Documentary

A new documentary about Berlin’s techno scene and electronic music history is coming this week.

Sound of Berlin, set for release this Friday, 18th May, is a one-hour documentary that explores the German capital’s rich club culture and long-standing status as one of the global epicentres for electronic music.

John Ochoa is the editor-at-large of DJ Mag North America. You can find him living his best life on Twitter.

Above & Beyond’s acoustic documentary, ‘Above & Beyond Acoustic – Giving Up The Day Job’, is now available on iTunes worldwide.

The double feature film also includes a full-length concert video shot during their iconic performance at the Hollywood Bowl.

‘Above & Beyond Acoustic: Giving Up The Day Job’ follows the group’s journey from the DJ booth to the Hollywood Bowl.

With a travelling party of 17 musicians plus a 34-piece orchestra in LA, the new film is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at one of the world’s biggest dance acts.

A new documentary, The Man From Mo’Wax will chart the ongoing influence of pioneering UK electronic figure James Lavelle, whose presence in the scene as a DJ, producer and label head remains pivotal today, nearly three decades into his career.

The film, which is set for release on 31st August, starts from the beginning of the artist’s trajectory, playing his first DJ set aged 14. Lavelle would go on to launch his Mo’Wax label aged 18 and would subsequently release one of the most influential albums in UK electronic music’s history, DJ Shadow’s ‘Entroducing’.

Fyre Festival — the well-documented music festival disaster from 2017 that left paying festivalgoers stranded on a private island in the Bahamas — is now getting the documentary treatment.

Above & Beyond have today announced the release of ‘Above and Beyond Acoustic: Giving Up The Day Job’, a new behind-the-scenes documentary filmed during the band’s sellout acoustic tour in 2016.

The documentary follows the trio’s journey from Abbey Road Studios, through to their shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House and finally the Hollywood Bowl.

The documentary will also include a full-length concert film from their now iconic sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl.

Carl Cox’s and Martin Garrix’s much-hyped documentary ‘What We Started’ has officially released in theatres, on iTunes and On Demand today.

The film had its red carpet premiere last night at The Regal South Beach during the height of Miami Music Week. The film’s stars Martin Garrix, Carl Cox and Tiësto were in attendance and also participated in a Q&A directly after the film.

John Ochoa is the editor-at-large of DJ Mag North America. You can find him living his best life on Twitter.

Martin Garrix and Carl Cox’s documentary ‘What We Started’ will get a worldwide release from March 23rd where it will be available to stream via on-demand services like iTunes in over 100 countries.

The film is also set to get the red carpet treatment on 22nd March at The Regal South Beach where Martin Garrix, Carl Cox and David Guetta will all be in attendance.

Directly after the film, a Q&A regarding the documentary, with Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Tiësto and more, will be hosted inside the theatre for fans and media.

The official trailer has been shared for Carl Cox and Martin Garrix's documentary, What We Started.

The film, which will be screened on 22nd March in Regal Cinema's South 18 in Miami during ULTRA festival, will be available to watch on Netflix from June. Other select theatres showing the documentary ahead of its general release include one in New York on 23rd March and Los Angeles' American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theater on 29th March. 

Studio 54 has long been championed as the epicenter of hedonism and North American nightlife during the 1970s. Dancers old and young can revisit the spectacle of the New York City venue when a new documentary premieres at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

STUDIO 54 tracks club owners Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell along their path to the kings of New York’s nightlife throughout the 1970s.