TELEVISOR TROIKA GMBH

Germany 2023, 85 min
by Michael P. Aust, Tessa Knapp

Narrated by Irmin Schmidt, a member of krautrock legends Can, the film touches on a number of stories: not just the band that influenced the development of experimental rock and the gravitation towards electronic music. The experience of the Nazi era commanded post-1945 Germany to reject the music of romantic and patriotic pathos so exploited by nationalism. It had to start again: but did anyone know that the research into electronic technologies was preparing a new era of club music, of media sound, of the audiovisual world? Schmidt also talks about his solo work, and there is no shortage of statements by great musical figures. [27 Ji.Hlava]With: Irmin Schmidt, Hildegard Schmidt, Roland Klick, Wim Wenders, Gregor Schwellenbach, Helmut Zerlett

Germany 2020, 93 min
by Kristina Schippling, Nicole Wegner

Timetravel into the heartland of electronic music: A journey through the history of electronic music from Cologne – from the 50ies until today. The film follows the roots of inventing new music from the WDR's Electronic Studio, Stockhausen, CAN, via Kompakt, A-Musik until the vivid and very diverse club scene of today. With artists such as Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay of CAN, Mouse on Mars, Marcus Schmickler, Niobe, Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer, Lena Willikens, Barnt, Fr. Reichert – a mesmerizing portrait of a city where each and everyone is somehow interconnected.Eine filmische Hommage an die Kölner elektronische Musikszene, die Köln zu einer Musikstadt voller Pioniere machte und, ganz außerhalb des Fokus, schlichtweg die Welt der Musik veränderte.