''Feiern'' is a 2006 documentary film about the electronic dance music scene (e.g.,

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

, techno). Maja Classen wrote and directed the film.

Synopsis

The film features people from Berlin's electronic dance music scenes (primarily

and techno, but especially their “minimal” sub-scenes). The majority of the film consists of footage of individual interviews, cut and interpolated together to create narratives around certain themes, such as music, drugs, love, addiction, friendship, and sexuality. Among the interviewees were DJs,

bouncers A bouncer (also known as a doorman or door supervisor) is a type of security guard, employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs, cabaret clubs, stripclubs, casinos, hotels, billiard halls, restaurants, sporting events, schools, concert ...

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, and partygoers. The material for the film included 19 interviews, 56 nights (i.e., nighttime music events), and 13 musical tracks.

Production and release

The film was made under the direction of Maja Classen, with cinematography by Andreas Bergmann and editing by Sylke Rohrlach. The poetic prose that opens and closes the film was written by German author, playwright, and essayist Rainald Goetz. The film premiered on 22 March 2006 in the

Kino Babylon The Kino Babylon is a cinema in the Mitte neighbourhood of Berlin and part of a listed building complex at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz opposite the Volksbühne theatre. The building was erected 1928–29. It was designed by the architect Hans Poelzig i ...

Theater in Berlin. Afterwards, it was shown in several film festivals, including ''achtung berlin—new film award'' and the ''44th Gijon International Film Festival'' in Spain.Official Website
''Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón''
/ref> On 3 November 2006 the record label interGroove Tonträger Vertriebs GmbH released the film for DVD distribution under the title ''Feiern'' with a 16-year licensing term. The DVD was distributed with a free CD that included music from the film's soundtrack.

Soundtrack

# Hey-O-Hansen - Moon (Jack Is A Simple Fella Mix By Thaddi) 06:50 #

Isolée Rajko Müller, better known by his stage name Isolée, is a German electronic music producer. He is noted for his work in the microhouse genre, reminiscent of indie electronic pop music of the early eighties and ambient techno from a decade on. Is ...

- Krypt 06:53 # Pigon - Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging 07:27 # Gater - Taboo 04:17 # My My - Serpentine 07:58 # Seelenluft - Manila (Ewan Pearson Remix) 03:39 # D'NTEL - The Dream Of Evan And Chan (Superpitcher Remix) 07:06 # Keith Tucker - It's A Mood 05:04 # UND! - Cocopuffs 05:01 # Lopazz - I Need Ya 05:25 # DJ Naughty - Rojo Caliente 06:44 # Plastikman - Ping Pong #

Âme Âme is a German house/techno duo consisting of Kristian Beyer and . The duo started making tracks in 2001. Beyer and Wiedemann first met in 2000 in Beyer's record shop in their hometown of Karlsruhe. As they both liked Chicago house and Detroi ...

- Rej

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0977611, Feiern
Official Website

News of the film's release
on the website of the electronic dance music magazine/community, ''Resident Advisor.'' 2006 films Documentary films about electronic music and musicians 2006 documentary films Documentary films about Berlin German musical documentary films 2000s German films

Synopsis

Production and release

Soundtrack

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