The story of Celluloid Records will explore the dichotomy between philanthropist, arriviste, and con-artiste. This is the story of an enigmatic character whose career in the music industry has spanned nearly half a century. We begin in Paris of the 60's and the start of the Free Jazz movement (Albert Alyer, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Sonny Sharrock) and follow his musical journey thru late 70's London Experimental and Dark Wave (Gong,Throbbing Gristle, Soft Cell, Cabaret Voltaire) early 80's New York No Wave (Massacre, Golden Palominos, Alan Vega, James Chance), The Bronx and the home of Hip Hop (Time Zone with Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmixer DST, B-Side with Fab 5 Freddy, The Last Poets, Futura 2000 with The Clash), the popularization of "World Music" (Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker, Toure Kunda, Manu Dibango and even Lambada) Defacto in-house producer Bill Laswell and Jean Karakos helped define a generation whose influence is still felt today. Eventually we will end up in the present day, checking in on the artists, musicians, the highly collectible back catalogue and the man behind it all, Jean Karakos; a man who has survived multiple death threats, lawsuits, and bankruptcies while always managing to move forward. We will explore what drives him. Where is he now? How is he living? What does his future hold? We will tell this story through interviews with artists, friends and Karakos himself. I see this story as sort of a successor to “F is For Fake”and the story of Elmyr deHory as told by Clifford Irving and Orson Welles. There are so many characters involved, both colorful and unscrupulous, that anything can happen once the interviews begin to unfold.
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The story of Celluloid Records will explore the dichotomy between philanthropist, arriviste, and con-artiste. This is the story of an enigmatic character whose career in the music industry has spanned nearly half a century. We begin in Paris of the 60's and the start of the Free Jazz movement (Albert Alyer, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Sonny Sharrock) and follow his musical journey thru late 70's London Experimental and Dark Wave (Gong,Throbbing Gristle, Soft Cell, Cabaret Voltaire) early 80's New York No Wave (Massacre, Golden Palominos, Alan Vega, James Chance), The Bronx and the home of Hip Hop (Time Zone with Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmixer DST, B-Side with Fab 5 Freddy, The Last Poets, Futura 2000 with The Clash), the popularization of "World Music" (Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker, Toure Kunda, Manu Dibango and even Lambada) Defacto in-house producer Bill Laswell and Jean Karakos helped define a generation whose influence is still felt today. Eventually we will end up in the present day, checking in on the artists, musicians, the highly collectible back catalogue and the man behind it all, Jean Karakos; a man who has survived multiple death threats, lawsuits, and bankruptcies while always managing to move forward. We will explore what drives him. Where is he now? How is he living? What does his future hold? We will tell this story through interviews with artists, friends and Karakos himself. I see this story as sort of a successor to “F is For Fake”and the story of Elmyr deHory as told by Clifford Irving and Orson Welles. There are so many characters involved, both colorful and unscrupulous, that anything can happen once the interviews begin to unfold.
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