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"...suprising comprehensive, conveyed intelligently and fairly." - The Miami Herald, Winter Music Edition
"...clear-eyed, riveting look at the culture, its creators, and its history." - Dallas Observer
"...accurately captures some of the moments and feelings we were all experiencing..." - BPM|DJ Mixed
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DVD is ALL REGION - running time 60 min.
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This comprehensive documentary
chronicles the underground rave culture in Southern California, one of its
first American strongholds. With roots in a tribal past, this movement attempts
to format the future of a truly global community by combining elements of
electronic and percussive music, thepsychedelic imagination, and mass dancing.
From warehouses to mountain retreats to the deserts of the Mojave, an unseen
world comes into clear focus; with kinetic camera work and candid interviews,
this slice of visual anthropology probes the underbelly of a worldwide subculture
with the help of some of electronic music's most acclaimed DJs.
Certainly, this is not the first documentary about the rave scene. "Better
Living Through Circuitry", released several years ago, used a similar approach
of party footage, interviews and music to try to convey what the underground
dance scene is all about. For any director, a documentary of this type is
a difficult task. Looking from the outside in, raving appears little more
than kids dancing around a record player. Many partiers rightly argue that
raving is something that has to be experienced to be understood. Interviews
can go a long ways in explaining the underground dance scene, but alone
they do not convey the magic, the vibe that has drawn youth from around
the world into this culture. Although it is a global culture, it is Synergy's
focus on the California scene, specifically the Moontribe desert parties
in Southern California, that sets it apart from the other productions that
attempt a more world-wide approach. It is these small tribes in specific
geographic areas that make the scene so unique. It is the people making
the parties themselves, creating their own scene out of nothing, that makes
this scene so positive and friendly. By focusing on the people,music, DJs
and promoters of a specific geographical scene, the essence of raving is
more thoroughly understood. Synergy is shot almost entirely on 16mm film,
giving the outdoor scenes a beautiful cinematic quality that is completely
absent in other documentaries of this type. Clearly, there are magic moments
captured. People cheering on the first rays of the desert sunrise after
dancing through the night, the dramatic live performance on the steps of
the Los Angeles federal building, the dancers spontaneously forming the
circle as the last song of the morning is played. It's these moments when
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"SYNERGY:
Visions of Vibe" is a comprehensive documentary chronicling the underground
rave culture in Southern California, one of its first American strongholds.
With roots in a tribal past, this movement attempts to format the future
of a truly global community by combining elements of electronic/percussive
music, the psychedelic imagination, and mass dancing.
From warehouses, to mountain retreats, to the deserts of the Mojave, "SYNERGY: Visions of Vibe" brings
an unseen world into clear focus. With kinetic camera work and candid interviews, this slice of
visual anthropology probes the underbelly of a worldwide subculture with the help of some of
electronic music's most acclaimed DJs, a technomusicologist, and a county sheriff.
Shot primarily on 16mm film, "SYNERGY: Visions of Vibe" is both a moving entertainment
experience and an intimate portrait of a modern counter-culture that follows its own
electronically induced beat.
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Interviews with Carl Cox, Orbital, Sven Vath, Jonathon More of Coldcut, Sandra Collins, Daniel of Moontribe, DRC, Jason Bentley, Don Smithivas, and Sheriff Robert Moquin.
Featuring the music of Clifford Gilberto, Kenneth Graham, Sven Vath, Electric Skychurch, Prana, Single Cell Orchestra, DRC, DJ SS, Bomb the Bass, Galaxy and more.
Directed, Shot, and Edited by Valerian Bennett
Produced by Michael Abbott and Lee Supercinski.
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The Pulse
Carl Cox gives us a taste of how it all began.
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The Psychedelic Imagination
Jonathon More, Jason Bentley, and Sven Vath extole the virtues of personal discovery.
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The Gathering
DRC, technomusicologist Don Smithivas, Orbital and Sandra Collins dream out loud.
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