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The Medium Is The Message (A Tribute To Musical Formats)

Alex / DFRNT — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:54:31 +0000

Joe Muggs, Hatcha, Clams Casino and Greg Wilson discuss musical formats, including reel-to-reel, vinyl, shellacs & dub-plates, even an iPad app for mixing. This mini-documentary covers how each format has become emblematic of an era.

Very interesting, and I’m gutted it’s not a bit longer, but a good watch when you’ve got five minutes.

Pushing The Scene – A Dubstep Documentary

Alex / DFRNT — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:19:06 +0000

The title of this documentary is “Pushing The Scene – Tensions and Emergence in an Accelerated Marketplace Culture” which is all fine and well – but it reads a little bit like a music lecture title, and ultimately it’s more than that. The video visits a few places and gets some fairly up to date opinions on where dubstep as a scene stands now, and where it might be going.

There are some nice pieces with a few heads, and some nicely thought out voice-over explanations, and ultimately I’d say it was insightful, although I think we’re all agreed that dubstep is changing, whether it’s for better or worse.

I’m slowly drifting from dubstep elsewhere, finding my own feet and exploring my own avenues, but for those who need a catalyst to delve in to more traditional dubstep, or who need a push to explore their own sub-culture, this is a great piece, and well worth a watch.

Check it on Vimeo here, if the above video fails.

Future Sound – An Underground Electronic Music Documentary

Alex / DFRNT — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:08:42 +0000

Presumably some of you will have seen this by now, since it’s been posted around a bit – but I found it interesting, and to an extent inspiring, so if you’ve not watched it – take a moment out to check this.

Future Sound is a short documentary that looks into a small cross section of London’s forward-thinking underground dance music scene, exploring some of the things that define and affect it as it moves into a new age of digital innovation.

Featuring interviews with Roska, Scratcha DVA, Blackdown, Mark Fisher, and Lisa Blanning, plus footage from a live SBTRKT DJ set.

Directed by Jamie Whitby & Rachel Lob-levyt