play loud! productions is proud to announce that the documentary film  REVEREND BILLY & THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING (by Dietmar Post & Lucía Palacios, USA, SPAIN, GER 2002)  will be playing as a loop at Galerie Axel Obiger.  Opening February 25th at 7 PM Exhibition February 26th - March 19th 2011 Watch the trailer to the documentary film here: DVD copies will be for sale at the gallery. http://www.playloud.org/revbilly.html More info at Galerie Axel Obiger Brunnenstraße 29 D-10119 Berlin +49 30 / 76 23 63 76 +49 178 / 60 72 216 www.axelobiger.com

aus: DreckSack. Lesbare Zeitschrift für Literatur, November 2010, Heft 1, 1. Jahrgang,  Webpage

http://soundsxp.com/artman2/publish/special/Monks_DVD_Transatlantic_feedback.shtml Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback  A Film By Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios Article written by  Kev O  - Dec 19, 2010 monks: The Transatlantic Feedback In 1966 five former-GIs living in Germany walked into a recording studio in Köln and produced a record that was a true ‘one-off’, music that seemed to come out of nowhere and which still has resonance today: it was ‘Black Monk Time’ by Monks. ‘The Transatlantic Feedback’ – now available for the first time in the UK as an official release (although it was originally released in 2008, when it won the Adolf Grimme Award) - tells the story of Monks, in their own words, with clips from the time: from their genesis, to revelation, to diaspora and the second coming. It’s a very human story – funny, sad, and triumphant – about how five ordinary guys came to make, albeit briefly, extraordinary music, far away and unheard of in their hom...

Die Beatles sind was für Großmütter, die Rolling Stones gehören ins Museum! Mit dieser Ansage mischten The Monks 1965 den deutschen Musikmarkt auf. Fünf amerikanische GIs verkleidet als Mönche, gecastet von Werbern, sollten den Sound der Zukunft kreieren. Der Plan ging auf - doch die Band scheiterte.  Von Benjamin Maack Die Teenager schauen verunsichert in Richtung Bühne. Eigentlich sind sie hier, um sich zur Musik zu bewegen, um im "Beat Club", der ersten Musiksendung für Jugendliche im deutschen Fernsehen, ausgelassene Disco-Atmosphäre für die TV-Kameras zu verbreiten. Doch das Quintett, das da am 16. Juli 1966 aufspielt, ist anders als alles, was sie kennen. Wie Hühner auf der Stange stehen die Musiker nebeneinander am Bühnenrand - selbst der Drummer, der bei normalen Bands im Hintergrund sein Instrument bedient. Und der Sänger, der damals in den meisten Musikgruppen der Star war? Steht hier rechts am Rand. So als wäre er kein bisschen bedeutender als die anderen, als w...

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Monday, October 4, 2010 Floating di Morel “Said My Say” ( play loud! )   Like a classy Suicide (the band, not the act of desperation) these cats present minimal, chilling music, but wear ties and sweep the warehouse before inviting you over for a bizarre ultra-underground concert.

Monday, October 4, 2010 Doc Schoko “schlecht dran/gut drauf” ( Play Loud !) Opening with a killer psychobilly number, made more psycho but the guttural, Teutonic blurtings (Germany, your language sounds harsh and ominous to us no matter what you are saying….sorry!) this becomes one of the most diverse, all over the board rock  ‘n’ roll albums I’ve heard in a while, with punk, cowboy music, lo fi psychedelia, spoken  word soundscape stuff and more!  And despite not knowing German, I’m pretty sure the phrase “Oktopus Im Pentagramm” is fucked up! http://roctoberreviews.blogspot.com/2010/10/doc-schoko-schlecht-drangut-drauf.html

"The incredible research, intelligent interviews, and excellent editing make this film a must see." (Jake Austen about "The Transatlantic Feedback") "This is one of the best tribute albums I have ever heard."  (Jake Austen about "Silver Monk Time" Double Tribute CD) Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Monks – the transatlantic feedback a film by dietmar post & lucia palacios DVD, Silver Monk Time - a tribute to the monks CD ( Play Loud! ) Despite a British Beatles boost, garage rock is thoroughly American…in fact garages themselves are pretty damn American; politicians don’t promise chickens in every pot and cars in every driveway, because they knew Americans wanted to have to move their automobile so their teenage sons can practice “Louie Louie.”  Thus it’s no surprise that when Americans heard the mind-blowing proto-punk music made by the mid-60s, German-based American ex-soldiers the monks it immediately registered on this side of the...