Elektro Moskva

Elektro Moskva (2013)

Электро Москва

The Secret History of Soviet Space-Age Electronic Music

Elektro Moskva is an essayistic documentary about the Soviet electronic age and its legacy. The story begins with the inventor of the world's first electronic instrument, Leon Theremin, unveiling the KGB's huge pile of fascinating devices, some of which were musical. They all came into existence as a by-product of a rampant defense industry. Nowadays, those aged and abandoned 'musical coffins', as solidly made as a Kalashnikov, are being recycled and reinterpreted by the post-Soviet generations of musicians, sound collectors and circuit benders. The story of the Soviet synthesizers as an allegory to the everyday life under the Soviet system: nothing works, but you have to make the best out of it. An electronic fairy tale about the inventive spirit of the free mind inside the iron curtain- and beyond.

Date of release
2013-06-12
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Director
Elena Tikhonova, Dominik Spritzendorfer

Casting

Interesting facts

Elektro Moskva is a 2013 Austrian music documentary film directed and written by Elena Tikhonova and Dominik Spritzendorfer. It is their directorial debut. The film is an essayistic exploration of Soviet and post-Soviet "electro-history", spanning from Theremin to synthesizers to KGB surveillance tools.

Production

Elektro Moskva is an independently produced documentary, Dominik Spritzendorfer served as the producer. The film received financial grants from Austrian Ministry of Education and Lower Austria cultural fund. The picture was shot over a period of eight years. Interview with music critic Artemy Troitsky did not end up in the final cut and is available as a DVD extra.

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