Toss you guitar..."The best post-punk music in Europe was electronic music & for five years the best electronic music came from Sheffield.
Made in Sheffield documents the evolution of the Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17 & ABC, who emerged from Sheffield's music scene in the late 70's. Their dream was to destroy rock music. The result was the creation of some of the most influential sounds in pop music.
Rare archive footage, soundtrack & exclusive interviews with the famous, almost famous & not famous at all pull you directly into the Sheffield music scene complete with fanzines, nightclubs, weird bands, DIY record labels & all the ambition & creativity that made that time so special.
Loaded with endearing moments & humour, it captures the essence of the seldom portrayed aftermath of Punk & the spirit of the early 80's British New Wave movement.
Featuring: Phil Oakey , Joanne Catherall & Susan Sully (Human League), Martyn Ware & Ian Craig Marsh (original members and founders of the Human League & Heaven 17), Jarvis Cocker (Pulp),
Chris Watson (Cabaret Voltaire), Stephen Singleton (Vice Versa/ABC)
John Peel and many other faces and bands that made this scene unique.
some made it and kept it
some made it and lost it
some got lost along the way
running time 52 mins"
More info here. I'm guessing ther's plenty of synth content here. You can find this one on Amazon
i bought this. its worth the watch. i wish:
ReplyDelete1.) it was longer (only 52 minutes)
2.) there was more synth content
(i had always heard that a good portion of people bought synths because they were cheaper and it was easier to sound like a full band)
3.) there was more on the human league and Pulp.
SoundSubs hit the nail on the head. Great doc, too short even with the full interviews. More synth content would have made for a more interesting film (of course us synth geeks would say that!), but still well worth tracking down.
ReplyDeleteI liked it, but as others have said, much too short to cover so many bands. Cabaret Voltaire had a short segment, and Artery had a longer segment it seemed.
ReplyDeletejoy division arguably did better work with guitars.
ReplyDeleteYeah, if only they were from Sheffield.
ReplyDeleteI love this DVD! Yeah, there could be more synth-twiddling going on but then most of these bands did come from punk / post-punk roots. It was more about the ideas than fetishisation of the tech.
ReplyDeleteHey guys!
ReplyDeleteI'm from Ukraine and have no opportunity to purchase this dvd. I was searching for it for about 2 years with no result. Would you be so kind to upload it or to give me a link where I can get it? Thank you very much!