What We Started (2017)

What We Started stages two actors in the electronic dance music scene as its protagonists: the young DJ and producer Martin Garrix and the legendary techno and house DJ Carl Cox....

Films

BOOKS

The Rise of the Synths (2019)

A talking-head documentary with the people from the Synthwave scene. Several composers and enthusiasts from different countries narrate their journey around Synthwave as a subculture and electronic music microgenre...

Modulations (1998)

Modulations is a highly engaging documentary that presents the history and evolution of electronic music in the 20th century. The narrative of the film slightly follows a genre-focused structure...

B-Movie – Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015)

"B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989" is a compelling documentary that delves into the dynamic subculture and pop culture of West Berlin during the 1980s. Directed by Jörg...

Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer by Pinch and Trocco

In the book, Pinch and Trocco trace the origins of the analog synthesizer with a focus on the different phases in its life; from...

French Connections From Discotheque to Daft Punk: The Birth of French Touch by James (2003)

The book French Connections provides a comprehensive look at the French dance culture in its making. The empirical data of the book is comprised...

Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht (2017)

The film contains monologue-like, long-running interview sections with electronic musicians from Germany/Switzerland with parallel editing of club/concert shots. The musicians talk about their personal...

Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno (2012)

The movie, Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno, traces the trajectory of the underground techno movement in Berlin and Paris. It is comprised of...

Speaking in Code (2009)

Speaking in Code is a documentary about electronic music, particularly techno narrated through the lens of people who speak in codes and demand a...

Amplify Her (2019)

Amplify Her is not just a film; it's also a comic book and an animated motion comic series. This multiplicity is seamlessly woven into...

Kvadrat (2013)

Kvadrat explores the daily life of a Russian techno DJ, Andrey Pushkarev. Shot in Switzerland, France, Hungary, Romania, and Russia, it unfolds like a...

I Was There When House Took Over the World (2017)

A documentary about the early days of House music. It has interviews with the first DJs and club owners in Chicago. Initiating in a...

B-Movie – Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015)

"B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989" is a compelling documentary that delves into the dynamic subculture and pop culture of West Berlin during...

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