Poet, rapper, playwright and recording artist Kae Tempest is one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today. They are the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Ted Hughes prize and have been nominated for both the Brit and Mercury music awards. Tempest has always found support and respect within the queer art scenes, a place close to their heart. In July 2020, they came out as non-binary, announcing that they would publish and perform under the name Kae. This film delves deep into their creative process and gains rare, intimate insights into Kae’s life throughout a period of profound personal and artistic change.
Rapsodi is a collage about individuals interpreting happiness in their own unique ways. From a young child on a film set, a group of aspiring stars in the midst of rehearsals, a girl at a yoga practice, to the conversation of two friends in an unexpected place. Inspired by a song by Laleilmanino, each segment is a distinctive exploration of the meaning of the word “Rapsodi” itself.
The concert film includes 12 songs from all three of the band's albums, performed by Sudden Lights at their most ambitious open-air show to date at the Mežaparks Green Theater. In parallel with the concert songs, the band members reveal themselves in very personal, documentary-style sketches, where the line between reality and fiction disappears, thus giving viewers a glimpse into the souls of the band members.
World renowned performer Cesária Évora’s voice took her from poverty to stardom. With previously unseen footage and insights into the singer’s life, the film follows her struggles and success.
HUGORM showed its beating, bloody, naked heart on the album "TRO, HUG & KÆRLIGHED" from mid-October 2022, and the culmination after a year of superb reviews and great media coverage occurred with the producer trio's two sold-out concerts in front of well over 4000 fans of HUGARMY in STORE VEGA between Christmas and New Year in the same year.
Five music videos from five songs from Efek Rumah Kaca’s latest album, Rimpang. Following their music video screening, Efek Rumah Kaca will present a live performance of their latest album in the cinema.
In 1975, in a female dormitory in Semarang City. (The late) H. Muhammad Zain and 9 (nine) female santris practiced musical instruments to preach, in a group named Nasida Ria. Magically, Nasida Ria officially became an international qasidah group in 1980. Today, through the way of thinking, the way of behaving, and the way of responding to the shift in the digital era carried out by Choliq Zain as manager. Nasida Ria is almost half a century old, with a total of 4 (four) regenerations. Having experienced upheaval with record labels and personnel moving between groups, Choliq didn't bother. He resolved everything with patience for almost three years. Rather than wanting to inspire the mainstream music world through qasidah. Nasida Ria chooses to always preach through music and wants to make qasidah music a part of the Archipelago.
Experimental film
"Presence has all the things that life can have in itself. But living as a stranger in today's arena, how much does it desire to communication?
Setlist:
01. Hold Me Through The Night
02. Bad Woman Blues
03. Try A Little Harder
04. Falling In Love With You
05. Monkey Back
06. Levee
07. No Quarter / Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
08. Picture In A Frame
09. Stinky Feet
10. Bad Love
11. Crashing Down
12. Rhymes
13. Fat Man
14. Sugar Shack
15. Good Day To Cry
16. Love Is A Lie
17. Bang Bang Bang
18. Woman Down
Francis Comes Alive: The Movie is a live concert film of the incredible Neal Francis. Recorded at Thalia Hall in Chicago at a sold out show in March 2023, the film captures Francis at his best with an expanded 11-piece band. Recorded to analog tape and directed by Alec Basse.
Venice, 1755. Giacomo Casanova, just returned from exile in Vienna, threatens to kill hearts and create havoc in the city with his unparalleled charisma. Meanwhile, the Doge Francesco Loredan is in poor health and the Inquisitor Pietro Garzoni plots to influence in his favor the succession to the Dogado. In this regard, the latter intends to get rid of Casanova, because it could ruin his plans, and to the purpose he entrusts the evil Zago. While at Cantina do Mori, the Prince of Seductors meets an old flame: the beautiful Gretchen, who leads him to the palace of Countess Margarethe von Steinberg, for whom she works as a waitress. Here, Casanova meets the great lady and is challenged by her in a singular bet: if he succeeds in seducing the young Francesca Erizzo, daughter of one of the elders of the city, she - Margarethe - will be his for one night.
The Australian music company and home to Kylie Minogue, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Hunters and Collectors, Skyhooks and many more, celebrate its 50th anniversary with an all-star mega concert.