Beyond The Infinite? A Journey Into European Underground Rock Music [Documentary]

“If you make Rock music and smoke weed, then you get Stoner Rock, that’s basically it.

Nothing more to add? Well, Beyond The Infinite does. Not by pigeonholing a musical style or trying to explain everything out there. But by drawing a portrait of a vivid underground community going its own way. It’s not only a film about music, but about dedicated people all over Europe wanting to create something all together.”

“I made this film as part of my master thesis in Visual Cultural Studies at University of Tromso, Norway. All filmed on beautiful miniDV tapes, no digital HighDef stuff .Since this was very much a DIY-project, please forgive the poor audio quality and lack of colour correction.”

Sandro Müntener

Country and year of production: Norway, 2013
Spoken languages: English, German, French – Subtitles in English.

Credits:

[In order of appearance]
Lonely Kamel Johan Jaccob
Sara Franssens Benny Vermeulen
Stefan Koglek Chris Turner
Joe Hoare Ben Ward
Sander Haagmans Rutger Smeets
Espen Nesset Stian Helle
David Eering Hans van Heemst
Davy Boogard Orange Goblin
Boris Picasso
Walter Freek Cruysberghs
Sebastian Muench The Machine
Glowsun Pawel Zandl
Jens Olafsson Jon Björn Rikarösson
Horður Ingi Stefansson Electric Moon
Komet Lulu Sula Bassana
Davide Pansolin Gabriele Fiori
Black Rainbows Tim Bohnenstingl
Matthias Vandeven Baby Woodrose
Lorenzo Woodrose Monkey3
Colour Haze My Sleeping Karma

[Very special thanks to]
Sativa Root Jens Heide
Marco Rehm Boris Schneider
Joachim Pulverich Marco De Masi
Alberto Groce Seven That Spells
Heiko Richter Fred Bienert
Uwe Mansfeld Sandro Köhler
Sungrazer

[With the support of]
Desertfest Berlin
Sound Of Liberation
stonerheadletsgrooveyourbrainstonight.blogspot
Elektrohasch Records
Freak Valley Festival
Napalm Records / Spinning Goblin Productions
Sulatron Records
stonerrock.eu
DunaJam
Orange Factory
Vincebus Eruptum
Caligula666 / Stoned From The Underground
E-Lite Culture Festival
Yellowstock Festival

[A film by]
Sandro Müntener

[Camera Operators]
Sandro Müntener
Lea Brun
Ozan Tasci
Lukas Humbel
Julian Genner

[Additional Footage & Still]
Johan Jaccob
Michael Bohnenstingl

[Anthropological Supervisor]
Peter lan Crawford

[Film Supervisor]
Gary Kildea

[Technical Supervisors]
Andreas Buch
Seifu W. Haile

[Graphics]
Michael Matter

[Artwork]
Oliver Suter - hokusfokus.ch

[The music]
'Evil Man'
Written & performed by Lonely Kamel
Live recorded at FreakValley Festival

'Grim Reefer'
Written & performed by Lonely Kamel
Live recorded at FreakValley Festival

'The Ballad Of Solomon Eagle'
Written & performed by Orange Goblin
Live recorded at Stoned From The Underground

'Breath' (early version)
Written by Colour Haze

'Jam No. Psi' and beyond
Written & performed by The Machine
Live recorded at DunaJam

'The End'
Written & performed by Glowsun
Live recorded at Fête De La Musiqne

'Psyched Out Live Jam'
Performed by Electric Moon
Live recorded at Yellowstock Festival

'Holy Moon'
Written & performed by Black Rainbows
Live recorded at DunaJam

'Volcano'
Written & performed by Baby Woodrose
Live recorded at Stoned From The Underground

'One Zero Zero One'
Written & performed by Monkey3
Live recorded at Yellowstock Festival

'Transformation'
Written & performed by Colour Haze
Live recorded at FreakValley Festival

'Tamas'
Written & performed by My Sleeping Karma
Live recorded at FreakValley Festival

[Thanks to]
Martha & Roman
Anne- Kathrin Tröndle
Lea Willitnann
Gli & Tiberio
David Kopsch
Silke Andris
The Stoner-Family
Therese & Walter
Staff & Students of VCS

A little bit more about the Autor:

"Sandro, born in 1987, studied cultural anthropology and media studies in Basel. After first contacts with the subject of film on a theoretical level, he also began to realize his own ethnographic film projects as part of various research work.

In the summer of 2011, Sandro moved to Tromsø in Norway for two years to complete the Masters Degree in Visual Cultural Studies. He was able to approach his first major documentary film project.

Since 2013 he has been working as a promo editor for Swiss Radio und Television. Occasionally, he continues to realize small film projects, especially in the field of music / documentary. Above all, he is interested in the potential of the medium of film in the creative potential of everyday life with all its phenomena, as well as the resulting interfaces and discussions between art, science, fiction and reality."

I hope y'all enjoy in this documentary as it represent a valuable piece of history about stoner rock artists and it's/our community. Also eternal gratitude to Sandro Müntener and all others who made this happen,
peace,

Morphy.