Veracohr Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Can anyone recommend any good documentaries about the beginning of techno/trance/electronic music in the 80s? My girlfriend is fairly ignorant about electronic music and often when I play something she relates it back to Kraftwerk, as that's the electronic music she's most familiar with. That can be valid to some degree, but there's more to it. To me, relating all electronic music to Kraftwerk is akin to relating all rock music to The Beatles, which is a disservice to the contributions of later artists and the situations that surrounded their scenes. I'd like to show her some good documentaries if I can. She's a musician herself so I feel comfortable that she'd get it if it was presented well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desysko Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I find it that documentaries on instruments also give major insight into genres. If I can find it, I'll post the tb-303 and the a-men break documentary, though I'm quite sure you may be already familiar with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masen023 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 "THE" best!!!! 2001 Channel 4 documentary "Pump Up The Volume"The History of House Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djuna Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 It's more 90's, but The Sound of Belgium is a nice documentary about New Beat - if your girlfriend likes Karftwerk this is a good next step I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multi-Media Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Nice one first 2 parts mainly about industrial beginnings later docu focusses on NIN(7! parts) Here a Berlin Tresor docu (about Techno mainly I guess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CromoNova Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 https://vimeo.com/123111605 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mudpeople Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 More about the 90s but a pretty good one. Has a special place in my own heart cuz that was the era I first got into electronic music: And this Goa classic: Not exactly a documentary though it has interview segments: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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