Part Of The Weekend Never Dies: Metro Review

Music DVDs are so rubbish it's not true. This is one of the exceptions, and well worth watching whether you like Radio Soulwax/2ManyDJs or not. Da review ran in yesterday's Metro.

MUSIC DVD
Part Of The Weekend Never Dies (FOUR STARS)
PIAS, no cert, £15.99

Just as the Dewaele brothers (better known as 2ManyDJs) smashed the boundaries between live and dance music, POTWND brings a radical approach to music DVDs. Up-and-coming Saam Farahmand (Late Of The Pier, Klaxons, Hercules & Love Affair) directs POTWND, which follows the Dewaeles on a 120-night, four-continent Radio Soulwax tour. At each date, they perform as indie-electro band Soulwax and then take to the stage as DJs. POTWND mixes documentary(road movie and fly-on-the-wall mobservation) with shaky live footage and interviews (James Murphy, Erol Alkan and Tiga), and contrasts the monotony and banality of touring with the intensity and energy of their shows. It’s refreshingly unpredictable and a remarkable record of a duo that embody the fusion of rock and rave. Extras: Audio CD, documentary, commentary.