Alan Vega and Martin Rev are two of the greatest artists on the New York music scene. In solo or with ”Suicide”, they were at the origin of contemporary musical styles like electro and punk. Without them, no Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Aphex Twin or Daft Punk. Rolling Stone Magazine ranks Suicide’s (1977) first album in its list of the 500 greatest records of all time. Re Alan Vega : ”One of the great revolutionary voices in rock & roll” Bruce Springsteen. Marc Hurtado is a French director, the only one to have been able to follow and film Alan Vega for years. As a musician, he played with Christophe, Genesis P-Orridge, Gaby Deldago (DAF), Lydia Lunch. He also produced one of Vega’s latest albums: Sniper. This boxset presents the entirety of these 5 unreleased films. It is accompanied by a 32-page booklet, including texts by Marc Hurtado and Alexandre Breton (France Culture) as well as 16 paintings by Sébastien Vitré. 5 FILMS short descriptions: THE INFINITE MERCY FILM – 16′ (2009) A portrait of Alan Vega as a painter, drawer and sculptor of light SATURN DRIVE DUPLEX – 6′ (2011) Music video of a song from the album « Sniper » by Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega SATURN DRIVE DUPLEX REDUX – 4′ (2014) Music video from an alternative version of ”Saturn Drive Duplex” INFINITE DREAMERS – 82′ (2016) A hallucinatory trip in the mysterious apocalyptic Suicide visions of Alan Vega & Martin Rev SATURN DRIVE – 5′ (2016) A poignant testimony of Alan Vega filmed in a New York Hospital.
