Music Film Archive
In December 2015, Dublin label Little Gem Records marked its first anniversary. We spoke with founder Andy Walsh and filmed a performance by ¡No!, bringing the label's story and one of its bands into the same short film.
Imperio is the project of Anna Taulés. Accompanied by Barbacoa, she performs “El desencant” from Trilogía del Desamor in footage shot on 16mm between Dublin and Berlin in 2015 and 2016.
Ana Paula Santana works with voice, breath, and machine, while Concepción Huerta builds sound from tape and field recordings. This collaborative film brings their practices into the same audiovisual space.
We visited Adrián de Alfonso's rehearsal room while he was preparing Matanzas (Crammed Discs, 2019). The resulting short documentary closes with a performance of “Cantos al Aral Menguante,” filmed at Castalian Spring in Berlin.
Recorded during the first OCTUBRE.TV x CODEX CLUB collaboration at Loophole, Berlin, this film documents Ale Hop's live audiovisual set. The Peruvian artist combines electronics, noise, and image in a tightly constructed performance.
Ubaldo is the solo project of Andreu G. Serra. Recorded in Berlin, “Receptacles” moves through acoustic drone, ambient texture, and restless guitar.
This recap of Milhões de Festa 2014 moves between Jambinai, The Comet Is Coming, and Young Magic. The film follows the contrast between strings, psychedelic jazz, and electronic pop across the festival.
Nearly twenty voices gather in a Berlin park to perform “Quédate” with Imperio. The song introduced an album released by OCTUBRE.TV Ediciones in 2022.
LAWNS, Joe Green, Tobias Humble, and Ben Lubin, perform material from the EP Fine at Castalian Spring in Berlin. The session was recorded in June 2021.
In 2021, Fur Voice invited OCTUBRE.TV to a Barcelona home to record “Slow Dance,” an unreleased track left off Passion Tuning (Amén Discos, 2022). Analog synthesizers, drum machines, and layered voices shape the session.
Recorded at arkaoda, Berlin, in January 2020, Concentration perform “Dead Men Don't Rape.” The track appears on I'm Not What I Was, released by Avon Terror Corps.
SKY perform “Devils,” a dark electronic ballad from the album p r e y (Baby Satan Records). Recorded in Berlin, the session is built from beats, blurred voices, and slowly shifting pads.
Berlin-based British musician Scar Polish performs “The Stomach Room,” recorded after the EP Science Friction. Psychedelic rock, glitch, and off-centre pop structures meet in the session.
Ana Paula Santana works with voice, breath, and machine, while Concepción Huerta builds sound from tape and field recordings. This collaborative film brings their practices into the same audiovisual space.
Nearly twenty voices gather in a Berlin park to perform “Quédate” with Imperio. The song introduced an album released by OCTUBRE.TV Ediciones in 2022.
LAWNS, Joe Green, Tobias Humble, and Ben Lubin, perform material from the EP Fine at Castalian Spring in Berlin. The session was recorded in June 2021.
In 2021, Fur Voice invited OCTUBRE.TV to a Barcelona home to record “Slow Dance,” an unreleased track left off Passion Tuning (Amén Discos, 2022). Analog synthesizers, drum machines, and layered voices shape the session.
We visited Adrián de Alfonso's rehearsal room while he was preparing Matanzas (Crammed Discs, 2019). The resulting short documentary closes with a performance of “Cantos al Aral Menguante,” filmed at Castalian Spring in Berlin.
Recorded at arkaoda, Berlin, in January 2020, Concentration perform “Dead Men Don't Rape.” The track appears on I'm Not What I Was, released by Avon Terror Corps.
SKY perform “Devils,” a dark electronic ballad from the album p r e y (Baby Satan Records). Recorded in Berlin, the session is built from beats, blurred voices, and slowly shifting pads.
Berlin-based British musician Scar Polish performs “The Stomach Room,” recorded after the EP Science Friction. Psychedelic rock, glitch, and off-centre pop structures meet in the session.
Indiscreet Jewels perform “Šatër” in a Berlin session built around slow-moving electronic repetition and spatial depth.
Hyper Opal, formerly known as Sparkle-Motion, perform “Anagram” in Berlin ahead of its release on a forthcoming EP.
Barcelona duo Feed Your Demons, formed by volta x suite and Fledermaus, combine electronics, dub, psychedelia, and dance-music structures. “Final de Ruta” is staged through television noise, chroma key, and green spray.
After performing at OCTUBRE.TV x CODEX CLUB #2 at Loophole, BUNGALOVV and Tatiana Couco recorded a live set in an empty Berlin flat. Both artists were connected to T R R U E N O, a Buenos Aires artists collective.
Bad Hammer layer analog and digital textures around “Lovezone”, a track from Extended Play. Recorded in Castalian Spring (Berlin).
Recorded in the band's Friedrichshain rehearsal space, Able Bodies perform “Hin und Her,” a post-punk track later included on a Baby Satan Records compilation.
Recorded during the first OCTUBRE.TV x CODEX CLUB collaboration at Loophole, Berlin, this film documents Ale Hop's live audiovisual set. The Peruvian artist combines electronics, noise, and image in a tightly constructed performance.
Ubaldo is the solo project of Andreu G. Serra. Recorded in Berlin, “Receptacles” moves through acoustic drone, ambient texture, and restless guitar.
During their 2018 European tour, The Orielles met OCTUBRE.TV in Berlin to perform “Liminal Spaces.” The session captures the band's connection to pop and 1990s US alternative music.
A conversation with The Orielles in Berlin during their 2018 European tour. This interview accompanies the session for “Liminal Spaces.”
Filmed during the first date of Negative Gemini's 2018 European tour, this short film combines an interview with a live version of “Infin Path” from the EP Bad Baby. Filmed at the Kantine am Berghain, Berlin. Interview by Monique Poirier.
Berlin band Jealous perform “Sharp Bones. Broken Claws” at Castalian Spring. Fuzzed guitars, noise, glam, and punk frame the session.
MATTOKÌND invited OCTUBRE.TV to their Berlin studio to film “Slumber,” from the debut EP Scenescape. Bubbling synthesizers, shifting electronic rhythms, and granular textures give the track its drowsy pace.
This short documentary follows Neta Polturak through Berlin, her musical beginnings, and her relationship with the city. It closes with a live version of “American Horror,” recorded at Noize Fabrik.
Berlin-based artist Dane Joe reworks “Wicked Game” with Neta Polturak. Recorded ahead of the EP Obsessions and Distractions, the session marked OCTUBRE.TV's first collaboration with Baby Satan Records.
Aemong, the duo of Yu Ching Huang and Henrique Cuba, work across noise pop, and krautrock. This Berlin session captures a previously unreleased track.
A.D. Mana moves between synth-pop and post-punk. Recorded in Berlin in 2018, “Aggregates” was filmed ahead of its appearance on the artist's forthcoming LP.
volta x suite preview material from a forthcoming album in a short session filmed at Asociación Freedonia in Barcelona.
Fledermaus is the dance-synth project of Samuel Valls, formerly a booker at Lupita. “Mi último cumpleaños” was filmed at Asociación Freedonia in Barcelona in 2017.
Barcelona group Doble Pletina perform “Tenemos Lagos” in an OCTUBRE.TV room session. The song pairs understated pop writing with the close scale of the recording.
CICCONE is the music project of Diego Delgado. This performance at Sala Hiroshima accompanied by Volta x Suite.
Imperio is the project of Anna Taulés. Accompanied by Barbacoa, she performs “El desencant” from Trilogía del Desamor in footage shot on 16mm between Dublin and Berlin in 2015 and 2016.
Alberto Montero performs “Tormenta Circular” in a living-room session recorded in Barcelona. The track appears on Arco Mediterráneo (BCore, 2015).
In December 2015, Dublin label Little Gem Records marked its first anniversary. We spoke with founder Andy Walsh and filmed a performance by ¡No!, bringing the label's story and one of its bands into the same short film.
Arturo Bastón builds a film for Alppine's “Impro” from found footage, montage, and rhythmic repetition. The piece translates the track's improvised structure into a shifting visual sequence.
Filmmaking studio No-Domain responds to Royal Dust, an album by Venezuelan artist Miguel Toro featuring Aérea Negrot, Ricardo Villalobos, and Paul Frick. The film moves between industrial and organic imagery without following a conventional music-video structure.
This recap of Milhões de Festa 2014 moves between Jambinai, The Comet Is Coming, and Young Magic. The film follows the contrast between strings, psychedelic jazz, and electronic pop across the festival.
Hiro Kone is the alias of New York producer Nicky Mao. Built from modular synthesis, field recordings, noise, and live electronics, this session centres on the physical movement between rhythm and texture.
Barbacoa is the project of Barcelona songwriter Jordi Colombi. In this living-room session, voice and guitar are joined by Margarida Mariño on cello.
Danish trio Papir perform “IIII.I” at Milhões de Festa 2013 in Barcelos. The wider festival chronicle also includes fragments of Za!, Eyehategod, Egyptian Hip Hop, and other artists.
Recorded on a warm night at Milhões de Festa 2013 in Barcelos, Mikal Cronin performs “Change.”
Barcelona duo Matrimonio perform “Ya me gustaría” in an OCTUBRE.TV studio session, ahead of their first release through Snap! Clap! Club.
While Violeta Vil were in Barcelona for Primavera Sound, OCTUBRE.TV invited the band to the house to perform “Carne,” from their split release with Prisma en Llamas on Discos Walden.
Linda Mirada brings synth-pop songwriting and electronic rhythm to this session recorded in Barcelona.
Galician punk band Telephones Rouges perform “Ei Meu” at Sidecar in Barcelona.
Recorded at Milhões de Festa 2012, this film centres on Youthless, Lüger, and Meneo. Produced in collaboration with Tuttifrutti Mag, it combines festival footage with short interviews.
Mac DeMarco performs “Ode to Viceroy” at Primavera Club in Barcelona in 2012. The film combines live footage with a short interview recorded before the performance.
Lucrecia Dalt performs “Waste of Shame” from Commotus (Human Ear Music, 2012) in an intimate Barcelona session.
Julia Holter performs “Four Gardens” from Ekstasis. Recorded at Sidecar in Barcelona in 2012, the film also includes an interview.
Swedish duo I Break Horses perform at Primavera Sound in Barcelona in 2012. The recording captures the overlap between electronics, dream pop, and shoegaze in their live set.
Dolores perform “Ruido Blanco” at Let’s Festival in Barcelona in March 2012.
Recorded around Primavera Sound 2012, this short film follows the festival between Barcelona and Porto. Lower Dens, Dirty Beaches, Veronica Falls, Thee Oh Sees, and other artists reflect on touring, performance, and the experience of the event.
Portland trio Blouse perform “Into Black” at Circolo degli Artisti in Rome, at the end of a European tour in 2012. The track's synth-led dream pop is captured in a direct live recording.
Bleached perform at Primavera Sound in Barcelona in 2012. The band bring garage rock and melodic pop together in a brief festival portrait.
Triángulo de Amor Bizarro perform “Clara,” later released as the closing track on Victoria Mística (Mushroom Pillow, 2013), at Primavera Club 2012. Distorted guitars and spatial synthesizers push the song between shoegaze and krautrock.
Estonian artist and producer Maria Minerva performs at Emergència! in Barcelona in 2012. “Mad Girl's Love Song” appears on Will Happiness Find Me (Not Not Fun, 2012).
At a special LiveSoundtracks programme during MUTEK Barcelona, Lucrecia Dalt performs a live score for Werner Herzog's Lessons of Darkness. The recording places her music in direct dialogue with the film.
A concise recap of Primavera Sound 2011 in Barcelona, bringing together fragments from several performances across the festival programme.
Manchester band Milk Maid perform in an apartment in Poble Sec, Barcelona in 2011.
Recorded at Milhões de Festa in Barcelos in July 2011, this festival film brings together Foot Village, Dirty Beaches, Liars, Vivian Girls, Shit and Shine, Electrelane, and other artists from the programme.
John Maus performs alone at Primavera Club in Barcelona in 2011. Voice, backing tracks, and a deliberately reduced stage setup turn the constraints of the format into part of the performance.
Barcelona trio Der Ventilator perform “Vorwerk” at Sala Moog in Barcelona in 2011. The recording follows the band’s compact noise rock through repetition, distortion, and a direct rhythm section.
During a European tour in 2011, A Place to Bury Strangers stopped at Sidecar in Barcelona. “Dead Beat” captures the band's dense blend of noise rock and shoegaze on the venue's small stage.
Triángulo de Amor Bizarro perform “El culto al cargo, o como hacer llegar el objeto maravilloso” at Festival microFusa in Barcelona on 1 July 2010. The recording captures the band's fast, distorted noise rock at close range.
Valetudo, a group from A Coruña active in the early 2000s, perform in a session recorded in Barcelona in 2019. Their music places pop songwriting alongside post-rock dynamics and extended instrumental textures.