LOVE IS THE MESSAGE
LOVE IS THE MESSAGE
The Parade Documentary
Moby, Paul van Dyk, Sven Väth, Westbam, Dr. Motte, Marusha, Kid Paul, Cosmic Baby, Tanith, Clé, John Acquaviva, Richi Hawtin, Saba Komossa and many more..
script: Thomas Grube
directed by: Thomas Grube
cameraa: Michael Mieke, Sven Müller
sound: Andreas Prescher
montage: Carsten Becker
original music: Mixed by DJ Kid Paul, K-Hand, Sven Väth, Moby and many more
producer: Thomas Grube (Memphis Productions)
coproduced with: Stefan Mathieu (Scan TV)
DVD and Soundtrack (CD) 'LOVE IS THE MESSAGE' distributed by Stud!oK7/ Roughtrade (Germany and Japan)
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LOVE IS THE MESSAGE
The Parade Documentary
Berlin 1989 – 1994 :: Back to the roots
The ‘Parade Documentaries’ LOVE IS THE MESSAGE (techno edition) und THE MOVEMENT IS THE MESSAGE (housy edition) show the most imposing images of the love parades of the years 1990-94. As 150 folk took part in the first love parade on Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm in 1989, no one guessed that in 1999 more than a million of them would celebrate its 10th anniversary.
In 1995 the Kurfürstendamm, though historically significant, became too small a setting for this techno carnival. The carnival’s continual growth is one reason for looking back at the spirit originally behind it. The nights and parties before and after it seemed to be endless and were held on the Loveboat, in legendary clubs like Tresor and E-Werk, in swimming pools and in the chill-out park during the day or even at night. The film shows the parade and all parties and chill-outs at the start of the movement, which in 1995 drew more than 100,000 partygoers from all over the world....the message is love!
This film enables viewers to get the feel of a whole generation by focussing on the music and parties. Early DJs and love-parade activists speak pithily about the event. Among them are Sven Väth, Westbam, Kid Paul, Marusha, Paul von Dyk, Moby, John Acquaviva, Cle, Dr. Motte and Cosmic Baby. There are also designers like Next Guru Now or 3000 and the techno radio station Kiss FM, and there are party activists like organisers from E-Werk, Unity, Tresor, Interference, Love Nation, Loveboat and Dubmission.
Already in 1987, at the age of 16, DJ Kid Paul was musically active at the start of the techno- and house-movement. He has grooved on over the years and is responsible for the film’s unmistakeable soundtrack. The film as a whole is a unique historical document about the musically most influential European youth movement of the 90s and the world’s biggest party.
The film also features K Hand, Speedy, Felix Da Housecat, The Mighty Dubcats, Jaydee, Master Mind, YO3 and others. The greatest love parade hymns from the first five years of the event are available throughout Europe on a CD accompanying the film.
