A DVD flashback of early 80s Berlin Subculture, featuring output by virtuosos of the city's underground movie scene, who rediscovered Super8 as an adequate outlet for their creative endeavours. Accompanied by a compilation of music, covering a huge range of styles and currents - from punk to ingenious dilettantes - this lavish package recalls the walled-in city's unique feel and lifestyle. By no means a nostalgic review of times long gone, this is, rather, an appraisal (with no claim to completeness) of a creative Berlin which to this day exerts its influence on German pop culture and beyond. Beside the DVD featuring 18 elaborately restored Super8 films (running time: 120 minutes), the luxurious package also contains a CD compilation of Berlin bands from the period of '78-'84, as well as a 100 page book with extensive material: lyrics by Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Martin Schmitz, Rolf S. Wolkenstein, essays, background information, discographies and photo series plus interview with Wolfg ang Müller (of Die Tödliche Doris). CD & Films contents music by: - Einstürzende Neubauten - Die tödliche Doris - Malaria - Kosmonautentraum - Flucht nach Vorn - Christiane F. - Mona Mur - Alexander von Borsig - Sprung aus den Wolken - Die Unbekannten - La Loora - P1/E - Valie Export & Ingrid Wiener - Notorische Reflexe - DIN A Testbild - Frieder Butzmann - Sentimentale Jugend - MDK - Mono/45
DVD:
Format NTSC, 4:3
Sound Mono, Stereo
FSK 16
Regionalcode 0
DVD Menü English / German
CD
01. Mona Mur My Lie (1982)
02. Malaria Thrash Me (1983)
03. Die Tödliche Doris Tanz im Quadrat (1981)
04. Christiane F Wunderbar (1982)
05. P1/E 49 sec. Romance (1980)
06. Mono/45 UPM Romantic Adieu (1979)
07. Sprung aus den Wolken Akcam La (1982)
08. Kosmonautentraum Stolze Menschen (1981)
09. Valie Export & Ingrid Wiener Bananen (1980)
10. Alexander v. Borsig (Hacke) Hiroshima (1980)
11. DIN A Testbild No repeat (1980)
12. Flucht nach Vorn Nahost (1982)
13. Frieder Butzmann Schmusewolle (1979)
14. Sentimentale Jugend Wollt ihr die totale Befriedigung (1980)
15. Einstürzende Neubauten Tanz Debil (1980)
16. MDK Berlin (1982)
Total Time: 51 min.

DVD (Super 8 movies)
01. Brand & Maschmann E Dopo? (1981)
02. Christoph Doering 3302- Taxi Film (1979)
03. Markgraf & Wolkenstein Hüpfen 82 (1982)
04. Yana Yo Sax (1983)
05. Maye & Rendschmid Ohne Liebe gibt es keinen Tod (1980)
06. Stiletto Studio,s Formel Super VIII (1983)
07. Walter Gramming Hammer und Sichel (1978)
08. Georg Marioth Morgengesänge (1984)
09. Hormel/Bühler Geld (Malaria Clip) (1982)
10. Notorische Reflexe Fragment Video (1983)
11. Jörg Buttgereit Mein Papi (1981)
12. Die Tödliche Doris Berliner Küchenmusik (1982)
13. Butzmann & Kiesel Spanish Fly (1979)
14. Manfred Jelinski So war das SO 36 (1984)
15. Klaus Beyer Die Glatze (1983)
16. Markgraf & Wolkenstein Craex Apart (1983)
17. Andrea Hillen Gelbfieber 1982)
Special Bonus Clip: ?Ika Schier: Wedding Night (1982)
Total running time: 120 Minuten

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Mark Stewart first made his presence felt as the front man for The Pop Group in the late 1970's. They were pioneers of the post punk dance sound and had success with singles such as 'She is beyond good and evil', and 'We are all prostitutes'. When the band split in 1980, Mark joined the emerging On U Sound crew as a part time member of The New Age Steppers. He then went on to form his own band with Keith LeBlanc and Doug Wimbish, the rhythm section of the Sugar Hill Gang, and guitarist Skip McDonald. With Adrian Sherwood and his production magic at the controls, The Maffia unleashed an awesome mix of styles that sounded like Bootsy Collins jamming over a bootleg Jah Shaka tape in an urban warzone. This incredible mix of funk, dub and electronic overload pre empted Techno and Drum & Bass by years. Mark Stewart, often copied, never bettered.
The film retraces the singer's steps and paths from the early days of The Pop Group right up to the present. Schifer, who followed Mark around for a full 3 years, has crafted a detailed, often intimate portrait of the artist, supplemented by interviews with a. o. Mark Stewart himself, Adrian Sherwood (On.U Sound), Daniel Miller (Mute Records), Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Keith LeBlanc, Douglas Hart (The Jesus & Mary Chain), Fritz Catlin (23 Skidoo), Mike Watt (Minutemen, The Stooges), Gareth Sager (The Pop Group, Rip Rig and Panic), Dan Catsis (The Pop Group), John Waddington (The Pop Group) Janine Rainforth (Maximum Joy), Massive Attack, Keith Levine (P.I.L.) and many others, plus never seen live recordings and music clips. Director:Tøni Schifer
Tracklist:
- On/Off: Mark Stewart, 82 mins
- Trailer
- Musicclips: The Pop Group, Mark Stewart & Maffia
- Bonusmaterial
- Photo Gallery

DVD Spezifikationen:
Format DVD9
Classification 12
Audio language English
Subtitles German, English
Format PAL, 16:9, Colour
Sound Stereo
Region no limits
Cover Digipak

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The legendary German band Einstürzende Neubauten, known since the 80ies for their uncompromising approach to music has come up with a yet another groundbreaking project once more far ahead of its times, enabling them to work on their endeavors without needing to bow to the music industries rules and regulations. What an impact this cheeky use of modern technology has had on the band, their fans and the music industry is portrayed in the Documentary Einstürzende Neubauten – On tour with neubauten.org” by Danielle de Picciotto.
Danielle de Picciotto, an American artist living in Berlin since the fall of the wall, has influenced Berlins cultural scene since 1985 in many ways as the co – innovator of the “Love Parade”, the “Ocean Club” with Gudrun Gut and “Kunst oder König” the club –cultural exhibition series presenting Berlins creative cross culture internationally. Also an active member of Berlins music scene (former singer of the “Space Cowboys”) she has known Einstürzende Neubauten personally for almost twenty years, following their development with interest.
After becoming member of their new project “Neubauten.org” in 2003 she was asked to document the ensuing tour in 2004 by Blixa Bargeld, singer of the band, to provide material for future concert documentaries. Besides filming every show she interviewed countless “supporters” worldwide ending up with this documentary – a courageous example of on how following an individual, courageous path can change people’s lives worldwide.

Tracklist:
- On tour with neubauten.org
Bonus Features:
- Die Intonatore (Supporter Contribution)
- Making of (Interview)
- Profi Master on Stage (Short Film)
- 2 Slideshows
Details:
Format: DVD5
Classification: 12
Audio language: English
Subtitles: German, English, Japanese
Format: NTSC, 4:3, Colour
Sound: Stereo
Region: 0 (All Regions)
Running-Time: ca. 90 min
Cover: Digipak with Outer Sleeve
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"Die letzte Rache" narrates the eventful tale of the Worldly, an adventurer who enters the service of an ageing ruler in order to seek for him a successor. Unable to find a worthy heir, the Worldly succumbs to the temptation to seize power himself. The ruler, however, thwarts his plan and uses the Worldly, by means of a scientific experiment, to attain immortality. The Worldly wreaks vengeance by laying the ruler's kingdom to waste – thereby preparing the ground for unforeseen intrigue: the ruler's son and daughter, united in incestuous love, take revenge for the inheritance denied them by subjecting their now immortal father to everlasting pain and suffering.
First broadcast in 1982 on West Germany's second TV channel (ZDF) "Die letzte Rache" rapidly achieved cult status amongst film connoisseurs throughout Europe, Japan and the USA. Even in the more than twenty years following its first showing, this film has continued to attract audiences, with repeated performances in art-house cinemas. Its exceptional blend of expressionist character drama, comic strip, film noir and pop musical ensures that Rainer Kirberg's début film remains to this day a stylistically unparalleled work in the annals of German cinematography.
The original film material having undergone elaborate audio and video remastering, "Die letzte Rache" in this DVD edition appears in a new director's cut with additional film music by "Der Plan", a German avant-garde group that was renowned in its day.
"Die letzte Rache" is the first Rainer Kirberg DVD to be issued by Monitorpop. This will be followed up in the autumn by a 2DVD featuring "Der Grottenolm" and "Schatten im Zenit", including photo galleries, an interview with Rainer Kirberg as well as a selection of his short films and video clips.
Tracklist
- Remastered Feature Film
- Audio-Commentary
- 2 Slideshows
plus: Booklet
Details:
DVD Format: DVD10
FSK: 12
Audio language: German
Subtitles: German, English, Subtitled Audio-Commentary
Picture Format: NTSC+PAL, 4:3, B/W
Audio Format: Stereo
Region: 0 (All Regions)
Running Time: 90 min
Cover: Digipak in Outer Sleeve
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MPS/SABA – A brief history of a pioneering jazz label
The Label MPS (for Musik- Produktion Schwarzwald) is known as the German „Blue Note“. The label was established by producer and music enthusiast Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (also named HGBS) from 1968 in Villingen. After he left the SABA enterprise, he made high class jazz productions in a wide variety. Till the 1980s, over 600 jazz vinyls were released in the whole spectrum from traditional Jazz to Free Jazz and Bossa Nova. For many german jazz musicians like Albert Mangelsdorff or Wolfgang Dauner, their career starts with the music recordings from Villingen.
Many famous international jazz musicians have also released on MPS. To name only a few, there are recordings from Oscar Peterson, George Duke, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie.
Elke Baurs documentary „MPS- Jazzin the Black forest“ is an affectionate portrait of the label and his founder HGBS. Interviews with many musicians and former colleagues and rare live documents revive a jazz era and the „Most Perfect Sound“.
Details
DVD Format: DVD10
FSK: 0
Audio language: German
Subtitles: German, English
Picture Format: NTSC+PAL, 16:9, Colour
Audio Format: Stereo
Region: 0 (All Regions)
Running Time: 90 min approx
Cover: Digipak in Outer Sleeve
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contemporary culture on dvd
a compilation with exclusive interviews (mark stewart, hermann nitsch, throbbing gristle, matthew herbert etc.), shortfilms, slideshows and music-clips. splendrous packaging with 48 pages booklet.
“Enjoy each minute, while it casts its ray! Spring runs its course, love fades away”, according to German poet -Emanuel Geibel. Now, 200 years later, the era of digital archives allows us to bring back and savour the odd minute or two. And this is where we come in. The Berlin-based DVD label Monitorpop specialises in unconventional artists and themes beyond the mainstream, a.o. a retrospective on Berlin’s early 80s underground scene Berlin Super 80 or cult films by NY director Amos Kollek.
This compilation assembles a range of talents who pursue their very own, often radical and inevitably, idiosyncratic paths. Among them: Viennese artist Hermann Nitsch, photographer Miron Zownir, musician Matthew Herbert, Mark Stewart, founder of the legendary punk-funk band THE POP GROUP and performance artist Leigh Bowery. All interviews are exclusive to this compilation and the videos or slide shows feature rare, unearthed treasures not to be seen on daily television – stimulating distractions for all lovers of eclectic entertainment. Stay curious!
Tracklist
Interviews:
THROBBING GRISTLE, 16min
MATTHEW HERBERT, 21min
HERMANN NITSCH, 15min
MARK STEWART, 26min
JOSEPH KOSUTH, 8min
AMOS KOLLEK, 15min
SHORTFILMS:
DICK JEWELL: Leigh Bowery (What's Your Reaction To The Show) 30min
ANDREAS HYKADE: Ring Of Fire, 15min
ILLYA CHICHKAN: Atomic Love, 7min
MICAELA O'HERLIHY: Thunder Perfect Mind, 14min
SLIDESHOWS:
ALLEN TANNENBAUM: New York Party Life 78-82
MIRON ZOWNIR: Radical Eye (New York / Russia/berlin)
PETER GRUCHOT: Das grosse Tequila Wettsaufen (Berlin 89)

MUSIC CLIPS:
EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN: Seele brennt (Peter Sempel)
MARK STEWART: Hysteria
48 PAGES BOOK

DEUTSCH, ENGLISH, FRANCAIS, JAPANESE TEXTS AND SUBTITLES!!!
Details
DVD Format: DVD 9
Audio language: English
Subtitles: English, German, Japanese, French
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 / 16:9
Audio Format: Stereo
Region: 0 (All Regions)
Running Time: 180 min
Cover: Digipak in Outer Sleeve
Menue: animated More

Tracklist
DVD 1
ATARI TEENAGE RIOT
01.REVOLUTION ACTION
02. DESTROY 2000 YEARS OF CULTURE
03. BERLIN MAY 1ST
04. TOO DEAD FOR ME
05. SPEED
06. RIOT
07. KIDS ARE UNITED
08. SICK TO DEATH

ALEC EMPIRE
LIVE AT FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2001
FEATURING NIC ENDO, CHARLIE CLOUSER, GABE SERBIAN, (THE LOCUST), MERZBOW

09. PATH OF DESTRUCTION
10. THE RIDE
11. TEAR IT OUT
12. EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A FUCK
13. KILLING MACHINE
14. ADDICTED TO YOU
15. INTELLIGENCE AND SACRIFICE
16. ..AND NEVER BE FOUND
17. NEW WORLD ORDER

18. ALEC EMPIRE & JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: ATTACK
19. ALEC EMPIRE: ADDICTED TO YOU
20. ALEC EMPIRE: THE RIDE (UNCENSORED VERSION)
21. ALEC EMPIRE: KISS OF DEATH
22. ALEC EMPIRE: LOW ON ICE
23. HANIN ELIAS: TIE ME TO THE WALL
24. NIC ENDO: WHITE HEAT

Details:
DIGIPAK IN SLIPCASE
DVD 10 (92 MINS)
ENGLISH AUDIO COMMENTARY BY ALEC EMPIRE
RATING 16
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Tracklist
DVD 1
ATARI TEENAGE RIOT
01.REVOLUTION ACTION
02. DESTROY 2000 YEARS OF CULTURE
03. BERLIN MAY 1ST
04. TOO DEAD FOR ME
05. SPEED
06. RIOT
07. KIDS ARE UNITED
08. SICK TO DEATH

ALEC EMPIRE
LIVE AT FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2001
FEATURING NIC ENDO, CHARLIE CLOUSER, GABE SERBIAN, (THE LOCUST), MERZBOW

09. PATH OF DESTRUCTION
10. THE RIDE
11. TEAR IT OUT
12. EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A FUCK
13. KILLING MACHINE
14. ADDICTED TO YOU
15. INTELLIGENCE AND SACRIFICE
16. ..AND NEVER BE FOUND
17. NEW WORLD ORDER

18. ALEC EMPIRE & JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: ATTACK
19. ALEC EMPIRE: ADDICTED TO YOU
20. ALEC EMPIRE: THE RIDE (UNCENSORED VERSION)
21. ALEC EMPIRE: KISS OF DEATH
22. ALEC EMPIRE: LOW ON ICE
23. HANIN ELIAS: TIE ME TO THE WALL
24. NIC ENDO: WHITE HEAT

Details:
DIGIPAK IN SLIPCASE
DVD 10 (92 MINS)
ENGLISH AUDIO COMMENTARY BY ALEC EMPIRE
RATING 16
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A photographic mapping of 23 places in the story of Joy Division and their singer Ian Curtis and the space he left behind.
With contributions from people who knew him, worked with him, or were just inspired by him and the music the band created.
Pictures by Katja Ruge and words from, amongst others, Terry Mason, Peter Saville, Mark E. Smith (The Fall), Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Annik Honoré, Bloc Party, The Rapture, Karl Bartos, Genesis P.Orridge, Mogwai, Johnny Marr (Modest Mouse, The Smiths), Maximo Park, Lindsay Reade, Mark Reeder, Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke), Anja Huwe (X mal Deutschland), Nouvelle Vaque, She Wants Revenge and the late Tony Wilson.
"Ian is a busy ghost". Johnny Marr
148 pages, Photos, Texts
Language: English
Format: 21,5 cm x 21,5 cm (8,5 in. X 8,5 in.) bounded, Hardcover


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