Put the Needle on the Record

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Put the Needle on the Record

What began 20 years ago in Chicago warehouses for an initiated group mostly gay dancing fanatics became known as 'house music' after being discovered by the entertainment mainstream.

The sound made its way from Chicago to New York, where it was polished into a distinct style. Then it swept across Europe and was transformed in Germany into techno, just one incarnation of this sound's musical family. DJs and Djanes recount the history of this musical style and tell stories about how it evolved and how they got involved. They explain the rush of seeing audiences groove to their beats, and rhapsodize about their passion for music and, of course, their record collections! Film audiences who always thought of DJs as a kind of stoned and spaced out party amoeba will be surprised to learn articulate and thoughtful these magicians of the night really are. The film succeeds in weaving the verbal portraits with the musical performances, dance events and the multifaceted walls of sound in an editing rhythm could have been inspired by a drum machine... This documentary does more than 'just' document. It is not only reportage about music and those who enjoy listening to it. This film is music and pleasure, for all Fun Loving Animals.

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Title: Put the Needle on the Record
Original Title: Put the Needle on the Record
Language versions: English original version
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Length: 80 min
Color: Color
Director: Jason Rem
Screenplay: Jason Rem
Cinematography: Jason Rem
Editing: Martin Singer
Sound: Ben Thomas
Featuring: Ali Shirazina/Sharam Tayebi - Deep Dish, Ben Harris/Paul Harris/Steve Smith – Dirty Vegas, BT, Brett Ballou, Ken Jordan & Scott Kirkland - The Crystal Method, Charles Feelgood, Christopher Lawrence, D: Fuse, Danny B, David Ireland, Dave Ralph, Danny Tenaglia, Dieselboy, David Coleman & Sen-Sei, DJ Colette, DJ Rap, DJ Sammy, Donald Glaude, Eric Silver, Francois K, Jason Bentley, Josh Wink, Jesse Saunders, Junior Sanchez, Liquid Todd, Mark Lewis, Mark Farina, Marques Wyatt, Mea, Nigel Richards, Paul Parente, Peter Rauhofer, Pimp Daddy Russell, Rudy Ryf, Raymond Roker, Shifty Shellshock, J. Scott G. & Jason Blum – Deepsky, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Parente, Roger Sanchez
Production: REM Entertainment Inc., Woo Productions, Shahin Amirpour, Joni Day, Jason Rem, Helen Woo
Festivals: Malibu International Film Festival (USA); São Paulo International Film Festival (BR); Singapore International Film Festival (SG); Newport Beach Film Festival (USA); Hawaii International Film Festival (USA); Dubrovnik Film Festival (HR); Winnipeg International Film Festival (CA); Toronto World Electronic Music Festival (CA); Calgary International Film Festival (CA); Calgary Underground Film Festival (CA); Victoria Electronic Music Festival (CA); Amsterdam Dance Event (NL); Dance Valley Music Festival, Spaarnwoude (NL); San Francisco World Film Festival (USA); Deep Ellum Film Festival, Dallas (USA), Chicago Indiefest Film Festival (USA); Atlanta Underground Film Festival (USA); Sound Unseen Film Festival, Minnesota (USA); Urban Literature Film Festival, North Carolina (USA); Baltimore Music Conference (USA); Atlanta Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (USA); Hermosa Beach Film Festival (USA); Century City Film Festival (USA)

Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Edititing Award, Visionfest Film Festival, New York (USA); Best Documentary Award, Wine Country Film Festival, Napa Valley (USA)

Age Recommendation: 12

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