd op Radical Comics’ ‘Hercules’ door Steve Moore. Bekijk nu hier de spectaculaire video met waarin Dwayne Johnson en regisseur Brett Ratner vertellen over de wapens in de film! Naast Dwayne Johnson zijn ook Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, John Hurt en Joseph Fiennes te zien in de actiefilm. Hercules draait vanaf 27 augustus in de Belgische zalen!
Synopsis
Gekweld sinds zijn geboorte, is de legendarische held Hercules sterk als een god, maar hij lijdt als een mens. Zijn mythische kracht wordt op de proef gesteld wanneer hij aan het hoofd staat van een bende huurlingen. Hij probeert een einde te maken aan een bloedige burgeroorlog in Thracië en helpt de rechtmatige koning terug op de troon.
The single is taken from new album, Luck, out now on Moshi Moshi. Tom Vek will undertake a 10-date tour this Autumn, culminating at London’s Koko on 15th October. He also plays Y Not and Festival No 6 this September.
Tom Vek Tour Dates
October
3 - Falmouth (Pavilions)
4 - Oxford (The Art Bar)
6 - Portsmouth (Wedgewood Rooms)
7 - Brighton (The Haunt)
8 - Manchester (Gorilla)
9 – Glasgow (King Tuts)
11 - Leeds (Cockpit)
12 - Liverpool (Kazimier)
14 - Nottingham (Bodega)
15 - London (Koko)
Festivals:
Y Not Festival – 1 September
Festival No. 6 - 5-7 September
From the mastermind behind Mexico based "C-LEKKTOR" comes this new industrial sonic assault: "Circuito Cerrado" is Spanish and stands for Closed Circuit. With the full force of Power Noise and elements of EBM and Hardcore Music, the Mexican duo composed of „Markko" and „Psyklon" de- liver a debut-album, that will leave an important impact on the scene! If you like acts like SAM, FabriC, Reaper or Alien Vampires this is yours!
The characteristic sound of Mexican industrial music, armed with 15 sound blasting tracks. „Distortment“ gives you a balanced dose of consistently contagious floor-stomping tracks! These guys deliver a solidly aggressive first full-length marching to the beat of no one else than their own! This is not a virus, this is not war, this is not hatred, this is pure electronic torture… this is Circuito Cerrado!
