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A Few Words With The Brixton Director
Posted by Jake Vigliotti in Live Releases at 10:11am on Wednesday, Dec 9th, 2009The DVD release of Night 2 from Brixton Academy is still available for pre-order. This is the second DVD release directed by Sam Erickson, who previously worked on the Radio City Music Hall DVD. Sam also directed and produced the the wildly popular Road To Big Whiskey documentaries that aired on FUSE TV prior to the release of Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King. Antsmarching.org had an opportunity to ask Sam a few questions about the venue, how this is different from other DMB DVD's.
The venue, Brixton Academy, is quite unique, and was a nice reminder of Sam's early days with DMB:
- "Brixton Academy is a no brainer for anybody who wants to see a band up close and personal and have that old school prototypical 'rock show' experience. I got to see DMB lots of times like that back in the early/mid 90's but most of the current fan base has not. So I thought it would be cool to shoot a show in a place where that experience could be replicated. Since that is basically impossible in the US at this point the Brixton Academy was an easy choice. So many different bands have played there and recorded live albums and DVDs there, you can basically feel the rock history oozing off of every beer stained inch of the place--Clash, UB40, Sex Pistols, The Smiths, The Jam have all rocked that stage. Seeing DMB there was a thrill for the lucky 5000 attendees, where everyone feels like they are right on top of the band, and the DVD will be the next best thing to being there."
It's Sam's insight of the band that facilitated the style of the directing:
- "I think my history with the band and knowledge of the music is reflected in the way the show was shot and edited. I have been photographing and filming this band since 1994 (starting with the photos inside UTTAD) and been seeing them play live since 1991. I hope that this DVD is the truest to the music, with precise coverage of all the sounds happening on the stage when they are happening. At the same time I wanted to shoot it so the viewer feels like they are standing on the stage with the band. The coverage of Carter particularly should be the most spectacular drum coverage anyone has seen in a DMB live shoot. (our emphasis added) So yeah, I am excited about this release because it feels like my history with the band written out in a concert DVD."
