http://www.hallucinet.com/cleopatra/ravefilm.html Cleopatra Pictures Treatment : Rave, An Electronica Documentary It's 1997, and electronic dance music is arriving in America in a big way. The scene's been raging in Europe for at least a decade, and has long had a loyal underground following here in the States, but only now are bands like the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and Underworld beginning to muscle their way onto the charts. Unfortunately, much of what the public hears about the movement is negative: we're told of drug fueled raves where violence occasionally breaks out, and we're given an image of the music as strictly machine-made, devoid of passion. It's this kind of misinformation that Cleopatra Pictures aims to correct with its feature-length documentary, tentatively entitled Rave, which will present electronic music -- AKA Electronica -- and its fans in a positive light, with all the passion and energy intact. As in the early days of Punk and New Wave, this is the time when legends are being born. Rave is going to be there as it happens. The film will begin by taking a look back. It will identify Electronica's pioneers -- artists like Brian Eno and Kraftwerk -- who as far back as the 1960s were laying the groundwork for the electronic culture that eventually developed. It will also trace the evolution of dance culture and show how the DJ has been transformed from an anonymous record-spinner into his current role as sound innovator, using his palette of high-tech gear to create a seemingly endless variety of electronic genres ranging from acid jazz to dub to drum n' bass. Broadening the scope of the film will be an exploration of Electronica's [73 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=3185439&hilit=RAVE+RAVES> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&3227112 Score: 88 Subject: LA 420 desert