God Is My DJ (2006) User Reviews

The story of ID&T and Sensation!

[gizmo-65 · 6/10 · 14 November 2006]

I bought this movie because I have been following the music-stream hardcore in Holland since I was 12. This is the story of Duncan Stutterheim, one of the 3 founders of ID&T. ID&T (Irfan, Duncan and Theo) started with one rave-party in 1992, "The Final Exam", which attracted as much as 12.000 visitors. From this party on it only grew bigger and bigger. ID&T hosted more and more party's, some well-known like Thunderdome, Mystery Land and Sensation. The party's grew bigger and bigger and they started a record company, ID&T music, made magazines (Thundermagazine / ID&T Release), started a Radio channel (SLAMFM), had their own merchandising for all different party's and so on and so on!

This movie is about the becoming of sensation, now one of the largest dance-events ever. You see fragments of parties from "The Final Exam" in 1992 till "Sensation" in 2005. You find out why Sensation has 2 themes (Black & White). You also get to meet Duncan and his father, wife and child. The story has guest-appearances like Armin van Buuren (who made the sensation-anthem that year), Dj Dano, Joop van den Ende and Mental Theo.

All and all I thought I got to see a movie, but it's really a documentary, which I was not pre-set for. The documentary's storyline I found a little hard to follow. It had lots of loose fragments sticked together. The DVD contains 48 minutes of extra scenes! A worth-see if you're interested in the ID&T story.

The Story of ID&T, the creators of Sensation

[MaxQuant · 8/10 · 8 May 2006]

This is the story of ID&T through one of its founders, Duncan Stuttenheim. It shows the inner workings of ID&T. We see their venture into radio. We also see how the various Sensation parties are organized and how Sensation came about through the death of Duncan's brother Miles. A red line through this documentary is the Sensation White party that is organized in Germany in the 'Arena-Auf-Schalke' stadium. We also get a glimpse of the entrepeneurship of Duncan and how he seeks advice from his father and Joop van de Ende, who invested in his company.

All in all 'God is my DJ' is a documentary worth seeing, especially if you are into parties such as Sensation.

A great story of one of the world's leading dance events...

[Himura78 · 10/10 · 16 April 2006]

I'm not one for making long reviews, so I'll keep it short and sweet...

The movie shows you the story of Duncan Stutterheim and how he and a few others started sensation as a normal outside dance event back in the early 90s which then becomes one of the world's leading dance events today. This takes place sometime between the beginning of 2005 right up until Sensation White in July. This feels almost like a few months of behind-the-scenes footage, which almost is, but contains more of an in-depth movie "feel" to it.

The movie also shows you how ID&T and Slam!FM came about (The "D" in his name is where the ID&T Radio name comes from. Irfan, Duncan and Theo) and how Duncan struggles to keep his dream of Sensation alive.

Fans of the Trance genre will see the #3 DJ in the world, Armin van Buuren having a cameo appearance in the film.

Very interesting movie. I'm planning on buying the DVD sometime this month. Its in Dutch, but the DVD does include English subtitles.