Posted by Melissa Carpenter | Posted in Music | Posted on 1:22 AM
For one week only, techno documentary Speaking in Code is streaming in its entirety from Pitchfork.
Showcasing the struggle of a genre and its promoters, the film speaks to a larger psych and sociological sense of why the struggle, and believe me it IS a struggle, becomes worthwhile.
When I complain about how mainstream and popularized electronic music is getting, I'm clearly quick to forget how sub-culture it is here in the US in stark comparison with Europe. It still carries a stigma here, and it all still (somehow?) gets lumped into the 'techno' category. When you recognize their history with it, their necessity for it, our passion and obsession doesn't seem so crazy. That passion and obsession is really the ONLY driving force keeping the ball rolling, the artists returning, and the festivals growing.
So we're head over heels, out of this world, in love with this music. It's a reach here in the States to try and create an environment like Berlin or Barcelona, rich in EDM history and where techno still reigns supreme. There it's a way of life, here it's an escape from life...it's where we get lost. Speaking in Code just asks that you let us.
Showcasing the struggle of a genre and its promoters, the film speaks to a larger psych and sociological sense of why the struggle, and believe me it IS a struggle, becomes worthwhile.
When I complain about how mainstream and popularized electronic music is getting, I'm clearly quick to forget how sub-culture it is here in the US in stark comparison with Europe. It still carries a stigma here, and it all still (somehow?) gets lumped into the 'techno' category. When you recognize their history with it, their necessity for it, our passion and obsession doesn't seem so crazy. That passion and obsession is really the ONLY driving force keeping the ball rolling, the artists returning, and the festivals growing.
So we're head over heels, out of this world, in love with this music. It's a reach here in the States to try and create an environment like Berlin or Barcelona, rich in EDM history and where techno still reigns supreme. There it's a way of life, here it's an escape from life...it's where we get lost. Speaking in Code just asks that you let us.
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