When Takyuu Ishino and Pierre Taki formed Denki Groove in 1989, they were initially written off as a Yellow Magic Orchestra rip-off. That all changed in 1993, when the the now four-piece released Vitamin a techno album that pulls influences as disparate as disco to video games and anime soundtracks, a sonic aesthetic they've maintained ever since. Needless to say, they've maintained a loyal following, particularly in Germany, where their albums perform better than in their home country of Japan.Now, The Japan Times are reporting that the off-beat Japanese dance duo have a documentary out. Denki Groove The Movie? "features over two decades of Denki Groove history, interviews with former members Yoshinori Sunahara and Arashi Takahashi, among other notables, and clips from the famed press conference in which Ishino and Taki appeared fully nude to "commemorate" the departure of Takahashi from the group."The documentary opened in Japan on Dec. 26 and will close at the end of this week. "Maybe it will get a longer life span, who knows?" the film's director Hitoshi Ohne told the paper. "With Denki Groove, you can never tell what will happen."The film has not yet been picked up for US distribution.Listen to "Snow and Dove" from Vitamin below.
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