'Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay' documentary needs your funds

Up for funding at the Kiss Kiss Bank Bank crowd funding website is the "Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay" DVD documentary with a goal of 11,000 €. It is the second documentary by 20-year-old Amélie Ravalec after her first documentary, "Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno" which has been released in over 15 countries and translated in 5 languages.



Focusing on industrial and experimental music this time this film will explore the history of industrial music interviewing some of the genre's most influential bands and artists as well as meeting the people behind the labels or the fanzines and confront the promoters, journalists and individuals that were significant in the creation of this music.

The documentary will feature interviews with Cabaret Voltaire (Stephen Mallinder), Chris & Cosey (Chris Carter and Cosey Fanny Tutti from Throbbing Gristle), Clock DVA (Adi Newton), Duboys, Eric (writer of Industrial Music for Industrial People), Hula (Mark Albrow, Alan Fish and Ron Wright), In the Nursery (Klive and Nigel Humberstone), NON (Boyd Rice), Orphx (Richard Oddie and Christina Sealey), SPK (Graeme Revell), Test Dept (Paul Jamrozy & Graham Cunnington), Turmel, Jean Pierre (Sordide Sentimental records), V Vale (Writer and publisher of Re/Search: Industrial Culture Handbook), Wießmann, Udo (Hands Production, Winterkaelte) and Z'EV.

Ravalec also co-founded the French-Belgium based foundation Fondation Sonore in 2011 focusing on industrial techno and experimental music hosting music and cultural events as well as starting a record & cassette label, releasing material by such acts as Ancient Methods and Kareem, Adam X (Sonic Groove) etc.

Here's the trailer for her first documentary "Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno".

Posted by B. Van Isacker