A child's imagination clashes with his strict mother.
A flock of memories activated by various musical exercises, to strike the past to the heart, to build something utopian: the future, a sonic architecture. Music as a tool, transcriptions of YouTube tutorials as poetry, percussion exercises as descriptions of reality.
He was born in Granada, the only city in the world with an explosive name. At the age of ten he joined the Falange because he wanted to play the drum. His biggest musical influences have been Holy Week and his first host, the one he was given at birth. It was produced at the age of sixteen. A little later he began using drugs to escape. he should have died before thirty. For forty years he has hit the drums as life has hit him, with all his might.
Presenting Goose's 'Fred The Film', a 2 hour music documentary showcasing some of the band's favorite moments and songs from Goose's first festival, Fred! Enjoy behind-the-scenes footage, as well as 7 song selections from the weekend.
Composed and Performed by Cavs.
“Kodo One Earth Tour: Tsuzumi” premiered in 2020 as the first commemorative work in the Kodo 40th Anniversary Concert Series. In early 2021, the work was filmed for release on DVD and limited release on VOD streaming. The opening number, Dyu-Ha, was created by the late Maki Ishii, a modern composer who was introduced to the precursor of Kodo in the 1970s by conductor Seiji Ozawa. Ishii presented this piece to Kodo as a gift to congratulate the ensemble on its debut in 1981. Tsuzumi also features Ishii’s masterpiece Monochrome and other Kodo signature pieces such as O-daiko, and Yatai-bayashi, coupled with new compositions. Join Kodo as the ensemble traces its origins back to the beginning, to reflect on its history and reaffirm what has shaped Kodo today. Tsuzumi will serve as a cornerstone for Kodo’s next ground-breaking chapter.
Il batterista Ruben forma con la fidanzata Lou il duo Blackgammon: i due vivono insieme e sono sempre in viaggio per le strade d'America, in tour da un club all'altro. Ex tossicodipendente pulito da quattro anni, Ruben si accorge di percepire uno strano ronzio nelle orecchie e in poco tempo diventa quasi completamente sordo. Sopraffatto da ansia e depressione, si rifugia in una casa per sordomuti gestita da un veterano del Vietnam anch'egli sordo. Grazie al lavoro con altre persone nella sua situazione Ruben arriva ad accettare la sordità, anche se non perde la speranza di tornare a sentire grazie a un impianto artificiale e così riunirsi con Lou, nel frattempo trasferitasi in Francia dal padre.
"The Wait" tells the story of a lonely drummer during the self-distancing period in 2020, who has grown frustrated with the absence of his band. Killing time, the self-taught drummer must do something by his own imagination.
6 friends come together for one common goal, with everything on the line. It all comes down to these final moments as they must concisely play rhythms like no other, but on their epic journey, they realize that friendship was the true reward all along.
In a unique and defiant blend, the film tells the story of six generations of Indigenous activism through song and story.
A young man decides to join the army. He becomes the drummer in the military band, and his everyday life is now a combination of military training and music.
What does the Argentine Army do these days, more than thirty years after the dictatorship? What does it mean to be a soldier in a country without wars?
Rainbow is looking for a new drummer for her band and realizes that Pinkie does well on the drums as she does anywhere else.
A short clip about one talented puppy.
George Kollias has become known as an international authority on extreme metal drumming, and this DVD is a must-have for anyone interested in this topic. Providing multiple workouts and specific concepts, Intense Metal Drumming II is a highly educational product that goes beyond “licks” and gives you a meaningful program that can help you in pushing your abilities to the next level.
In King for Two Days, filmmaker Noah Hutton chronicles drummer Dave King's (The Bad Plus, Happy Apple) two-night concert at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, featuring five of the groups he drums in. Through rehearsals, interviews with the musicians, and concert excerpts, a world emerges where the concept of the band is held above the need for individual showmanship, a rarity in jazz.
The film is primarily a portrait of Kam Kelly, who teaches West African drumming to students at various New York schools, including Intermediate School 292 in Brooklyn. One of his students, Jessica Jackson, is featured. The piece was commissioned for the “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2012.
Danko Babic is an ambitious and amoral gynaecologist at Croatia's leading fertility clinic. When his colleague Bantic is appointed as head of the clinic, Babic starts a secret war to overthrow his rival. Distracted by his ruthless campaign he makes series of fatal mistakes that result in the death of a patient. A crooked coroner and a corrupt police officer cover up his misdeeds, while Babic grows increasingly dependant on drugs and alcohol. He begins performing illegal abortions on prostitutes who work for Jedinko, a gangster who controls the local drug and sex trade.
A documentary about experimental drummer Fritz Hauser.
A tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
Un batterista fallito, che vent'anni fa faceva parte di una rock-band anni '80, ma ne fu allontanato "calorosamente", ha una seconda chance di raggiungere il successo tanto sognato, entrando a far parte della teen-band di cui il nipote é leader. Inizialmente riluttante, una volta inserito nel gruppo, inizieranno ad arrivare anche i primi complimenti...