Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows
Encyclopedia
Klangbad: Avant-garde in the meadows is the title of the feature length documentary
film
about the famous open air music festival "Klangbad" curated by Hans Joachim Irmler, one of the founding members of Faust (band)
. The film was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post
and Lucia Palacios
. The film was shot on location in August 2005 in the small village of Scheer.
The sleepy, pittoresque appearing village invites you to a musical provocative, avantgardistic-innovative journey, packed with surprises, crossing various genres.
Far away from the nowadays usual chart monotony and the artistic mainstreams, international artists meet local bands, which indeed differ in style, popularity and stage experience, but comply anyhow in one concise criterion: The love to authentic, expressive music.
Filmmakers Dietmar Post
and Lucia Palacios
in their film portrait the festival in the style of other Direct Cinema films, such as, Monterey Pop.
. It shows an entire concert by the German avant-garde pop band Faust (band)
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
about the famous open air music festival "Klangbad" curated by Hans Joachim Irmler, one of the founding members of Faust (band)
Faust (band)
Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...
. The film was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post
Dietmar Post
Dietmar Post is a film director, producer and owner of a film and music label.- Biography :Dietmar Post worked as an off set printer before studying Theatre and Film Studies and Spanish Language at Free University in Berlin and at Complutense University in Madrid. In 1995 he obtained his master's...
and Lucia Palacios
Lucia Palacios
Lucía Palacios is a film director, producer and owner of a film and music label.- Biography :Lucía Palacios studied Cinema Studies at Complutense University in Madrid. In 1995 she obtained her master's degree. Between 1996–2003 she lived and worked in New York. It was in New York where she worked...
. The film was shot on location in August 2005 in the small village of Scheer.
Plot
There are mainly two kinds of rock festivals: the usual ones and the adventurous-creative ones. The former present music, which everyone already knows. The others got their finger at the pulse of time and put their ear into niches and near boundary zones. They point out up-to-date trends, present upcoming musicians and bands, make new musical experiences and discoveries possible. The Klangbad festival at Scheer near Sigmaringen, South Germany, certainly belongs to this category and is the real festival insider's tip for open ears.The sleepy, pittoresque appearing village invites you to a musical provocative, avantgardistic-innovative journey, packed with surprises, crossing various genres.
Far away from the nowadays usual chart monotony and the artistic mainstreams, international artists meet local bands, which indeed differ in style, popularity and stage experience, but comply anyhow in one concise criterion: The love to authentic, expressive music.
Filmmakers Dietmar Post
Dietmar Post
Dietmar Post is a film director, producer and owner of a film and music label.- Biography :Dietmar Post worked as an off set printer before studying Theatre and Film Studies and Spanish Language at Free University in Berlin and at Complutense University in Madrid. In 1995 he obtained his master's...
and Lucia Palacios
Lucia Palacios
Lucía Palacios is a film director, producer and owner of a film and music label.- Biography :Lucía Palacios studied Cinema Studies at Complutense University in Madrid. In 1995 she obtained her master's degree. Between 1996–2003 she lived and worked in New York. It was in New York where she worked...
in their film portrait the festival in the style of other Direct Cinema films, such as, Monterey Pop.
Bands / Songs
- Minit - Motels & Bars
- Jutta Koether - Fresh Aufhebung
- Steven W. Lobdell - More Rock, Less Talk
- Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Hausen
- Cpt. Howdy - Nervous
- Faust - Don't Look Back
- The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden - Singing Norway To Sleep
- Nista Nije Nista - Amalo
DVD release
The DVD release of the film contains as bonus material an additional film by the title Faust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: Live at Klangbad Festival
Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival is the title of the fourth film within the "play loud! music series". It features the German avant-garde pop band Faust...
. It shows an entire concert by the German avant-garde pop band Faust (band)
Faust (band)
Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...
.
Critical reception
“Strolling the festival venue one might sense the attitude of mind Krautrock still stands for: no bouncers, no stupid marketing games, no bungee jumping. The calm atmosphere at the Klangbad Festival almost could be seen as something political. Here everything seems possible.” (Andi Schoon, Die ZEIT)External links
- Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows Official Movie Site
- Film Festival Premiere November 2009 in Sweden