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 Kill The Moonlight
(Plexi)
‘I’m a driver, I’m a winner, things are gonna change, I can
feel it’. Those amongst you who have ever wondered what Beck’s song ‘Loser’ is
about need wonder no more, ‘cos this weird ‘n’ wired slacker art movie is where
both the above vocal sample and the inspiration for Beck’s worldwide hit originally
came. Ostensibly the story of Chance a gormless fish hatchery worker, toxic waste
cleaner, Kiss fan, drug dealer, second rate thief, wannabe stock car racer and the
sort of chap other chaps take advantage of mercilessly, Kill The Moonlight
is low budget in absolutely every sense of the word. Few of the performers are actors,
sections are deliberately dubbed incorrectly and in one section Director Steven Hanft
decides to reverse and upend the film, so anyone looking for narrative flow or method
acting had best look elsewhere. Nevertheless if you know what to expect there’s plenty
of chuckles to be found herein, and a wonderfully scrappy soundtrack (long deleted)
which is also included in CD form and features unreleased tracks by Hanft and Beck’s
early outfit Loser alongside several Beck exclusives and demented clatters by the likes
of The Pussywillows, The Dynamics and The World Famous Blue Jays .
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 Kraftwerk
Minimum Maximum
(EMI)
Given that the CD release of this live material is
already firmly ensconced in our top twenty albums of the year it will
come as no surprise that we are very, very keen on this double DVD as
well. As our contributing editor remarked after having caught this live
show at the Royal Festival Hall last year it is amazing just “how the
sight of four middle-aged men standing still behind laptops can be quite
so hypnotic”, this is about as far removed from the big hair, tight
trousers, phallic instrument thrusting concept of the live ‘pop’ extravaganza
as it is possible to get (the Aphex Twin laying down behind the stage
whilst large teddy bears dance to his atonal clanking accepted). The
influence this band has had on dance music as a whole is damn near
inestimable, even given lynchpins Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider’s
ponderous work rate and this live set with newbies Fritz Hilpert and
Henning Schmitz prove Kraftwerk are as relevant and innovative in 2005
as they ever were. The staging, lighting and use of video, as you might
imagine with such static performers, is most impressive, and also
comprehensively lays to rest the concept that they have no sense of humour.
Triumphant.
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