MANCHESTER SCREENING OF NEW MUSIC DOCUMENTARY ‘INDUSTRIAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE URBAN DECAY’ WITH DIRECTORS Q&A

Posted by Silent Radio on Thursday, April 30, 2015

Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay

Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay is the first film to trace the origins of industrial music, taking you on a journey through the crumbling industrial cities of Europe to America’s thriving avant-garde scene. Featuring acts such as Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, NON, SPK, Test Dept, Clock DVA, Re/Search, Z’EV, Click Click, Sordide Sentimental, Hula, In The Nursery, The Klinik, Ant Zen, Orphx and Prima Linea.

The Manchester premiere (the only North West screening) at Band on the Wall will be followed by a Q&A with the directors, Amélie Ravalec and Travis Collins.

Industrial music emerged in the mid 70’s, providing a vibrant, provocative and artistic soundtrack to the picket lines, economic decline and cultural oppression of the era. Whether factory workers, students or unemployed, industrial music pioneers were all educated, artistically minded and politically aware artists who started with little to no musical background and went on to change the musical landscape.

Industrial musicians found inspiration in Krautrock bands Kraftwerk, Faust and Can, 20th century art movements Dada, Futurism and Surrealism and postmodern writers William Burroughs, Brion Gysin and J.G. Ballard. Combining the do-it-yourself attitude of punk with mail art and underground fanzines, these pioneers were also among the first bands to incorporate tape loops, homemade synthesisers, factory field recordings and cut-up techniques in their music.

Discover the personal story of industrial music founders Throbbing Gristle, Sheffield’s prolific Dada inspired band Cabaret Voltaire, award-winning soundtrack composer Graeme Revell of SPK, noise music inventor Boyd Rice of NON and fifteen other of the genre’s most influential figures, exposing their incredible stories for the first time on film.

Silent Radio have three pairs of tickets to give away for this special screening, just email your name and contact telephone number to simon (at) silentradio.co.uk with the subject Industrial to be in with a chance of grabbing a pair.

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