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Part one of five from this full length documentary.
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Part five of five from this full length documentary.
The credits from this documentary.
Part one of five from this full length documentary.
Part one of five from this full length documentary.
Part two of five from this full length documentary.
Part two of five from this full length documentary.
Part three of five from this full length documentary.
Part three of five from this full length documentary.
Part four of five from this full length documentary.
Part four of five from this full length documentary.
Part five of five from this full length documentary.
Part five of five from this full length documentary.
The credits from this documentary.
The credits from this documentary.
Sometimes it's not just blatantly listening to other wicked bands, it's just everything about being on a tour and those new experiences that kind of inspires new music I reckon.– Chris Faiumu (MPC Technician)
We all wanted travel and you just couldn't ask for a better way to travel than with music.– Nicole Duckworth (FFD Manager)
They played at Cafe Moskau and people were, when they started it with the beginning of the track, people were just up in the air screaming, they were singing along. Then we just have sold a thousand vinyls copies. Vinyl copies! And I mean we stood there and were just like "What the hell is going on?"– Matthias Bohmbach (Label manager, Sonar Kollektive)
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