| ‘Part Of The Weekend Never
Dies’ is a documentary into Radio Soulwax, a touring concept
that for the past three years has showcased the talents of four Belgians
(Soulwax) who themselves; programmed and promoted, DJ’d and
played live each and every night alongside a revolving array of their
friends and some of the most exciting acts in modern music, travelling
relentlessly through the four corners of the globe under the banner
of ‘Radio Soulwax’.
Recorded over 120 shows with one camera in Europe, Japan, US, Latin
America and Australia with acclaimed young director Saam Farahmand;
The result is 2 films; ‘Part Of The Weekend Never Dies’
- A documentary that captures the adulation, debauchery, ebullience,
reflection, cynicism, tiredness, despair, delusion, ridiculousness,
contradiction, revelation, exhaustion, homesickness of the life
of a DJ/band on the road, which includes 2manydj's, Soulwax Nite
Versions live footage and also features James Murphy, Nancy Whang,
Erol Alkan, Tiga, Justice, Busy P, So-Me, Peaches, Kitsuné
& Klaxons in behind the scenes footage and interviews. The second
is a live film that captures perfectly the blissful & beautiful
sonic malevolence of Soulwax’s Nite Versions blitzkrieg.
While dance & rock bands may have been unlikely bedfellows
for some time now, there is something wonderfully odd about Soulwax,
a schizophrenic ball of ideas and sound, constantly evolving into
new shapes, complications and identities. There is the stoner rock
band that at least partially shuns the stoning in favour of ichat,
tea + Japanese cakes. Then there is 2Manydjs: The quiet, thoughtful
and pensive Dewaele brothers who morph into marauding puppet-masters
that can manipulate and court exultation amongst any dancefloor,
tent, field or soundsystem anywhere in the world with almost Machiavellian
and orchestral precision. Then to just confuse it all further Nite
Versions saw them remixing themselves in a nod to the Human Leagues
'Love + Dancing' set, twisting their 'difficult' third album 'Any
Minute Now' into an even harder-meaner techno stabbing electro backbreaker
and touring it live. Then!!! to follow that by compiling an album
of their own (much loved & critically acclaimed) remixes for
other people and perform them all live as well, the production side
of their outfit and their krautrock side-project pretty much lays
them on the couch for deep psychological analysis. Soulwax are officially
confused workaholics!
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