SOUND CITY showing at Light House Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin from 15th March [Irish Exclusive] www.lighthousecinema.ie SOUND CITY is a featu...
SOUND CITY showing at Light House Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin from 15th March [Irish Exclusive] www.lighthousecinema.ie SOUND CITY is a feature length documentary, directed by Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), about the human element of music, the lost art of analog recording, and the history of America's greatest unsung recording studio, Sound City. Deep in the sun burnt San Fernando Valley, tucked away behind the train tracks and dilapidated warehouses, it was home to countless legends, capturing their magic on two-inch tape, decade after decade. It was witness to history. It was rock and roll hallowed ground. And it was our best-kept secret. Sound City was state-of-the-art when it opened in 1969. It soon became known for churning out one rock and roll classic after another. Featuring a legendary, one-of-a-kind Neve recording console, and arguably the best tracking room in America, many of the seminal albums of the '70's, '80's and '90's were put on tape within these walls: Classics by Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Metallica, Nirvana... The list is staggering. As technology advanced, and digital equipment infiltrated the recording process, Sound City became a lonely analog outpost in a world of computers. Through interviews with the legendary musicians and producers who've worked at Sound City Studios over the years, SOUND CITY tries to uncover and define the intangible magic within those wires and walls that was responsible for such an incredible history of ... Less
