Part of the Weekend Never Dies, the new documentary by Soulwax and Saam Farahmand, is about much more than just two DJs on the road. “I don’t even own one picture of myself or one album that we’ve made,” explains David Dewaele. “I’m not interested in souvenirs. But for a lot of the people who come to our raves and love all the bands and want to go off their heads with us, it records a specific period in time. This film is an attempt to capture a scene through Soulwax, not the other way round.”

Farahmand, an award-winning music video director who’s worked with bands like Klaxons and Simian Mobile Disco, followed the Radio Soulwax tour around the world in summer 2006 and then shredded down five hundred hours of raw footage to 53 flickering minutes. The result is an invitation to the party, the after-party, and the after-after-after-after-after-party, where you’ll meet not just the Belgian brothers but also their fans and collaborators. “James Murphy and Erol and Nancy Wang and Tiga, they're so good in front of the camera, and Stephen and I are absolutely shit,” says David. “It’s incredible how articulate our friends are compared to how inarticulate we are.”

Except that sometimes, when they keep their mouths shut, it’s entirely deliberate. “When I grew up I used to love the way bands had an enigmatic, mythical side. But nowadays every band has three fucking blogs. So we’ve tried to explain a lot of things but to keep some things mysterious as well.”

Above all, they weren’t interested in recreating Cocksucker Blues, the notoriously indiscreet 1972 film about the Rolling Stones. “Cocksucker Blues is an amazing piece of footage, but it's actually quite boring to watch. So there was a conscious decision not to make this into a drug-fest. In fact, it shows how alienating it can be to spend weeks at a time travelling around the world to places where everyone is fucked up on drugs. It can be a really weird experience, especially if you’re not on drugs too.” If viewers are surprised that some of the best parties in the world can be thrown by a couple of straight-edgers, then so are Soulwax themselves. “We get enough sleep, we don't drink, we don't do drugs, we just work. We're quite boring in person. But for some reason these two boring guys from Belgium can instigate so much debauchery and chaos.”

Exclusive extracts from Part of the Weekend Never Dies which is out on DVD on 8th September. Dazed Digital have 10 copies of the DVD to give away and you can enter the competition here.

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