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“For me, house means liberation from the burden of history and musical tradition. Rock is dead.” Bring the Beat Back! is a 1992 techno music documentary by Finnish director/screenwriter Hannu Puttonen (1960 - 2023), made in close collaboration with video artist Kimmo Sininen who provided visuals for the film. Talo, jonka Jaska jätti rakentamatta ("The house that Jack left unbuilt") is the alternative title for the film. With the length of 45 minutes, the documentary managed to capture the spirit of those heady days when the new electronic dance music culture was loaded with high hopes and expectations, for better or worse. The film had its Finnish premiere on 3 July 1992 at Illusion cinema in Helsinki. Soon afterwards it was shown on Finnish television (YLE TV1, 10 July 1992), with some five minutes left off from the original version. Unfortunately, these days it's very hard to see the film in any format. Hannu Puttonen Hannu Puttonen explained the ...

Updated: 26 January 2026 It was on Monday, the 18th of November, 2024, when they finally broke the news. It was something that we had feared deep down since June, when his Facebook channel suddenly had gone silent, but still hoped it was just a temporary communication breakdown, maybe illness or some technical problems. Or was it that he had only become sick and tired with all the current brouhaha – with the state of music culture, media, politics and all general nonsense going on – and just had decided to take some time offline. Unfortunately, that sense of foreboding turned out to be true. On that Monday the news came in that J Saul Kane , the pioneering British breakbeat/electro musician known for such projects as Depth Charge and the Octagon Man, had passed on. He was only 57 years old. [ J Saul Kane tribute by Carl Lorben @ DJ Magazine, 19 November 2024 ] [ Mixmag ] [ Music Week ] [ NME ] [ The Quietus ] [ Resident Advisor ] [ Tribute by Akio Nagase ] [ Tribute b...