VILLALOBOS

Romuald Karmakar | D 2009 | 110 min.

Material: HDV
Format: DigiBeta
Original language: German

Camera: Benedict Neuenf
els, Romuald Karmakar, Katja Sambeth Editing: Robert Thomann, Karin Nowarra
Sound: Marco Krüger, Frank Hellwig, Katrin Berk
Musik: Ricardo Villalobos

With Ricardo Villalobos

Production: Pantera Film
Print/Sales: Pantera Film

www.romuald-karmakar.de

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Ricardo Villalobos is a major figure on the European electronic music scene. As a recording artist, he's released dozens of singles, seven albums and four mix collections. As a producer, he's remixed tracks for artists such as Beck, Depeche Mode, Plastikman, Senor Coconut and the KLF. And as a DJ, he's manned the decks at some of the world's leading electronic music festivals and is known for his intelligent, broadly eclectic style. Filmmaker Romuald Karmakar, who had directed two feature-length documentaries on the history and culture of electronic music, offers a profile of one of the genre's leading artists with Villalobos. Rather than just creating a biographical sketch or a performance film, Karmakar attempts to give viewers an insight into Villalobos' creative process, his philosophy towards his music and his work, how his background has informed his art, and how his interaction with the audience informs his selections during a DJ set in unexpected ways. – Mark Deming

Romuald Karmakar was born in 1965 in Wiesbaden, and now lives in Berlin. He owes his French citizenship to a multi-ethnic family background, and he completed military service in France from 1987-1988, producing his first internationally successful short film Coup de Boule (1987) during this time. In 1994 he founded the production company Pantera Film. He lives and works in Berlin.

Films (selection): 2009 Villalobos | 2006 Hamburger Lektionen | 2005 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 2003 Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder | 2002 196 bpm | 2000 Das Himmler-Projekt | 1995 Der Totmacher | 1992 Warheads

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