Daft Punk's Electroma

OPENS IN UK CINEMAS JULY & AUGUST 2007

Electroma is the directorial feature film debut from Guy-Manuel deHomem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, better known together as Daft Punk. Apsychedelic visual and musical odyssey, Electroma follows the journey of tworobots on their quest to become human. Two robots drive through theSouthwestern American landscape in a 1987 Ferrari 412. They arrive at asmall town in Inyo County, California where the townspeople are robotsliving a suburban existence.

They drive up to a high-tech facility where liquid latex is poured overtheir heads and meticulously shaped into human faces. Pleased with their newhuman appearance, they walk down the road to the astonishment of everyoneelse around. When the duo's faces start to melt in the sun, the localsrealise that they aren’t real humans after all, and begin to chase afterthem. They take cover in a room and reluctantly peel off the ruined masks.

Leaving the town and their dream of becoming human behind, they begin alengthy and ultimately perilous hike across the desert salt flats.

Electroma is without dialogue and plays host to a brilliant soundtrackput together by music supervisor, Steven Baker, featuring tracks from ToddRundgren (International Feel), Brian Eno (In Dark Trees), Curtis Mayfield(Billy Jack), Sebastien Tellier (Universe), Chopin, Haydn, Allegri, LindaPerhacs (If You Were My Man) and Jackson Carey Frank (Dialogue).

Electroma will be released by because.tv in selected cinemas across theUK in July & August 2007 and on DVD on 3 September 2007.

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Luke Dzierzek into the mainstream

Up and coming electrohouse star Luke Dzierzek is set to be propelled into the mainsteam as his 2005 smash ‘Echo’ is to be beamed onto millions of television screens worldwide.

Following on from the chart success of Les Rhymes Digitales ‘Jacques your body’ and The Egg’s ‘Walking Away’ Luke Dzierziek steps up to the plate to provide the latest soundtrack to Citroen’s transformer-esque creation, and he does not dissappoint.

This bass heavy electrohouse monster has already recieved support from big players such as Pete Tong, James Zabiela and Sasha, insuring that ‘Echo’ is set to ignite underground and more commercial dancefloors alike.

At the tender age of Twenty the Silver Planet beatsmith certainly has a bright future and is a name that im sure you will be hearing more of very soon.

www.myspace.com/lukedzierzek

Wanna DJ at Creamfields?

Do you want to make the transition from bedroom hopefull to big room destroyer and feel that you can cut the mustard amongst the DJing premier league?

British clubbing institution Cream are meeting the demands of the DJing generation by giving aspiring DJ’s the opportunity to step out of the confines of thier record filled bedrooms and prove thier worth at one the U.K’s biggest festivals.

Cream have joined forces with internet behemoth MySpace to launch a nationwide search to find the next superstar DJ. The chosen winner will join the likes of techno godfather Dave Clarke, French distortion duo Justice and Radio One’s Annie Mac in the MySpace presents Futurism arena.

Creamfields will be taking place on the 25th August, bank holiday weekend at Daresbury, Halton in Cheshire. Other artists performing across the weekend include Groove Armada, Erick Morillo, Carl Cox, Mark Ronson, 2manyD.Js plus many more.

So if your’e willing to put your party rocking skills to the test and think you have what it takes, then go to www.myspace.com/officialcreamfields and click on the banner at the top of the page. Entrants must submit a thirty minute mix and the closing date for the competion is Thursday 26th July. The winner will be announced in early August, so watch this space.

Two weeks until Lovebox Weekender!

It’s time to show the love, as once again the Groove Armada boys have come up trumps, boasting a line up that is as eclectic as it is excellent. Whether it be Dub, Disco, Funk, House, Rock, Pop or Techno almost every style is catered for.

Artists performing across the weekend include Sly and the Family Stone, The B52’s, Blondie, DJ Diplo, Don Letts and Felix Da Housecat plus far too many more to mention. This years weekender will take place on the 21st to the 22nd July at Londons Victoria Park, Hackney and tickets range from £35 for a day pass and £60 for the weekend.

For those of you who are still hungry for some Lovebox action after the event, then fear not. As Andy Cato and Tom Findlay are on hand to provide the first Lovebox Weekender compilation, which is set to be released on 25th July.

Tom Findlay steps up to the plate to provide the soundtrack to disc one and as expected it takes several suprising twists and turns. The punk funk swagger of Junior Boys cosies up next to Bonde De Role’s electro soca assault, while Chemise’s ‘She cant have you’ and the previously unreleased ‘Feel the same as you’ by Groove Armada provide deeper more discofied moments. Throw some Blondie and LCD Soundystem into the mix and you have a compilation thats sure to make Lovebox attendee’s teary eyed and those who weren’t there green with envy.

CD two compiled by the trombone wielding Andy Cato takes a similarly eclectic route. Any compilation that can pair up the soulful tones of Curtis Mayfield with the samba n’ bass of DJ Marky is a sure fire winner in my book. However while both discs act as retrospectives of past guests and the duo’s influences, the inclusion of tracks such as ‘The Morton Lighthouse’ from Cato’s Packupanddance project and Erol Alkans chugging mix of Hot Chip insure that this compilation has an eye firmly set in the future and more importantly, the dancefloor.

Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night

The Chems have influenced massive swathes of modern music and particularly the UK’s dance scene, but now it’s difficult to be anything but apathetic.

Pop down the shop for a pie and you’ll practically get knocked over by a beat and bass disciple running back to their studio to work on a new loop. Simian, Calvin Harris, Dizzee Rascal and Groove Armada are all churning out high quality albums right across the genre and that’s before factoring in the likes of New Young Pony Club who straddle the indie/dance divide.

This being Tom and Ed Chemical (their real surnames are far too dull), WATN is not an unmitigated disaster.

The title track remarkably sounds like stars exploding and towards the end of the record are three ace tunes in a row. "Burst Generator", where synths explode into coruscating My Bloody Valentine waves of sound, is clearly this LP’s answer to "The Sunshine Underground" from the duo’s far superior Surrender album. But it remains to be seen if a band will name themselves after …"Generator".

Immediately after this "A Modern Midnight Conversation" is much better than its shocking sixth-form art project title suggests and is almost 2007’s "I Feel Love". Giorgio Moroder would surely love the bassline. Finally, "Battle Scars" is a pleasing set of aural contrasts with gentle piano samples working well with a spoken poem and crisp breakbeats.

This top trio aside, WATN is something of an embarrassment for a pair that were masters of their art. Klaxons collaboration "All Rights Reversed" takes the worst of both bands and shunts them together, "Do It Again" is a sexless and joyless Kelis parody, "The Salmon Dance" is only slightly less annoying than getting hit by one in the face and "Saturated" is the sort of timid trance-edged guff that gives deep house a bad name.