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American
Massive
DVD 24 Cities, 13,000 miles in 32 days with some of America's biggest names in electronic music, including AK1200, Christopher Lawrence, Carl Cox, Cirrus, D:Fuse, Dara, Micro, Frankie Bones, John Kelley and Keoki.
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Leave your glow stick, pacifier and backpack at the door. American Massive is a real eye opener to the American Rave Scene. This film was conceived by Steve and Jon Levy, owners of America's premiere electronic music label, Moonshine Music, and brought to life by up-and-coming Los Angeles director Thomas Trail. The concept was to document a brief moment from this amazing movement. Shot on the Mooshine Overamerica 2000 tour, American Massive shows you the rave scene from it's participants perspective: the DJs, the promoters, the artists, and the kids. 24 cities, 13,000 miles in 32 days with some of America's biggest names in electronic music, including AK1200, Christopher Lawrence, Carl Cox, Cirrus, D:Fuse, Dara, Micro, Frankie Bones, Keoki and John Kelly. Running time of actual product is approx. 1 hour and 20 minutes (including bonus scenes). The documentary itself is about 50 minutes and shows footage from events in Chicago, St. Louis, South Beach, Denver, San Francisco and other cities. The editing is fairly good though the random interviews, while not forced in context, rarely dig beneath the surface (minus a few with D:Fuse). Of course, the messages that are put forth are mostly positive but they are coupled with a portrayal that the dance community is, at the same time, a victim because of the negative spotlight in the media (which recently coalesced with the passing of the Rave Act, an extension under the Amber Alert law. This is already common knowledge. There continues to be a lot of finger pointing with not much in the way of solutions. Do I have the answer? No. But, collectively, a movement should begin to steer this ship around. There is so much good to be taken from the bonded community the scene has evolved into. As one person in the movie proclaims, "the current dance culture is a modern version of the 60's hippies". It's true and that's encouraging. There is, indeed, a massive amount of potential in the way the youth of America has come together in the dance community, one that on a larger scale could bring about global peace. Oh, the grandeur of idealism, but it really is a microcosm of how it could be. And it doesn't get any more massive than that.
