A portrait of individuals who go for a hands-on approach to doing things and living life, this chapter zooms in on a party phenomenon that’s as huge as it is nasty and loud: Welcome to “Nasty Mondays”, an infamous night at The Apolo which sees some 1,500 people party hard every week.
Initiated by old-school skaters, tattoo lovers, self-proclaimed “mad minds”, and amateur DJs Sören Manzoni and Max Ochoa aka MadMax, Nasty Mondays has been going strong for half a decade.
What started out in one of the worst streets of town back in 2005 soon took over the city with its musical onslaught: Mixing the wildest sonic cocktail imaginable to initially “kill the nightlife scene”, as Manzoni puts it, they soon attracted skaters, surfers, thirsty locals and visiting students with their eclectic blend of 80s new-wave, grunge, punk, electro and rockabilly.
It honestly doesn’t get much nastier than this.
A portrait of individuals who go for a hands-on approach to doing things and living life, this chapter zooms in on a party phenomenon that’s as huge as it is nasty and loud: Welcome to “Nasty Mondays”, an infamous night at The Apolo which sees some 1,500 people party hard every week.
Initiated by old-school skaters, tattoo lovers, self-proclaimed “mad minds”, and amateur DJs Sören Manzoni and Max Ochoa aka MadMax, Nasty Mondays has been going strong for half a decade.
What started out in one of the worst streets of town back in 2005 soon took over the city with its musical onslaught: Mixing the wildest sonic cocktail imaginable to initially “kill the nightlife scene”, as Manzoni puts it, they soon attracted skaters, surfers, thirsty locals and visiting students with their eclectic blend of 80s new-wave, grunge, punk, electro and rockabilly.
It honestly doesn’t get much nastier than this.
Following locals Lennie Burmeister, Vincent Heller, and their friends, the Berlin chapter is all about skateboarding and the streets.
As Vincent and his crew do what he calls “tripping through the city,” we join him for a ride and get to see various skate spots in the formerly divided German capital: happening neighborhoods in different parts of town, an old abandoned industrial site, the kind you’ll only find in Berlin, and finally a mellow place to hang out when the sun sets after a long day of skating.
Lennie Burmeister, part of the German scene for about twenty years and self-taught ramp maker, sets out to construct a unique concrete obstacle on an abandoned lot in the city center. Building ramps has been part of his life since the day he started skating: It was a necessity, something he had to learn as a hungry little kid from the countryside; and luckily his parents had an old barn where he could get started at the tender age of thirteen.
Check out his creation as the Berlin…
This was the RUMBLE that rocked Marseille,” it says on one of the amazing retro-flavored flyers announcing a party at the city’s infamous Le Duke bar, and this line pretty much nails it: the name Le Duke stands for that rumble, for that massive wave of sound that has been rocking and connecting the scene in France’s largest city on the Mediterranean coast since the bar opened its doors in 2010.
“Le Duke is special because it is the only rock & roll bar in Marseille, period,” claims Raphaël Degoix-Messand aka DJ R*A*F, the man responsible for the right mix of 50’s rock, garage, rhythm & blues and northern soul both as a disc jockey and booker for the bar. Initiated and run by former skaters, scooter and rock music lovers for life, it has quickly become the favorite hang-out spot for punks, mods, tattoo artists, bikers and the local skateboard scene in Marseille.
Before this eclectic crowd of likeminded rock aficionados gathers and the night kicks off in downtown Marseille with a round…
Asked about the essence of motorcycling, Copenhagen local Per Nielsen will keep his answer fittingly short and clean; in fact, he will say no more than a single word at first: “Presence.”
His crew The Wrenchmonkees has long established itself as a commanding force and seminal presence in the world of stainless steel and powerful engines. Internationally known for their matchless custom motorcycle creations, Per explains his search for the ultimate road beast and presents his very own thoughts and feelings about “Motorcycle Maintenance”.
Linking their shared love for skateboarding, DIY culture, rock & roll, the sound of engines going, and clean shapes, the Copenhagen-based crew never cared so much about extreme performance, loud colors or the latest designs; instead, they are interested in “the basic expression of life on a motorbike”.
In short: these guys focus on unique machines, a clean, raw and no-frills aesthetic, and ultimately a timeless experience on two wheels.
Locals Only will release four short films, four cinematic portraits of different hubs and their related crowds in Berlin, Marseille, Barcelona, and Copenhagen. All four videos have one thing in common: grainy and rugged, the footage portrays a raw, punk, hands-on approach to doing things and living life. It’s about moments in time, the people and the boundaries they decided to push.
Shout Box
Those are really amazing short docus. Keep that up! Such a great style of storytelling!
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