"AA" is a documentary about Akira Aida (mostly known as Aquirax Aida), a japanese music critic who introduced free jazz, improvisation, and progressive rock to Japan. It's based on interviews with 12 critics and musicians who had connections with him. This is a documentary that considers the past,...
Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as well as live footage.
The Experimental Rock of Instants Chavirés (Or How to Put an End to Jazz)
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A documentary on underground and experimental rock acts performing at Les Instants Chavirés, a music venue in Montreuil, France. Performers include Thierry Madiot, Peter Brötzmann + Han Bennink, The Ex + Tom Cora, Roof, Hint + Quentin Rollet, Kampec Dolores, Prolapse, King Biscuit, Zeni Geva,...
In March 2014, Nazoranai, an experimental improvisation trio came together for their U.S. premiere, at the Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. This documentary, part of Sam Stephenson and Ivan Weiss’s Big, Bent Ears: A Serial in Documentary Uncertainty series on The Paris Reviews, goes...
Documentary about Japanese musician Keiji Haino. Includes clips of live performances and extracts from dozens of hours of interviews with Haino and members of Fushitsusha.
The film about the legend of Japanese experimental rock Keiji Haino reveals the veil of mystery surrounding the musician for all 50 years of his career. Haino's reflections on music, culture and life, recorded after a performance in Moscow in November 2019, are interspersed with fragments of the...
