Friday, September 6, 2024
Five Films from Vincent Moon
To accompany our recent feature on acclaimed film-maker Vincent Moon here are a selection of films from his vast library, capturing musicians, traditions, people and rituals from around the world
Photo by Magdalena Kieron
The October 2024 (#201) issue of Songlines features an extensive interview with French film-maker and sound recordist Vincent Moon where he discusses his unique approach to making films, his nomadic lifestyle and how he approaches recording music from across the world. Vincent estimates that he's made close to 1,300 films in total, with additional sound recordings also available via his Bandcamp page. In fact, five of his sound recordings appear on our accompanying Top of the World compilation as bonus tracks, field recordings from Greece, Taiwan, Morocco, Uganda and Switzerland via Chile that are as yet to be released anywhere else.
To accompany the feature – as well as announce an ongoing partnership between Songlines and Vincent Moon which means we'll be able to bring our readers a selection of Vincent's music films from across the world, including many previously unreleased films – we wanted to highlight a selection of his films, some of which are mentioned in our interview with Vincent and all of which show his peerless work capturing music.
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Collection Petites Planètes, Volume 6: ZAR (Egypt, 2010)
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MESTRE! MESTRE! UM ULTIMO!: A Portrait of Mestre Lourimbau in Salvador da Bahia (Brazil, 2011)
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LE GRAND JIHAD: Sufism in Chechnya (Ritual #1) (Russia, 2012)
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MABUHAY SINGERS: The Last Legends of Kundiman (Philippines, 2012)
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CORAL ROJO: En las Montañas (Switzerland, 2024)
Our interview with Vincent Moon appears in the October 2024 issue of Songlines. Never miss an issue, read the magazine online – subscribe today: magsubscriptions.com
