documentary

Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany is a new documentary film that examines how a generation of” Krautrockers” built a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.

The documentary will debut Friday October 23rd on BBC 4 at 9pm. No word on when it will be available outside the UK.

Description:

Between 1968 and 1977, bands including Neu!, Faust, Can and Kraftwerk looked beyond Anglo-American pop to create some of the most radical and original sounds ever heard in the country.

The experiments of Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Cluster would give the world its first taste of electronica.

By the late Seventies, some famous English and American ears took notice as David Bowie, Brian Eno and Iggy Pop decamped to Germany in an attempt to tap into the Zeitgeist. Meanwhile, in a studio overlooking the Berlin Wall, Iggy and Bowie would record Low, Heroes and Lust For Life, taking the sound and feel of Krautrock to the bank and to the world at large.

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This is a trailer for the documentary The Electro Wars, which features LMFAO, Pitbull, Chromeo, DJ Eclipse, DJ Qbert, Spankrock and others.

Hopefully the film’s audio is better than the trailers…..

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This is a trailer for The Italian Moog.

RE_production is producing a documentary movie on Moog instruments in Italian music, directed by Ernesto Romano. Read more…

Totally Wired, a documentary film about Andreas Schneider’s boutique Berlin synth shop Schneider’s Buero, is now available on DVD.

You can preview a section from the DVD below. It features Dieter Doepfer discussing his A100 modular synthesizer and the future of modular synths.

The film features an informed selection of inventors and artists alike, including

• Dieter Doepfer
• Junior Boys
• Cassy
• Ken MacBeth
• Anthony Rother
• Jessica Rylan
• Daniel Miller
• Wowa Cwejman
• Per Salzwedel
• Ricardo Villalobos
• Magda
• Marc Houle
• Max Loderbauer

This is an excerpt from the documentary Totally Wired, featuring the analogue genius Ken Macbeth, of Macbeth Studio Systems.

Ken talks about what inspires him, his vision for the M5 synthesiser, and making noise.

Set in Edinburgh, Scotland.