Carl Cox and Derrick May are amongst a host of big name musicians set to feature in a new documentary about the rise of acid house.
They Call It Acid collects archive rave footage and interviews with key players to plot "the development of House Music from its stripped down beginnings in Chicago to the big anthems of the outdoor raves in 1989," according to the film's website.
A new documentary in the Unsung series which explores pioneering DJ Frankie Knuckles and the foundations of house music has been released.
Known as 'The Godfather of House', Frankie Knuckles was a key player during the development of the genre as it flourished within the gay clubs of New York City and Chicago during the 1980s.
Titled Unsung: Frankie Knuckles and The Roots of House Music, the half-hour film features interviews with many notable faces from the early days of house, including Frankie Knuckles, Farley Jackmaster Funk and Jesse Saunders.
A new documentary exploring pioneering experimental outfit The Orb is on the way.
Appropriately titled, Lunar Orbit, the film tracks the duo's formation and development, along with the creation of their 2015 album 'Moonbuilding 2703 AD'.
Having had a sneak peak at the doc, DJ Mag can confirm it's an interesting and informative watch, will a healthy dose of The Orb's off-the-wall humour too.
Check out the teaser below.
Norway may only have a population of 5 million, but within its icy borders, a rich culture of dance music has prospered. Now a new film, Northern Disco Lights: The Rise and Rise of Norweigan Dance Music, documenting this amazing story is set to premiere in London — and you can attend!
Produced by the team behind Paper Recordings and the 2012 documentary Last Shop Standing, Northern Disco Lights tells the tale of how Norwegian disco grew from isolated communities in the cities of Bergen and Tromsø to re-shape the modern global scene.
Zedd’s documentary, True Colours, premiered at Los Angeles Film Festival in June, and is set for a full official release through iTunes on Tuesday 18th October. You can watch the full trailer for it below.
For True Colours, a film crew followed Zedd - real name Anton Zaslavski - in the lead up to the release of his album of the same name last year, whilst he threw fan parties across the globe.
Steve Aoki’s Netflix documentary, ‘I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, is available worldwide from today.
To mark the occasion Aoki will be taking part in Facebook Live Q&A on Wednesday 24th August, which will be moderated by American TV anchor and journalist Katie Couric.
The film has been some three years in the making and was recorded during the making of Aoki's 'Neon Future' double album.
A Netflix-produced documentary ‘Steve Aoki: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead’ has been given a trailer ahead of its release next month.
The Dim Mak boss was followed around by a film crew during the recording of his last two albums, ‘Neon Future’ and ‘Neon Future II’, and focusses on the DJ and producer’s rise to fame and fortune.
Narrator Georges Collinet explores the crucial impact that black British musicians, DJs and MCs had on UK on the rave scene in the late 80s and 90s in this new radio documentary, Roots And Future: A History of UK Dance.
From jungle and drum and bass through to garage, grime and dubstep this informative radio documentary speaks to key figures like Shut Up And Dance, Kool FM, Karl ‘Tuff Enuff’ Brown and grime MC D Double E about the impact of these influences on the UK’s burgeoning rave scene in the late 80s.
Daft Punk documentary 'Daft Punk Unchained' will finally be broadcast in the UK on BBC 4 on February 19th at 10pm.
Daft Punk Unchained, directed by Hervé Martin Delpierre, is the first independent film which explores the cultural phenomenon of Daft Punk.
The documentary is a joint collaboration between the BBC and Canal+ and takes an in-depth look at Daft Punk's meteoric rise from house and techno DJs in the early '90s, to grammy-winning producers with their last album, 'Random Access Memories'.
Polish EDM wunderkind and remix master Tom Swoon is in the UK later this month for a show at Ministry of Sound on Friday 19th February, where he will play at The Gallery alongside Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano.
Before his set at the iconic London club, Swoon will drop by DJ Mag HQ to play an exclusive 90 minute set in our in-office ‘room of boom’ that will be streamed live on the DJ Mag YouTube channel.
