In what’s starting to become a reoccurring Friday column here at DJ SCHOOL LEBANON , we’re highlighting seven more fantastic documentaries and
videos we’ve found around the web. Each of the included films features
producers or DJs in a unique and insightful context – so pop some
popcorn and enjoy with these flicks!
Feature Length / Longer: These first few are on the longer side -set aside 15 minutes to an hour for these!
HOW CLUBBING CHANGED THE WORLD
This is a very recent documentary taking a macro view of clubbing (from a
UK perspective) and exploring how it has become the giant commodity and
industry that it is today. Apparently this has made pretty regular
rounds on the BBC in the UK, so it might not be anything new to some of
you, but we would absolutely be remiss in not putting it on this list!
Hosted by actor/DJ Idris Elba, you might have heard of (we hope) some of
the DJs who make appearances in this one: David Guetta, Armand van
Helden, Pete Tong, and Skream.
BAD BOY BILL @ 1989 DMC
Less of a documentary and more of a pure
classic clip from DJ history in the making, I was encouraged to seek out
this incredible performance after a comment on my article last week on
DJ name drops:
“I come from mid 80s House …and it’s funny to me that
this article has to explain what was obvious then. I guess the younger
generation need coaching. Remember Bad Boy Bill scratching his drops ?” –
Luiz Fueggo
IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES – BRIAN ENO
1988 AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY ON SAMPLING
For a Australian TV station to do a documentary on sampling in 1988 is
pretty great – but for them to include interviews with Prince Paul, Will
and Jazzy Jeff, Tom Petty, Russell Simmons, and more – is incredible.
It’s a pretty good primer on how contriversial sampling was at the time,
especially for our younger readers! Hard to believe that in most
countries around the world, nearly twenty four years later, there are
still no sensible laws that encourage and properly accomodate this style
of sampling.
THE CHEMICAL GENERATION
One of the most prominent cultures that expanded around a certain type
of music was the Acid House movement in the UK. There are a number of
documentaries on Acid House, but this one not only relates the story of
the music and the DJs in the UK underground, but also explores the
rising club scene in Ibiza and the mind-altering substance (MDMA) that
made a large part of the movement possible. Keep an eye out for clips in
the Hacienda as well as interviews with household names like Paul
Oakenfold.
