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FAO shoegaze fans - documentary seeking funding
I know there's quite a few shoegaze fans on these boards, so thought I'd stick this up here (thanks DiS for eating my last OP).
What sounds like a fairly exhaustive/extensive project seems to have taken in all of the major players of the scene, in addition to a bunch of famous faces from the era not necessarily normally associated with shoegaze (Robert Smith, Billy Corgan, Trent Reznor). The creators are looking for funding from Kickstarter donations to get the the finished project out there. Link below:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872104423/beautiful-noise-music-documentary
Should be a cracking documentary if it gets released. More info below copied from the website:
* INTERVIEWS INCLUDE: Kevin Shields, Jim Reid, Robin Guthrie, Bobby Gillespie, Douglas Hart, Colm O’Ciosoig, Debbie Googe, Simon Raymonde, Alan Moulder, Ivo Watts-Russell, Alan McGee, Sonic Boom
* FEATURING BAND MEMBERS OF: Ride, Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Lush, Curve, Swervedriver, Medicine, Pale Saints, Seefeel, AR Kane, Telescopes, Boo Radleys, Cranes, Catherine Wheel, Flying Saucer Attack
* WITH: Wayne Coyne, Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan and Robert Smith
* Score by Brad Laner (Medicine)
* VFX by John Nugent (Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix)
* Motion Graphics by Angus Cameron (Music Video Director)
* Graphic design by Timothy O'Donnell (4AD)
* Featuring Tour Projections, Bootlegs and previously unseen personal videos.
* Performance Videos (and some interviews) with current bands: Sigur Ros, M83, Autolux, Serena Manessh, Ulrich Schnauss, A Place To Bury Strangers, Grouper, Tim Hecker, Belong among others.
[predicts that robluvsnic wets himself when he reads about this...]