That sounds awesome!
I’ve been to a few special events there- a Spacelady concert that Eric of Mississippi records presented, and an experimental film festival that focused on work by California artists from the 70s to the present. That one had a few pretty cool interviews with some of the featured artists, but I can’t remember any names now (was like 7 or 8 years ago)
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I didn‘t found this one here:
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This is a great little documentary. Discovering Electronic Music (1969-1983) with Rory Kaplan, Douglas Leedy, and Jean-Claude Risset. Amazing!!
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For anyone with the Criterion Channel, The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry doc is now up (and it’s awesome).
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King Britt just posted this interview on his IG, it has a great overview of the use of synthesizers in Black music in the US, discussing innovations in process and artistic motivations and experiences of Black creators. It’s an enlightening read!
(It’s kind of silly that Reverb puts ads for legendary equipment into the interview after they’re mentioned… but it’s at least cool to see some pics and listen to the tracks as they’re discussed!)
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Funny I was literally typing a reply to this midway when your og thread was closed and moved here. Anyway…
Thanks for sharing. Gotta read this properly later because skimming through I can see inspirational history lessons. From the subject of Sun Ra’s access to that store, “how many potential Sun Ras or Herbies who… didn’t have that space to explore…”. To Jeff Mills’ improvisations, almost like his religion. Dude never changed it. Even still playing to tape. That ephemeral element that we still hold to Eurorack performances even though we’re using machines designed to meticulously recall and edit.
So interesting.
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I’ve watched it a few weeks ago and I was blown away. Similarly to the Beatles documentary and in complete contrast with it, it succeeds in bringing the spirit of the VU into the screen in a raw and authentic way. Their despise of the hippy culture of that time resonates with me, being a part of the Anarchist black block in major protests in EU and seeing the peaceful but naive hippies playing a pathetic role in front of the violence of power, getting beaten up and running to their mum afterwards. It’s heart-warming to see the inner connections with artists that inspire you, even if they were a generation before you.
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Didn’t see this mentioned anywhere yet: Speaking In Code
Speaking in Code is a character-based documentary directed by Amy Grill about people who are lost in the electronic music lifestyle.
Each storyline illustrates how communities cope with different kinds of electronic music obsession.
I can’t remember how I came across it now, think I was down a bit of a Kompakt rabbit hole and saw it mentioned in relation to that.
I watched it the other night and quite enjoyed it. I think its a nice touch focussing on a few select groups of people / individuals, gives it a bit more of a human, personal feel (especially the parts focussed on the husband of the director).
Its freely available on Amy Grills Vimeo page and you can also find it on youtube
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Amplified Gesture is very good:
And the Keith Rowe one, What is Man and What is Guitar, is also good:
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Just want to +1 this doc on Incapacitants! Excellent watch, thanks for sharing!
I’ve just finished reading Rumors of Noizu: Hijokaidan and the Road to 2nd Damascus, and this was a great follow-up for somebody new to the scene(s).
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Amplified Gesture is a great introduction to the group of brilliant improvisers that David Sylvian gathered around himself when making his 2009 album Manafon.
He is still one of my favorite artists, and that album is exceptional…
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Sylvian is one of the greatest in my book.
I put an old boombox in my workshop and I’ve been listening to my old CDs of his these past weekends, the mid-80’s solo stuff, which is like having a bunch of old friends over. But really I’ve been a devoted fan of everything he’s done, he’s been a constant in my life since I was 17. He has this ability to make so many disparate influences make sense together, and his work is at the same time very diverse, yet very recognisable and deeply personal. He seems to have found his artistic voice very early, and so has spent his career refining and exploring it, rather than looking for it like so many others do.
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Absolutely agree!
His recent work has reverse echoes going all the way back to late Japan and Rain Tree Crow…
While I have largely abandoned writing “songs” with words, when I listen to him I start to feel inspired by that approach again…
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Yes totally, I really enjoyed it too!
Ha! I remember seeing her play all the time back in the day, she’d always have some new gadget. My crummy teenage label put out the first Noveller release as well!
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Not really a documentary but a 6+ hours 
ask me anything with Autechre’s Sean Booth!/
Edit: forgot to add the YouTube link 
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Some very interesting longform interviews with absolute Noise legends have been regularly going up on White Centipede Noise podcast. (it’s noise/power electronics, so they contain some NSFW words/sounds/images of course)
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I watched that and was riveted. Autechre is one of my all time biggest influences. I like how forthcoming he is about their processes when so many of their contemporaries are the complete opposite (Aphex, BoC…)
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Same. So much!
In the 90’s (as a prog/King Crimson fan) a friend invited me to a show by coaxing me with “your Fripp guy” is in the band. That was Sylvian and Fripp at The Beacon in NYC on Nov. 2nd of 1993. Our tickets were in the 6th row.
A double whammy that night. Not only was my life forever changed by being introduced to David Sylvian but Michael Brook was the opener (and then sat in on guitar for the S+F set).
And, an added bonus… In a follow up Rolling Stone interview Fripp divulged that the rhythm section from that show (Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto) were going to be part of the forthcoming King Crimson Double Trio.
That one evening started me on one of the most rewarding music journeys of my life.
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