Tracking Angles

David Axelbank

Wade Hampton, aka DJ WishFM, working the decks for Groove.

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And while any medium that attempts to distill the mood, emotion, and personality of an entire community into 90 minutes won't always hit the bull's-eye, Groove comes closer than any other film has. Right down to the fleeting view of the Sunday morning revelry outside the Endup as the film's closing sequence unfurls to the strains of alter)ring's gorgeous morning trance anthem "Infinitely Gentle Blows."

"I really wanted to [represent] what the Bay Area institutions mean to people," says Harrison. "If it was something you did, it would be nostalgic. If it is something you do, there's a sense of relief that it was captured accurately."