Play Loud! Productions
| play loud! productions | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios |
| Genre | direct cinema, underground, rock, electronic, dvd |
| Country of origin |  USA /  Germany |
| Location | New York / Berlin |
| Official Website | www.playloud.org |
play loud! productions is a Berlin-based film production company and film and music label, founded in 1997 in New York by filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios. Out of New York play loud! got involved in the production of several award winning documentary films, such as, Wall Street: A Film about Money by Thomas Schadt, The Nomi Song by Andrew Horn, Das Netz (The Net) by Lutz Dammbeck, La Espalda del Mundo by Javier Corcuera and Walker Evans by Reiner Holzemer. Their own films, such as, Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film), monks - the transatlantic feedback and Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows have been acclaimed world wide. Since 2002 the play loud! office is based in former East-Berlin (Germany). Similar to many writers and musicians, such as, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Can, Kraftwerk, Faust, ESP, Ton Steine Scherben, Dead Kennedys, EA 80, Einstürzende Neubauten, SST, Frederick Wiseman, and others play loud! productions releases their films on their own film and music label. Critics have called Post and Palacios the German counterpart to the American Direct Cinema directors D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.[1]
In 2008 Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios received the prestigious Adolf-Grimme Awards.
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[edit] Filmography (Production)
- 1996 - Bowl of Oatmeal (USA) (production and distribution)
- 1998 - Cloven Hoofed (USA, Germany, Spain) (production and distribution)
- 2002 - Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film) (USA, Germany, Spain) (production and distribution)
- 2002 - Turtle Monkey (Germany, USA) (production)
- 2004 - The Nomi Song (Germany) (line production)
- 2006 - monks - the transatlantic feedback (USA, Germany, Spain) (production and distribution)
- 2009 - A Summer Evening with Floating di Morel (Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution)
- 2009 - Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm (Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution)
- 2009 - Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows (Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution)
- 2010 - Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival (Germany, Spain, USA) (production and distribution)
- 2011 - Gebrueder Teichmann: Live at Maria (Germany, Spain)
- 2012 - Los Colonos del Caudillo (Franco's Settlers) (Germany, Spain) (in production)
[edit] Discography (Label) (DVD, CD, VINYL 12" & 7", DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OR STREAMING)
[edit] 2006
- (pl-01) (single 7") higgle-dy piggle-dy / monk time - The Fall/Alec Empire
- (pl-02) (double CD/DOWNLOAD) silver monk time - a tribute to the monks (compilation)
[edit] 2007
- (pl-03) (CD/LP) monks demo tapes 1965 - monks (w/Munster Records)
[edit] 2008
- (pl-04) (DVD 9) monks - the transatlantic feedback - a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
[edit] 2009
- (pl-05) (single 7") complication / oh, how to do now - monks (first official re-issue of the original 1966 Polydor single)
- (pl-06) (LP/DOWNLOAD) said my say - Floating di Morel
- (pl-07) (LP/DOWNLOAD) schlecht dran / gut drauf - Doc Schoko
- (pl-08) (single 7"/DOWNLOAD) drunken maria / monk chant - Gossip / The Raincoats
- (pl-09) (DOWNLOAD) more memory than now - Floating di Morel
- (pl-10) (DOWNLOAD) takna, pakna, g(k)ram... - Floating di Morel
- (pl-11) (DOWNLOAD) real people psych - Floating di Morel
- (pl-12) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) A Summer Evening with Floating di Morel, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
- (pl-13) (DOWNLOAD) einen gegen - Doc Schoko
- (pl-14) (DOWNLOAD) tränen + wölkchen ep - Doc Schoko
- (pl-15) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
[edit] 2010
- (pl-16) (DOWNLOAD) "ø" - Baseline (band)
- (pl-17) (DOWNLOAD) estado líquido - Baseline (band)
- (pl-18) (DVD 9) Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows together with Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival, two films by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
- (pl-19) (DVD 9/DOWNLOAD) Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival together with Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows, two films by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
- (pl-20) (single 7") so far / it's a bit of pain - Faust (band) (first official re-issue of the original 1972 Polydor single)
[edit] 2011
- (pl-21) (STREAMING VIDEO OR AUDIO DOWNLOAD) Gebrueder Teichmann: Live at Maria (Germany, Spain), a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- http://www.playloud.org/ Official site
- http://www.myspace.com/playloudproductions Official myspace
- Discogs' discography
