Play Loud! Productions
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play loud! productions is a Berlin-based film production company and film and music label, founded in 1997 in New York by filmmakers Dietmar Post
and Lucia Palacios
. Out of New York play loud! got involved in the production of several award winning documentary films, such as, Wall Street: A Film about Money by Thomas Schadt, The Nomi Song
by Andrew Horn, Das Netz
(The Net) by Lutz Dammbeck, La Espalda del Mundo by Javier Corcuera and Walker Evans by Reiner Holzemer. Their own films, such as, Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film)
, monks - the transatlantic feedback and Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows
have been acclaimed world wide.
Since 2002 the play loud! office is based in former East-Berlin (Germany). Similar to many writers and musicians, such as, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Can, Kraftwerk, Faust, ESP, Ton Steine Scherben, Dead Kennedys, EA 80, Einstürzende Neubauten, SST, Frederick Wiseman, and others play loud! productions releases their films on their own film and music label.
Critics have called Post and Palacios the German counterpart to the American Direct Cinema
directors D. A. Pennebaker
and Chris Hegedus.
In 2008 Dietmar Post
and Lucia Palacios
received the prestigious Adolf-Grimme Awards.
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...
. Out of New York play loud! got involved in the production of several award winning documentary films, such as, Wall Street: A Film about Money by Thomas Schadt, The Nomi Song
The Nomi Song
The Nomi Song is a 2004 documentary about the life of singer Klaus Nomi, written and directed by Andrew Horn. The film debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2004, where it won a Teddy Award for "Best Documentary Film."-Structure:...
by Andrew Horn, Das Netz
Das Netz
Das Netz is an independent film directed by Lutz Dammbeck and subtitled "The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet". Das Netz premiered in 2003....
(The Net) by Lutz Dammbeck, La Espalda del Mundo by Javier Corcuera and Walker Evans by Reiner Holzemer. Their own films, such as, Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film)
Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film)
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping is the title of the first feature length documentary film about the actor and performance artist Reverend Billy. The film was produced and directed by the filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios. The film debuted on the festival circuit in August...
, monks - the transatlantic feedback and Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows
Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows
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 . The film was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post and...
have been acclaimed world wide.
Since 2002 the play loud! office is based in former East-Berlin (Germany). Similar to many writers and musicians, such as, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Can, Kraftwerk, Faust, ESP, Ton Steine Scherben, Dead Kennedys, EA 80, Einstürzende Neubauten, SST, Frederick Wiseman, and others play loud! productions releases their films on their own film and music label.
Critics have called Post and Palacios the German counterpart to the American Direct Cinema
Direct Cinema
Direct Cinema is a documentary genre that originated between 1958 and 1962 in North America, principally in the Canadian province of Quebec and the United States...
directors D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
Donn Alan Pennebaker is an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema/Cinéma vérité. Performing arts and politics are his primary subjects.-Biography:...
and Chris Hegedus.
In 2008 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...
received the prestigious Adolf-Grimme Awards.
Filmography (Production)
- 1996 - Bowl of OatmealBowl of OatmealBowl of Oatmeal is a 1996 film directed & produced by a group of six students at New York University - School of Continuing Education. Among this group was the award winning German-American film director Dietmar Post. The American-Chilean theatre actor Pietro Gonzales played the key character...
(USA) (production and distribution) - 1998 - Cloven HoofedCloven HoofedCloven Hoofed is a 1998 film directed by the German-American film director Dietmar Post. The film had its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 1998. There it screened together with Michael Powell's Peeping Tom. The American theatre actor Victor Pagan had its cinematic...
(USA, Germany, Spain) (production and distribution) - 2002 - Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film)Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film)Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping is the title of the first feature length documentary film about the actor and performance artist Reverend Billy. The film was produced and directed by the filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios. The film debuted on the festival circuit in August...
(USA, Germany, Spain) (production and distribution) - 2002 - Turtle Monkey (Germany, USA) (production)
- 2004 - The Nomi SongThe Nomi SongThe Nomi Song is a 2004 documentary about the life of singer Klaus Nomi, written and directed by Andrew Horn. The film debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2004, where it won a Teddy Award for "Best Documentary Film."-Structure:...
(Germany) (line production) - 2006 - monks - the transatlantic feedback (USA, Germany, Spain) (production and distribution)
- 2009 - A Summer Evening with Floating di MorelA Summer Evening with Floating di MorelA Summer Evening with Floating di Morel is the title of the first film within the "play loud! music series". It features the Berlin-based rock 'n' roll band Floating di Morel. The band performs 7 songs at their home studio. Filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios follow the group through one...
(Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution) - 2009 - Doc Schoko: Oktopus im PentagrammDoc Schoko: Oktopus im PentagrammDoc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm is the title of the second film within the "play loud! music series". It features Berlin-based singer and songwriter Doc Schoko and his band . The band performs "Oktopus im Pentagramm" at Berlin Volksbühne in 2007. Filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios...
(Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution) - 2009 - Klangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: 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 . The film was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post and...
(Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution) - 2010 - Faust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: 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...
(Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution) - 2011 - Gebrueder Teichmann: Live at Maria (Germany, Spain)
- 2012 - Los Colonos del Caudillo (Franco's Settlers) (Germany, Spain) (in production)
2006
- (pl-01) (single 7") higgle-dy piggle-dy / monk timeHiggle-dy piggle-dy / monk time"Monk Time" was taken from the tribute album Silver Monk Time. The single as well as the tribute record were produced in support of the documentary film Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback. Play Loud! Productions brought together long time Monks fan Alec Empire and the original Monks singer Gary...
- The Fall/Alec Empire - (pl-02) (double CD/DOWNLOAD) silver monk timeSilver monk timeSilver Monk Time is both a tribute record to the German-American beat band The Monks and the soundtrack to the award winning film Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback. The record was produced and compiled by the filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios. It was released in October 2006. The official...
- a tribute to the monks (compilation)
2008
- (pl-04) (DVD 9) monks - the transatlantic feedback - a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
2009
- (pl-05) (single 7") complication / oh, how to do nowComplication / oh, how to do now"Complication" is the first single by The Monks, released to coincide with the release of and to promote the album, Black Monk Time. Neither single nor album achieved commercial success. "Complication" was re-issued by Play Loud! Productions in 2009, re-mastered and with the original art work by...
- monks (first official re-issue of the original 1966 Polydor single) - (pl-06) (LP/DOWNLOAD) said my say - Floating di MorelFloating di MorelFloating di Morel are a rock 'n' roll band based in Berlin Germany. Formed in 1995 by ex PLO and Young Scamps members Kai Drewitz and Sabine Blödorn.- Personnel :*Kai Drewitz: Vocals, lead vocalist*Sabine Blödorn: Organ, vocalist...
- (pl-07) (LP/DOWNLOAD) schlecht dran / gut drauf - Doc SchokoDoc SchokoDoc Schoko are a rock and roll band based in Berlin, Germany. Formed in 1990 in Dortmund by Christian Schulte, the band has found international recognition through contributions to the tribute samplers silver monk time - a tribute to the monks and Perverted By Mark E...
- (pl-08) (single 7"/DOWNLOAD) drunken maria / monk chant - Gossip / The Raincoats
- (pl-09) (DOWNLOAD) more memory than now - Floating di MorelFloating di MorelFloating di Morel are a rock 'n' roll band based in Berlin Germany. Formed in 1995 by ex PLO and Young Scamps members Kai Drewitz and Sabine Blödorn.- Personnel :*Kai Drewitz: Vocals, lead vocalist*Sabine Blödorn: Organ, vocalist...
- (pl-10) (DOWNLOAD) takna, pakna, g(k)ram... - Floating di MorelFloating di MorelFloating di Morel are a rock 'n' roll band based in Berlin Germany. Formed in 1995 by ex PLO and Young Scamps members Kai Drewitz and Sabine Blödorn.- Personnel :*Kai Drewitz: Vocals, lead vocalist*Sabine Blödorn: Organ, vocalist...
- (pl-11) (DOWNLOAD) real people psych - Floating di MorelFloating di MorelFloating di Morel are a rock 'n' roll band based in Berlin Germany. Formed in 1995 by ex PLO and Young Scamps members Kai Drewitz and Sabine Blödorn.- Personnel :*Kai Drewitz: Vocals, lead vocalist*Sabine Blödorn: Organ, vocalist...
- (pl-12) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) A Summer Evening with Floating di MorelA Summer Evening with Floating di MorelA Summer Evening with Floating di Morel is the title of the first film within the "play loud! music series". It features the Berlin-based rock 'n' roll band Floating di Morel. The band performs 7 songs at their home studio. Filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios follow the group through one...
, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios - (pl-13) (DOWNLOAD) einen gegen - Doc SchokoDoc SchokoDoc Schoko are a rock and roll band based in Berlin, Germany. Formed in 1990 in Dortmund by Christian Schulte, the band has found international recognition through contributions to the tribute samplers silver monk time - a tribute to the monks and Perverted By Mark E...
- (pl-14) (DOWNLOAD) tränen + wölkchen ep - Doc SchokoDoc SchokoDoc Schoko are a rock and roll band based in Berlin, Germany. Formed in 1990 in Dortmund by Christian Schulte, the band has found international recognition through contributions to the tribute samplers silver monk time - a tribute to the monks and Perverted By Mark E...
- (pl-15) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) Doc Schoko: Oktopus im PentagrammDoc Schoko: Oktopus im PentagrammDoc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm is the title of the second film within the "play loud! music series". It features Berlin-based singer and songwriter Doc Schoko and his band . The band performs "Oktopus im Pentagramm" at Berlin Volksbühne in 2007. Filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios...
, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
2010
- (pl-16) (DOWNLOAD) "ø" - Baseline (band)
- (pl-17) (DOWNLOAD) estado líquido - Baseline (band)
- (pl-18) (DVD 9) Klangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: 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 . The film was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post and...
together with Faust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: 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...
, two films by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios - (pl-19) (DVD 9/DOWNLOAD) Faust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: 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...
together with Klangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: 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 . The film was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post and...
, two films by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios - (pl-20) (single 7") so far / it's a bit of painSo far / it's a bit of pain"So Far" is a single by Faust, which was released in 1972 by Polydor. The first official reissue was produced in conjunction with the two documentary films featuring Faust: Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows and Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival. The 7" single was remastered by original Faust...
- 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...
(first official re-issue of the original 1972 Polydor single)
2011
- (pl-21) (STREAMING VIDEO OR AUDIO DOWNLOAD) Gebrueder Teichmann: Live at Maria (Germany, Spain), a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
External links
- http://www.playloud.org/ Official site
- http://www.myspace.com/playloudproductions Official myspace
- Discogs' discography