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| Directed by | A.C. Johner |
| Produced by | A.C. Johner |
Production companies | Federation of Earth and Keyframe-Entertainment |
Electronic Awakening is a 2012[1] American documentary film,[2] which investigates the spiritual history of electronic music culture. Told from an ethnographic perspective, the film explores the international Electronic Dance Music (EDM) phenomenon as the re-emergence of shamanic ritual.[3] In addition to interviewing people whose lives were changed by the claimed transcendent experiences on the dancefloor, anthropologist and film’s creator AC Johner ponders the cause of this mind-altering effect and suggests that the repetitive, mathematically perfect rhythms and oscillations of EDM have the power to create a communal hive mind. It is one of the first full-length documentary to uncover the spiritual and transformational elements of EDM culture as a central theme.[4]
Production
Filming began in August 2006 in the form of university research, under a grant from Appalachian State University. The first footage collected were recorded interviews for director AC Johner’s[5] thesis work in anthropology. With growing popularity of EDM and the collected research, filming continued over a period of 5 years featuring such Transformational festivals as Burning Man, Earthdance, Boom Festival, and Shambala Festival. By the start of post production over 200 hours of footage had been collected, 100 of which were formal interviews.
Post production
Post-production involved collaboration with Advanced Multimedia Operatives (AMMO), Julian Reyes of Keyframe-Entertainment joining as an executive producer, and Drew Martinez of Beechwood Cottage Films as editor. All editing, on-line, titles and effects were utilizing Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Motion.
Release
Electronic Awakening premiered at Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California, in March 2012. While never given an official theatrical release it quickly gained popularity [6] within the electronic music community spawning independent screenings of the film at raves and music festivals all over the world.[7] The film was released world-wide on Video-on-Demand through Gravitas Ventures on December 21, 2012.
Cast
- Daniel Pinchbeck
- Alex Grey
- Ken Kesey
- Goa Gil
- Terence McKenna
- Erik Davis
- Starhawk
- Dr. Robin Sylvan
Soundtrack
References
- ^ "Electronic Awakening Website".
- ^ "Electronic Awakening IMDB (2011)".
- ^ "Digital Shamans and spiritual technologies, Pique News Magazine, December 08, 2011".
- ^ "ELECTRONIC AWAKENING: EMERGENCE OF THE NEO-TRIBAL COMMUNITY, Matador Network, August 23, 2012".
- ^ "AC Johner articles".
- ^ "Electronic Awakening screenings".
- ^ "Synergy, Sound and the Sacred: Documenting Transformational DJ Culture".
