Soulwax - Part of the Weekend Never Dies [2008]

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Director: Saam Farahmand
Studio: Pias UK
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

3 reviews
Sales Rank: 4869

Format: Box Set, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Exempt
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 69 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.7

EAN: 5413356514025
ASIN: B001AZ8ZG0

Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 8, 2008
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Its a documentary from Soulwax - what did you expect? September 9, 2008
Ricky C (UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Incredible. Start to finish. Not just any old documentary and film of the live set, its a sliced up masterpiece. In the same way that they reinvented DJing with 2 Many DJs and then the entire genre of dance music with Nite Versions and their remixes, this has raised the bar for rockumentrys and live music videos. Throw in the fact that they had already created an incredible live (band!) set that involved mixing dance songs live and you've got a very special film indeed. Forget any other live band performance film you've ever seen or heard, this is something else.

4 out of 5 stars

Time to set the record straight September 17, 2008
sbandoboy
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Stephen and David Dewaele's self-celebratory "Part Of The Weekend Never Dies" turns out to be a pretty solid rockumentary. It's full to the brim with namesdropping and shout-outs (in true "Teachers" style), as if the electro-house legacy was something to vent about. It even stars James Righton of The Klaxons, as bearer of the torch, even though he candidly admits he never cared much about dance music before Soulwax came around. The rest of the gang is also there: a chatty Tiga, a very relaxed James Murphy, an insightful Erol Alkan, Nancy Whang -telling the story of how "NY Excuse" came to be, Justice, Digitalism, So-Me, Busy P. of Ed Bangers Records and Peaches too.

The dicotomy between Soulwax the rock band and 2ManyDJs, the mega-eclectic music selectors, mirrors the one between Soulwax' "rock album proper", Any Minute Now, that critics hated, and its universally-liked dance counterpart, Nite Versions. "Radio Soulwax" incorporates all of that. So on tour the dj set follows the rock band's performance, back to back, as caught in a very straining loop that audiences seem to enjoy very much. Reharsals, rock show, dj set, then back on the road again.

While it's hard to re-write the rockumentary rule book, Saam Farahmand's take on it is pretty original. He alternates the more obvious sketches of the hectic life on the road with longer shots in a more intimate, fly-on-the-wall style, capturing not only the band, or not the band in particular, but their fans and friends and people -normal and weird- you meet when you're a travelling rock/dance act.

Interesting insights are also offered on how Radio Soulwax works, especially by Erol and Tiga (Steph is "the mind, the Producer", while David "knows everything about machines"). While Murphy waxes sarcastic on the reasons why "everybody wants to be the dj".
The live part, "Night Versions Live At Fabric And 120 Other Places" offers exactly what it says, a 54 minute performance which is actually a frantic collage of "121" different live shows. Watching it with the locality captions on can be too much. Much better is the audio cd, nothing you haven't heard a million times before ok but again the Nite Versions formula seems to work. All the classics are there and a few shout-outs too, to Tomas Andersson, Tiga himself (and Candi Staton/Alternat8) and even "Your Love" gets name-checked, as intro to Another Excuse.

I used to love Soulwax/2 Many DJ's/The effing Dewaele Brothers/Radio Soulwax a lot. I'm not as fond of this sound as I used to be, but this was pretty good. Definitely entertaining.

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