Minus Makes Contakt
news | Jan 27th, 2011 | View Comments
Richie Hawtin’s Minus label goes under the microscope with Making Contakt, a 90-minute documentary following the crew across 2008′s Contakt tour. Celebrating the label’s first 10 years of existence, the tour represented Minus’ most ambitious undertaking to date, a dazzling (and daunting) fusion of minimal techno and state-of-the-art multimedia technology.
Hitting Detroit, Amsterdam, Rome, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and more, the effort also proved an unprecedented challenge, and Making Contakt, directed by Ali Demirel and edited by Niamh Guckian, captures it all, from the high anxiety of the pre-show hurdles to the high spirits of the crowds as it all comes together.
Out this week, the soundtrack to Making Contakt spans lithe, housey grooves, peak-time grinders, and everything in between, featuring cuts and remixes from Heartthrob, Cybersonic, JPLS, Marc Houle, Bryan Zentz, Click Box, Monkey B, Fabrizio Maurizi, Barem, Marco Carola, the Selph, Alex Under, and Hawtin himself. Check out a preview of the film, and get the soundtrack from the Beatport player below.
