Thursday, September 03, 2009
BBC4 Synth Britannia Trailer
YouTube via Synthasy2000
" In the late Seventies small pockets of electronic artists such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle were inspired by Kraftwerk and J G Ballard to dream of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain.
Gary Numan's 1979 appearance on Top Of The Pops heralded the invention of synthpop, which would provide the soundtrack as Britain entered a new, ruthless era in the Eighties.
Depeche Mode, four lads from Basildon, came to embody the new sound, while post-punk bands such as Ultravox, Soft Cell, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Yazoo took the synth from the pages of the NME and onto the front cover of Smash Hits.
By 1983 the Pet Shop Boys and New Order were pointing to where the future of electronic music lay in dance.
Contributors to Synth Britannia include Philip Oakey, Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan and Neil Tennant."
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IS this a DVD?
ReplyDeleteI didn't see it on Amazon or Ebay. Hopefully it will be.
ReplyDeleteOh, it might not be out yet as well. I heard via Tara Busch on Twitter that Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey, reader of MATRIXSYNTH! ;), etc) will be in it.
ReplyDelete"Reader of MATRIXSYNTH." I love saying that. :) I always wonder who out there is watching.
This is a trailer for a forthcoming documentary on BBC Four as part of the autumn package of shows. It's not been on yet and I can't find any broadcast date. But it's made by the same people who did the BRILLIANT Pop Britannia. If you search in YouTube and add Human League, you'll get the 80s era episode.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's me who uploaded that - it was real pain in the wotsit to grab it and get up to YouTube but I did it for all my fellow synth homies across the pond.
ReplyDeleteI took a bullet for ya!
Woo hoo - I cna;t wait to see it when it does finally air here in the UK.
The Synth Britannia documentary is going to be broadcast on BBC4 on Friday 16th Oct. I know because I'm in it.
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