‘Part Of The Weekend Never Dies’ is a documentary into Radio Soulwax, a touring concept that for the past three years has showcased the talents of four Belgians (Soulwax) who have programmed, promoted, DJ’d, and played live every night alongside a revolving array of some of the most exciting acts in modern music.

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Recorded over 120 shows with one camera in Europe, Japan, US, Latin America and Australia with acclaimed young director Saam Farahmand; The result is 2 films; ‘Part Of The Weekend Never Dies’ – A documentary that captures the adulation, debauchery, ebullience, reflection, cynicism, tiredness, despair, delusion, ridiculousness, contradiction, revelation, exhaustion, homesickness of the life of a DJ/band on the road, which includes 2manydj’s, Soulwax Nite Versions live footage and also features James Murphy, Nancy Whang, Erol Alkan, Tiga, Justice, Busy P, So-Me, Peaches, Kitsuné & Klaxons in behind the scenes footage and interviews. The second is a live film that captures perfectly the blissful & beautiful sonic malevolence of Soulwax’s Nite Versions blitzkrieg.

While dance & rock bands may have been unlikely bedfellows for some time now, there is something wonderfully odd about Soulwax, a schizophrenic ball of ideas and sound, constantly evolving into new shapes, complications and identities. There is the stoner rock band that at least partially shuns the stoning in favour of ichat, tea + Japanese cakes. Then there is 2Manydjs: The quiet, thoughtful and pensive Dewaele brothers who morph into marauding puppet-masters that can manipulate and court exultation amongst any dancefloor, tent, field or soundsystem anywhere in the world with almost Machiavellian and orchestral precision. Then to just confuse it all further Nite Versions saw them remixing themselves in a nod to the Human Leagues ‘Love + Dancing’ set, twisting their ‘difficult’ third album ‘Any Minute Now’ into an even harder-meaner techno stabbing electro backbreaker and touring it live. Then!!! to follow that by compiling an album of their own (much loved & critically acclaimed) remixes for other people and perform them all live as well, the production side of their outfit and their krautrock side-project pretty much lays them on the couch for deep psychological analysis. Soulwax are officially confused workaholics!

Part of the weekend Never Dies is purely and simply a documentation of four guys making people forget everything and lose their shit, day in, day out. It captures the uniqueness of what Radio Soulwax is and was to people all around the world. Not just the euphoria and revelation but the cold sweaty comedown, the butterflies of love or nausea, the adoration of music, the party and the crescendo and most importantly sharing & friendship and as far removed from the notion of the pill-popping superstar DJ as you could healthily get.

Directed by Partizan director Saam Farahmand and Soulwax together, Saam has made acclaimed promo videos for the likes of Janet Jackson, Hot Chip, Hercules & Love Affair, Late of the Pier and Lightspeed Champion amongst others and last year collaborated with Klaxons on four videos, winning the ‘CAD music week award’ for Best Director along the way and has a bright future ahead of him as one of the UK’s most innovative young film makers.

“Part of the Weekend Never Dies” will have its premiere at the Ether Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 24 April. This will be followed by a full Radio Soulwax tour featuring Soulwax, 2manydjs & an array of guests and new talent where the film will also be screened.

2008 tour dates :

Apr 24 Royal Festival Hall London UK Radio Soulwax + Film
Apr 25 Victoria Works Leeds UK Radio Soulwax + Film
Apr 26 Space 2 (Custard Factory) Birmingham UK Radio Soulwax + Film
Apr 27 Rock City Nottingham UK Radio Soulwax + Film
Apr 28 Paradiso Amsterdam Holland Radio Soulwax
Apr 30 Academy Bristol UK Radio Soulwax + Film
May 1 Academy Sheffield UK Radio Soulwax + Film
May 2 The Warehouse Project Manchester UK Radio Soulwax + Film
May 3 Shine@QUBSU Belfast N. Ireland Radio Soulwax + Film
May 4 Dublin Castle Dublin Eire Radio Soulwax + Film
May 8 Lux Lisbon Portugal Radio Soulwax + Film
May 9 Forward Festival Madrid Spain Soulwax & 2manyDJs
May 10 Forward Festival Valencia Spain Soulwax & 2manyDJs
May 11 Halle 2 Heidelburg Germany Radio Soulwax + Film
May 15 Rocker 33 Stuttgart Germany Radio Soulwax + Film
May 16 Maria Van Berlin Germany Radio Soulwax + Film
May 17 Neid Klub Hamburg Germany Radio Soulwax + Film
May 21 Atomic, Munich Germany Radio Soulwax + Film
May 25 Gatecrasher Midlands UK Soulwax
May 28 Rohstofflager Zurich Switzerland Radio Soulwax + Film
May 29 D Club Lausanne Switzerland Radio Soulwax + Film
May 30 Mostra d’oltre mare Naples Italy Radio Soulwax + Film
May 31 Magazini Generale Milan Italy Radio Soulwax + Film
Jun 1 IL Muretto/Beach Jesolo Italy Radio Soulwax + Film
Jun 5 FMIF @ Pacha Ibiza Spain 2manyDJs
Jun 6 Rock in Rio Lisbon Portugal 2manyDJs
Jun 7 Rockness Arena Scotland 2manyDJs
Jun 12 Le Phare Toulouse France Radio Soulwax + Film
Jun 13 Base Sousmarine Bordeaux France Radio Soulwax + Film
Jun 14 Le Carriere Nantes France Radio Soulwax + Film
Jun 15 Space Ibiza Spain Radio Soulwax + Film
Jun 18 Pitti Immagine Florence Italy 2manyDJs
Jun 26 Royal Monceau Hotel Paris France 2manyDJs
Jul 1 Quart Festival Kristiansand Norway Radio Soulwax + Film
Jul 3 Rock Werchter Festival Werchter Belgium Radio Soulwax
Jul 4 Festival Arras France 2manyDJs
Jul 5 Wild in the Country Knebworth UK Radio Soulwax
Jul 6 Calvi on the rocks Corsica France Radio Soulwax & 2manyDJs
Jul 10 Traffic Parco della Pellerina Turin Italy Radio Soulwax
Jul 11 Exit Festival Serbia Radio Soulwax + Film
Jul 12 Monogros, Monogros Spain Soulwax & 2manyDJs
Jul 18 Summercase Barcelona Spain 2manyDJs
Jul 19 Summercase Madrid Spain 2manyDJs
Jul 25 Nova Era beach party Porto Portugal 2manyDJs
Jul 26 Sasha Beach or CapituloV Algarve Portugal 2manyDJs
Aug 15 Ola Festival Almería Spain 2manyDJs & Soulwax
Aug 17 Space Ibiza Spain 2manyDJs
Aug 23 Creamfields Liverpool UK 2manyDJs
Aug 24 SW4 London UK Soulwax
Aug 24 Creamfields Liverpool UK Soulwax
Aug 24 Digital Newcastle UK 2manyDJs
Aug 26 Ibiza Rock Ibiza Spain Soulwax & 2manyDJs
Aug 29 Manumission Ibiza Spain 2manyDJs