22 March 2010
Synth Brittania
This BBC Channel Four documentary about the rise of synthesizer bands in the UK is mandatory viewing! It covers the influences and early experimentation of the first all-synth groups, as well as how the music was eventually accepted and found chart success in the UK and the rest of the world.This was a parallel punk music, just played with machines rather than cheap guitars. These artists were pioneers, and often ridiculed by 'real' musicians and music journalism.
Excellent interviews with the key players. I was particularly interested in how so many of these artists were involved in several of the seminal bands.
Enjoy!
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.
In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Volatire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain.
Enjoy!
Note: This documentary is unavailable to those of us in the U.S., so I have the 10 parts up in youtube. Not sure how long they will be available. BBC 4 already deleted the last of the 9, so I had to find 2 parts from another source to complete it. Thus, the last 30 minutes may have a few minutes of redundancy. Fast-forward is your friend!
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