Synaesthesia
Midnight Juggernauts
See the sound of music at ACMI.
Midnight Juggernauts, the globe-storming Victorian dance rock trio, have more than a little cinema in their sound. The Los Angeles Times described their music as "David Bowie's deadpan landscapes" combined with "Giorgio Moroder's slasher-flick disco," while music blog Loud and Quiet said they were "one part cosmic prog and countless parts an atmospheric film score for an epic David Lynch space feature."
Besides pelvis-shattering beats, Midnight Juggernauts deliver an atmosphere so thick you can almost taste it - an atmosphere that reminds us of the awesome sensory immersion that is the moving image experience. So not bring these two worlds together? Why not put these very cinematic musicians in a movie theatre, and see what new art form explodes out of the space?
As part of 2011 Melbourne Music Week, we are proud to present Midnight Juggernauts play Look At Life, an evening where music and film get together and have amazing cross-artform babies. From 1959 until 1969, Britain's Rank Organisation commissioned dozens of newsreels reflecting the life of the time. The series, called Look at Life, chronicled everything from the dawn of the jet age to new advances in science to the style of the swinging 60s. Next Fri 25 Nov at 8pm, Midnight Juggernauts will appear in the ACMI cinema and create a live soundtrack in situ, giving these retro futuristic films a mind-blowing electro rock makeover.
Also coming to ACMI as part of Melbourne Music Week is Playing Under the Influence, a series featuring your favourite local musos discussing their favourite films. Want to know how Mick Harvey feels about the swinging sixties jazz flick All Night Long? Or why Tim Rogers loves the 1962 cult classic Billy Liar? What Henry Wagons sees in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man? Or why Midnight Juggernauts get feverish about Dawn of the Dead? Trace the subterranean links between the film world and Melbourne's thriving music scene music with this fascinating once-only talks series.
Published Friday, 18 November 2011
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