Product Details

• Directors: Jonathon Stearns, Tara Veneruso
• Producers: Mara Schwartz
• Format: Color, Compilation, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Run Time: 135 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0790751933
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #172,004 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Circuit 1:7" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

• This is item 7 in The Circuit Music Journal Series.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A varied collection of interviews and performance clips featuring contemporary musicians, including Victoria Williams, Ween, electronic music whiz BT, and "collage artists" Negativland, adds up to an entertaining look at what's happening in modern music. The general format of the DVD is that each artist is interviewed in a relevant locale. For instance, BT provides a friendly and jocular tour of his home studio, Victoria Williams is visited at her house in remote Joshua Tree, California, the duo from Ween walks through a park, and L.A. rocker foursome Fu Manchu visits a car museum stocked with elaborately painted low-riders. In addition to the profile segments, the DVD contains at least one performance from each artist--a music video or a live performance, such as part of a multimedia Negativland gig at L.A's El Rey Theater. A few performances were filmed in casual surroundings. California country rockers Beachwood Sparks (after one member notes that they'd like to "colonize new planets with psychedelic country music") perform an acoustic song in an overgrown backyard. The segments on this disc are very professionally produced, and the variety of artists contained in the collection is a strength. However, fans of particular performers could find the format frustrating, since each individual segment is fairly brief. --Robert J. McNamara

Product Description

Visit the hot new dance artist's home studio plus go behind-the-scenes of his "Never Gonna Come Down" music video; Fu Manchu: The band visits the Peterson Automotive Museum and perform their hit song "Over the Edge" live; Beachwood Sparks: The L.A. psychedelic rockers are captured at home playing "Canyon Ride" and "Sister Rose"; Victoria Williams: The singer-songwriter sings "Gladys and Lucy" at her home in Joshua Tree, CA; Apples in Stereo: These members of the Elephant 6 collective perform live in Austin, TX; Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: An Welsh electric combo ring out; Ween: The alternative rock duo sing an acoustic "Back to Basom" in the park; Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise: The blind former street musician and his alternative rock band perform live in the studio; Modest Mouse: The popular Emo band perform in Los Angeles; Negativland: The controversial artists give a rare interview, and then perform "Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song" and "Metaloop." Circuit 1:7

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revolution on a disc, July 7, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Silver Lake, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CIRCUIT Music Journal 1 (DVD)

Reading about rock music has always seemed somewhat incongruous. Traditional music rags have always put a filter between the reader and the music, but those days are over. Now with this new DVD music mag you get to meet your favorite bands in their own words and music without relying on some rock critic's jaded prose. Meet Beck, shot in stunning black and white, interviewed by the ultimate interviewing machine - a Hal-like computer - as he gives a glimpse into his twisted artistic ways. Spend some time with Dayton, Ohio's most prolific export Guided by Voices as they make a convincing case of the benefits of being a big fish in a small pond. Hang out with the Cardigans as they learn to bowl ... These are the kind of intimate artist profiles you just won't find anywhere else. And then there's the videos, the alternate tracks ... the insane clarity of it all. The future is now.

5.0 out of 5 stars Circuit 4 dvd, March 19, 2009

By	Joseph Morris "Joe Morris" (Elmwood Park, NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: CIRCUIT Music Journal 4 (DVD)

Robyn Hitchcock doing Nasa Clapping & Dark Princess in a Burbank parking lot - what more can you ask for?

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ben Harper, February 23, 2000

By	Peter Alan Hunken (Santa Barbara, ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: CIRCUIT Music Journal 4 (DVD)

This is cutting edge stuff! Great interviews with unique and talented artists like Ben Harper-- the slide show of him is awesome!