BBC 2/All Black: The Jungle Underworld
BBC 4: Synth Britannia
“n 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.”
BBC 3: Tower Block Dreams (Pirate Radio/Grime)
BBC 4: Krautrock – The Rebirth of Germany
“Between 1968 and 1977 bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and Kraftwerk would look beyond western rock and roll to create some of the most original and uncompromising music ever heard. They shared one common goal – a forward-looking desire to transcend Germany’s gruesome past – but that didn’t stop the music press in war-obsessed Britain from calling them Krautrock.”
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every single one of these is sooooooo essential.
These are all great, my favorite hands down has to be synth brittania though. Interesting new layout as well.
omg, that jungle documentary is so incredibly cheesy. If you can get past that and the terrible narration it’s still quite interesting though.
You can really see the evolution of the BBC music doc with this brief cross-section, the productions are on a whole different level with Synth and Kraut in terms of depth and narrative.