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ROMANTIC WARRIORS IV – KRAUTROCK (Part 2)
(USA, 126 minutes)
KRAUTROCK 2 is the second film in The Krautrock Trilogy, and the sixth of the Romantic Warriors documentary series. KRAUTROCK 2 focuses on the classic Krautrock bands from the South of Germany and features the following bands:
GURU GURU • AMON DÜÜL II • XHOL CARAVAN • KRAAN • WITTHÜSER & WESTRUPP • POPOL VUH • ELECTRIC ORANGE
Among the musicians of the Krautrock Scene (that were active in the 70s), the following have been interviewed for KRAUTROCK 2:
SKIP VAN WYCK III • MANI NEUMEIER • RENATE KNAUP • CHRIS KARRER • DANIEL FICHELSCHER • HELLMUT HATTLER • JAN FRIDE • WALTER WESTRUPP
In addition, we’ll hear the opinions of Krautrock specialists and authors Alan Freeman and Steve Freeman, and experienced musicians such as Dirk Jan Müller, Dirk Bittner & Georg Monheim of Electric Orange. We’ll visit the Finkenback Festival in the beautiful German Odenwald. The festival has been running for over 40 years and was founded by fantastic Mani Neumeier of GuruGuru Stream Krautrock 1
(English and French subtitles) Stream Krautrock 1 (Spanish and Italian subtitles)ROMANTIC WARRIORS IV – KRAUTROCK (Part 1)
(USA, 129 minutes)
The first film of the Krautrock Trilogy covers the origins, Zeitgeist, and trajectory of the pioneering 70s German Krautrock bands from the Düsseldorf and Cologne region, and one singular band from Hamburg. Part 1 highlights the following bands: CAN • FAUST • KRAFTWERK • FLOH DE COLOGNE • NEU! • LA DÜSSELDORF • JAPANDORF • Among the musicians of the Krautrock (that were active in the 70s), the following have been interviewed for the film: Wolfgang Flür, Damo Suzuki, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Malcolm Mooney, Michael Rother, Eberhard Kranemann, Harald Grosskopf, Jean-Hervé Péron, Werner “Zappi” Diermaier, Dirk Städler, Theo König, Dieter Klemm, Vidrolin Enxing and Hans Lampe.Stream Canterbury Tales
ROMANTIC WARRIORS III – CANTERBURY TALES
(USA, 96 minutes version)
The third film in the series guides you through the amazing history, development of the Canterbury Scene and its influence on contemporary bands. The emergence of the Canterbury Scene of the late 60s and early 70s represents a remarkable period in the history of British progressive rock music and, most notably, the development of Jazz Rock. The film highlights the most important 60s/70s Canterbury Scene and few contemporary bands: Wilde Flowers, Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Uriel, Delivery, Egg, Matching Mole, Hatfield and The North, Gilgamesh, National Health, In Cahoots, Quiet Sun, Supersister, Moving Gelatine Plates, Forgas Band Phenomena, Glass, The Muffins, The Soft Machine Legacy, The Wrong Object, Syd Arthur and Planeta Imaginario. Among the musicians of the Canterbury Scene (that were active in the 70s), the following have been interviewed for the film: Pye Hastings; Geoffrey Richardson, Dirk “Mont” Campbell, Brian Hopper, David Sinclair, Bill MacCormick, Robert Jan Stips, Didier Malherbe, Phil Miller, Roy Babbington, John Etheridge, Didier Thibault, Patrick Forgas, Benoit Moerlen, Theo Travis, David Newhouse, Richard Sinclair, and Daevid Allen.
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ROMANTIC WARRIORS II – ABOUT ROCK IN OPPOSITION
(USA, 98 minutes)
Five Bands: ‘Five rock groups the record companies don’t want you to hear’. This was the tag in the poster of the first RIO festival in 1978, symbolizing the anti-commercial stance of these bands and the ‘uncompromising’ character of their music. RIO bands embrace musical styles such as progressive rock, Zeuhl, improvisation, noise, avant rock, jazz, classical, folk and often extreme experimentation. One Movement: United in their opposition to the music industry and the pressures of compromise over art, this collective of progressive bands started a movement that remains one of the reference points that many listeners, musicians, and distributors use to describe a cooperative approach of making and distributing non-mainstream music. A Legacy: Even when RIO as a movement was short lived at the time, it spearheaded the creation of its own progressive music subgenre, a category called RIO/Avant Progressive that is being used to label contemporary bands from across the world.
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ROMANTIC WARRIORS I – A PROGRESSIVE MUSIC SAGA(USA, 95 minutes)
The documentary is a snapshot at the contemporary progressive rock scene on the US-East coast. Musicians, music label owners, festival organizers, progressive rock magazine editors, and radio hosts reflect on the history of progressive music and the thriving new scene of today. The film highlights the festival scene on the US East coast by visiting ProgDay, RoSfest and NEARfest. The film also discusses the importance of small music venues like Orion Sound Studios that allow bands to play and to get exposure to an audience.
