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Artist...: Oxbow
Title....: Luxury of the Empire

Release..: Mai-14-2012

Genre....: experimental, noise rock, avant-garde
Label....: FlowerSkull

Source...: DVD9
Size.....: 7.67 GB
Playtime.: 211 min

Video....: UNTOUCHED
Bitrate..: UNTOUCHED

Audio....: AC3 Stereo @ 192kbps
Ripped...: -

Notes: Hardcoded French subs on track 1.



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| X | 01.    The Luxury Of Empire (By Mariexxme)    55:30   | X |
| X | 02.    Still Before (By Manuel Liebskind)     89:32   | X |
| X | 03.    Live In Paris (By Mariexxme)           66:03   | X |

r e l e a s e . n o t e s

This DVD, filmed on Oxbow's European tour of 2009 and
which coincided with their 20th anniversary follows the
seminal band as they tour alone for the first time in
many years.
The three complimentary parts give a rare 360  glimpse
of the front and backstage realities of touring with an
uncompromising independent band. Mariexxme's lush documentary
"The Luxury of Empire", filmed on the French leg of the
tour offers an intimate portrait of a band in full
artistic maturity. It sees them undergoing the daily trials
of touring with grace and provides sometimes touching
and humorous insights into an otherwise mysterious band.
The film's dark, cinematic aesthetic was inspired by
the atmosphere of Oxbow's recent work. It echoes its
title and is interlaced with live performances and candid
interviews in which the band peel away the layers of their
processes and which bring the viewer as close as it's
possible to get to a band without being in it.
By contrast ,The band's long time sound engineer,
Manuel Liebeskind's film "Still Before"  is a road diary
filmed entirely on an iPhone and covers the entire tour.
It widens the cast introducing many more of the behind-the-scenes
players involved in making such a tour happen.
Much more raw in its style and making use of still photos
as links between scenes, its loose, convivial style juxtaposes
perfectly with the first film.
The final piece is the live performance in Paris, filmed in
its entirety. Impressive in its execution, it serves as a document
of the culmination of all the work and energy expended in the
two accompanying films.
A delight to watch for anyone, whether familiar with the subject
or not, but for a fan of Oxbow, an invaluable addition to the collection.


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