Sun Ra documentary

Really cool documentary about Sun Ra. If you don't know him, do get to know him and get transported into space!

Richie Hawtin documentary

Slices - Pioneers Of Electronic Music Vol. 1 - Richie Hawtin

This is a fascinating 90min documetary, part of DVD special series, Slices - Pioneers of Electronic Music. The first one is about DJ and producer Richie Hawtin, it covers his childhood, how he got into music, his relationship to his parents and how he became the icon he is today. 

Real Scenes - documentaries on the music scene in Bristol, Detroit and Berlin

Resident Advisor and Bench have teamed up to produce a series of documentaries on the musical, cultural and creative culture in some of the key destinations in today's music scene; Real Scenes. The first of the series; Real Scenes: Bristol, was out in July. It focuses on the influential electronic music scene in Bristol. The second one; Real Scenes: Detroit, out in August, explores Detroit, the birthplace of techno. And the latest one; Real Scenes: Berlin, came out today and focuses on the techno scene in Berlin.


Real Scenes: Bristol from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.


Real Scenes: Detroit from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.


Real Scenes: Berlin from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.

Krautrock documentary

Another really cool BBC documentary! This one is about krautrock; the experimental rock scene that appeared in Germany in the 1960s, and moved to Britain in the 1970s.

Synth Britannia documentary

Really cool BBC documentary showing how different post punk bands and musicians started using synths in the 1970s.

Nobody Beats the Drum Music Video

Dutch group Nobody Beats the Drum mixes electro, breaks, hip hop and apparently every other form of music. The Grindin music stopmotion video, a sequence of 4085 photos, was directed by visual artist Rogier van der Zwaag.



Short documentary on the making of the Grindin...

Children of Berlin