Groove

A total filmmaking madness that attempts to document a techno/rave/hardcore party in the middle of the American music jungle at the turn of the millennium. What’s definitely interesting about this movie is the storytelling value which – quite exemplarily – points out a whole range of moments that have happened to everybody who has ever attended a similar event, whether as a DJ or as a visitor, whether they were high (majority), drunk (majority) or completely sober (minority). The music is quite rough, uncompromising and it doesn’t care about anybody. The entire movie is basically boasting about how edgy the music is, but in the end, John Digweed comes out to perform his best and also his only melodic song that’s on a completely different level than the rest of the movie. The underground isn’t as obvious in today’s events, but those who experienced that era will certainly find a certain fetish in it. I give it three stars. I didn’t get to see such a brutal underground, but I like that someone wanted to capture a certain time period that is worth reminiscing about. (22/11/2016)