Tracking (1994)

Original title

Phish: Tracking

Directed by

Mike Gordon

Genre

documentary, music

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the band Phish recording their album Hoist. Directed by bass player Mike Gordon, it shows musicians like Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck and actor Jonathan Frakes laying down tracks in the studio.

observationalbehind-the-scenesplayfulintimatelightheartedinformalmusicalnostalgic

What happens

Tracking (1994) is a documentary about the band Phish and the recording of the album Hoist. It is directed by the band's bass player, Mike Gordon, who wrote, for the VHS packaging: While in the studio recording the album 'Hoister' (sic) I sported a video camera. Sometimes I pushed the record button. Others, the stop. Alas, I edited. Using machines small yet sweet, I assembled Tracking. This isn't about railroad tracks or stuffing things up the tender nostril. It's about 48 tracks of sound, adjacent on strips of plastic. Like mixing lilac petals, coriander, chunks of butter, and fennel into a soup. Tracking is the recording of different sounds, adjacent on strips of plastic. . . . Many of the musicians on the album, Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck, and actor Jonathan Frakes, are shown recording tracks that eventually wound up on the album. The documentary is approximately 25 minutes long and was produced by Cactus Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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