Techno Berlin

Starring:Various Artists
Studio: M2k
Product Type: DVD

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The '80s pop group Berlin went south about the time the wall of the same name was razed. Now one of them has returned--and it ain't the one with a Checkpoint Charlie. No, former sex kitten (now sex cat?) Terri Nunn is back fronting her band, promoting a new album (Voyeur) and performing in this 14-song, 76-minute (including between-song interview bits) show, recorded in an L.A. studio in 2002. Nunn is the only remaining original member, but Berlin is still about electro-dance music with a Europop sheen, and, especially, sex, with the singer now joined onstage by scantily clad dancers and a female backup vocalist to add to the general sensuality of the scene. The music is a mix of old hits ("No More Words," "Sex (I'm A)," "Take My Breath Away"), songs from the new CD, and a couple of covers, all delivered with considerable power and enthusiasm (and sometimes even in tune) by Nunn and company. Slap this one in the DVD player and prepare to party. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews:

Audio Quality is criminally bad. Nunn deserved better........2005-02-18

Others have written full reviews so I will just add one warning to potential buyers-- the quality of the sound engineering work is absolutely shameful. Unforgivable. Nunn's voice is muffled and horribly compressed and, unfortunatley, the better your system the WORST it will sound. Trust me. This beautiful performer, and her bandmates, deserved so much more. Go ahead and purchase if, like myself, you are a big fan-- I am certainly going to keep my copy unless a well-recorded Berlin concert DVD comes out.... just know what you are getting. Good Luck!

Blondie meets Depeche Mode.......2004-09-08

Berlin are one of the great bands that came out of the New Wave era of the late 70's/early 80's. This DVD proves that with songs such as Masquerade and The Metro - the music performed along with Terri Nunn's vocals just makes you want to get up and DANCE!
The only downfall with the performance are the 'dancers' on stage which, to me, spoils the show and the audience....
the audience are just pathetic! There's no energy or emotion and to be honest, I can't understand what the hell they bothered to show up for. I think I could have made up for them on my own!

Overall however, the music is so enjoyable I recommend it!

For fans.......2004-01-29

I love Berlin - and have done since I heard No More Words when it was first released.

I love Terri Nunn - she is STILL sexy, and has a great rock voice.

The quality of this DVD, however, is APPALLING!

Playing in DTS doesn't make the slightest of difference. The mixing sounds like its been done by an amateur, and the video looks like its been shot on a series of home video cameras.

I have many music DVD's, and honestly, this is the worst quality in my collection - lucky I'm a fan otherwise I would send it back!

Another annoying thing is they seem to have resorted to a technique a lot of older music videos used - an interview between tracks. The beauty of a DVD is you can skip to menus and sub-menus to CHOOSE what you want to watch. Mind you, Terri's words were quite interesting,, but not in the middle of the songs PLEASE!
Overall, the production of this DVD is AMATEURISH at best. Very, very unfortunate as Terri Nunn and Berlin are a great band this DVD does not do them justice AT ALL!

Not bad........2004-01-04

I recently purchased this DVD while out looking for some different music releases. Admittedly, the only song I was familiar with was "Take My Breath Away" as I am a huge fan of the motion picture Top Gun. Anyway, I found this to be a quite entertaining DVD purchase. While it's not quite what I was expecting for a concert video, Terri Nunn's vocals (not to mention her unbelievable beauty) more than made up for any shortcomings this disk may suffer from (at least for me). Overall, I recommend giving this DVD a chance.

Average Release. Some Ups and Downs........2003-12-12

This DVD release by the band probably best known for Take My Breath Away from the Top Gun Soundtrack has some pluses and minuses.

As far as the positives, lead singer and sole remaining original member Terri Nunn looks as great as ever. The set list is a good representation of the bands output and the musicians are fairly good.

As far as the other, I have to disagree with the reviewer who thought there were 15 people in the audience. I think it was actually around 20. The audience for the most part looked like a bunch of aspiring models around 20 years old which would have put most of them in pre-school when Berlin had its heyday so I doubt they grew up being fans. The audience did seem to come alive though during the second song, The Metro, which is one of the band's more rocking numbers. You could almost hear the audience saying, "Hey, these guys are pretty good. What's their name again?"

As far as the sound mix I didn't experience the volume changes that some other reviewers described but I listened to it on the DTS 5.1 mix and maybe the problems were on the Dolby Tracks. I did think the overall mix could have used some improving though, especially the drums. Although most of the drums sounded ok, when the drummer hit the one Tom Tom in the front it sounded like he was hitting a plastic trash can.

Description

Hot bodies jam to the beats of Technotreff.com and their top DJs. You'll be on the scene of some of the largest Techno events in the world and these DVD's put you right in the middle of all the hot bodies, freaks, and hot beats spun by the finest DJ's in Techno.

Customer Reviews:

Poor quality.......2004-12-23

I was not satisfied with it. Amateur camcoders spread all-around the love parade... very shaky... novice editing work...stone-age effects... and the music is not great at all. It made me dissy. The good part of it is that there are some cute European girls in it... shaking it... right in front of the camera. Good clip if you want to see more about European culture.

Poor Technical Quality.......2004-07-30

I like techno, and have seen movies of the Love Parade before. So I had expectations of some sort of documentary style DVD with techno music. Not so. No interviews. No narration. No good images. Just somebody waving a camera around, and I do mean waving, with a techno background. This is home movie quality and that may not be fair to some of the better home movie enthusiasts. Much of the only 40 minutes of DVD is shot from the top of one of the floats moving though the parade. Camera movement is headache inducing - think of a 12 year old with his first camera. The camera never moves off the top of the bus during the Love Parade sequence. All other sequences suffer the same plight, being shot from the same vantage point. This DVD is overpriced and under produced.

Not what I thought.......2004-06-17

A little disappointed with this one. I suppose the description did a good job explaining what the DVD contains but I was expecting a more refined picture and sound for a DVD. The DVD spends a lot of time showing what the Love festival is like but the sound quality and the jumpy editing detracts from the experience for me. Try the Tiesto in concert DVD if you want to focus on the music.

LOVE PARADE / BERLIN.......2003-11-22

As a person who has been to the parade in berlin many times this DVD puts you right in the middle of all the action. The music , the Babes, The dj's... This DVD rocks.. I recomend spending the 20 bucks to see real live Love Parade action. For less than the cost of two 12inch singles you can watch an event with 750,000 ravers enjoying the sounds of the top dj's in the world. Thanks Technotreff!!!!

I'VE HEARED ABOUT IT. NOW I HAVE LIVED IT!.......2003-11-13

Awesome video. I am a huge techno music fan and try to get out to as many clubs as possible during the year. I had heard so much about this event in Berlin, and I'm glad I purchased this video. The music is awesome, the people are bizzare and the entire event was really captured well on this DVD. I would definitely suggest buying it. And by the way, the girls from Berlin are HOT!

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