definitely not the best ever made. they missed out on a lot of stuff.
but only so much one can cover in 90 mins.
GGM
Sick documentary and a great watch. The UK focus and bias in putting their radio/BBC's involvement so high on the list is a bit annoying but pretty much every documentary has that type of thing to some degree. I love how they got all the long time legends involved and used their point of view constantly so it's not just a narrator blabbing on and on. Cox, Tong, Van Helden and Oakenfold have all been around for decades up until now so it's cool to get their take on it. Loved the tid bit on Daft Punk too since that's what got me into everything. I think it could've used a bigger focus on Detroit + Berlin's role in techno, trance (for the most part wasn't covered), the 808 drum machine + Moog. But it's hard to fit everything into 90 minutes as mentioned.
On the topic of "best ever", it's all subject to opinion but I personally enjoyed this one a lot:
Not the same style of trying to cover everything since the start of all things electronic. Just love the detailed history it gives on stuff that happened during a time I was too young to experience but lead to the music I enjoy today.
culorut
Well done documentary but I felt it ripped off Pump up the Volume - The History of House Music.
Skipper
So many more docs to watch, thanks everyone!
-g-
highly biased but highly enjoyable.
def recommended!
PurpleHaze
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Originally posted by GGM
On the topic of "best ever", it's all subject to opinion but I personally enjoyed this one a lot:
Wow I really really enjoyed this documentary. The live original footage from the Shelter and The Music Institute in Detroit in the late 80's/early 90's added a lot of dynamic to the documentary and opened my eyes to what scene Richie and his friends grew up with. LOL at how he came up with Plastikman...never knew that and gave me a good laugh. He looked like Moby with his bald head and glasses which was his nerd style for so long lol!
There was discussion of a party that he threw in the Packard warehouse where he lined the entire place in black plastic and was playing dark eerie minimal in the early 90s. Unforutunately no live footage from that party from what I can remember but me it must've been off the hook :crazy:
I loved Richie's optimisim for every situation/cross-road/dead-end that he came to in his life. What a guy! Always looking on the bright side of things.
Thanks for posting this GGM!
I'll check out the video that Skipper posted after work. I'm really getting into EDM documentaries ATM!
loopdokter
This was basically the soundtrack of my youth to adulthood from the late 1980s to present. It was great just hearing the music, let alone hearing from so many people who had involvement in the scene.
My main contention was the presenter. While he is a DJ and producer, he's known for his urban music affiliation, not his electronic music affiliation. I would have rather they had someone with some better presenting experience do it. John Peel would have been ideal, but he's obviously not with us.
culorut
The Highroller
Maestro still has to be my fav dance music documentary. I'm looking forward to checking out SLICES though.
Nobbie Q
Pretty cool doc. Yeah trance definitely needed to be talked about in this documentary, but as others as have already said, only so much can be covered in 90 mins.
It definitely makes you appreciate the culture more. Who else felt like DJ'ing right after this or search up club listings ??
an_an
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Originally posted by GGM
Sick documentary and a great watch. The UK focus and bias in putting their radio/BBC's involvement so high on the list is a bit annoying but pretty much every documentary has that type of thing to some degree. I love how they got all the long time legends involved and used their point of view constantly so it's not just a narrator blabbing on and on. Cox, Tong, Van Helden and Oakenfold have all been around for decades up until now so it's cool to get their take on it. Loved the tid bit on Daft Punk too since that's what got me into everything. I think it could've used a bigger focus on Detroit + Berlin's role in techno, trance (for the most part wasn't covered), the 808 drum machine + Moog. But it's hard to fit everything into 90 minutes as mentioned.
+1
Great documentary! But hated how it was so bias to how UK changed the rave scene! Missed out on a bunch.
