The Department of Culture & Community presents: Welcome to the first-ever Portland screening of The Electro Wars! This event is a collaboration between Global Based and Portland'5’s Department of Culture and Community, followed by an artist talk with director Stephen Vazquez and producer Carmine Rizzo. This is a limited capacity event. You will receive an email with your ticket to present at the event!

ABOUT THE ELECTRO WARS: 

It is unquestionable that the Electro genre has reached a broader American audience in the last two years. I am determined to document the scene and its participants, show the inner workings of the genre and what it will eventually evolve into. The notion to document this genre was conceived in 2008 after reading a blog post with the same title 'Electro Wars' featured on the Hipster Runoff. The post was a sarcastic outlook on electro/house artists in the United States and Europe, and their impact on mainstream music here in the United States. I found a substantial concept within the snarky commentary and decided to assemble these "electro soldiers". It seems that every other day a new remix is popping up on the blogosphere, how does this affect marketing for other independent artists? Do they welcome the remixes or oppose them? Is music overload possible? What will eventually happen when all these budding producers grab a hold of a Pro Tools tutorial and develop their own remixes week in and week out? Will the remix itself become obsolete? Will original tracks have to step up to the forefront rather than recede into the background? Themes of this nature are explored in the film.