The footage from the film needs to be watched, and there is only so many hours in a day. 150 hours or thereabouts is unlogged, uncut footage our film has recorded in places like Amsterdam, Montreal, Koln, Jena and the wilderness of the Eastern Germany forest. When you’re logging raw footage, you are really acting as a kind of assistant editor, noting what looks good, what’s compelling and what works, so we need people that know what they’re doing. For more information, or to schedule a time to log footage, reach out to director Amy Grill. There are options for future compensation and, of course, credit.Here’s a sketch of our new logo, properly inspired by the sQuare sound wave, which Todd Gys pointed out to us after we saw it on a piece of techno gear.

sQuare productions worldwide ya’ll.

Speaking in Code, in case you hadn’t heard, is a feature-length documentary that will redefine the electronic music documentary. It’s not a movie about the glamourous life of DJs and the importance of dance music, and it’s not about how Detroit techno is the only techno. Both those ideas are fine on their own, but Speaking in Code not about either. SiC is about the characters (read: real people) within electronic music and how they network, survive and pursue a life outside of corporate culture. The production of Speaking in Code mirrors the kind of grassroots community efforts that make this music possible. This is why we’re always asking you for money and support. We can’t do this without you. It is slated for completion May 2007.

We’re concieving our movie. If you want to be a midwife, reach out.
The idea germinated 1 1/2 years ago in Miami, when our Director, myself, and co-producer Philip Sherburne (Pitchforkmedia, The Wire, XLR8R, etc.) were up late talking about techno and what needed to be communicated to the outside world about the artform. That night, on the dancefloor, Mylo played a track which has stuck in my head since. It went “Don’t stop now / You can’t stop now.” I’ve been looking for it for the last 1 1/2 years.

Last week, at my day job, I heard it again in a mix CD. I kind of freaked out (people thought there was some emergency), and lept to my feet. Turns out it was from a label we had recently signed on as an exclusive.

Marc Romboy runs Systematic, and seems to be a real genuine cat. The type of person we would surely include in the documentary if we had an unlimited budget. It’s a track the German recorded with vocals from Detroit’s Blake Baxter and it’s called “Freakin’”.

Marc Romboy vs. Blake Baxter - “Freakin’”

“Don’t stop now / You can’t stop / Don’t stop”

It’s like.. our motto.

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