Project Detail

808

Name: 808
Director: Alex Dunn
Genre: Music, Dance
Released: 2015
Duration: 107 mins

Synopsis

808 is a documentary film about the inspiring story of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It's the tale of the birth of electronic music, and how one small machine changed the musical landscape forever... by accident. It's the story of a sound that has been embraced by the world's top producers and performers, and has been name-checked on a whole host of hit records. Associated with numerous musical styles crossing both time and genre, its defining sounds are as relevant now as they ever have been. It defined hip hop and modern dance culture and its sound continues to deliver dancefloor-smashing beats today.
SXSW 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 107 mins
Director: Alex Dunn
Producer: Arthur Baker, Alex Dunn, Craig Kallman, Alex Noyer
Co-Producer: Matthew Jarman
Executive Producer: Alex Noyer
Editor: Stuart Birchall, Alex Dunn, Matthew Jarman
Screenwriter: Luke Bainbridge, Alex Dunn
Director of Photography: Stuart Birchall, Claudio Rietti
Sound: Matthew Jarman
Principal cast: Damon Albarn, Arthu Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, Jellybean Benítez

Genre

Music Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US, Japan, Finland, Belgium coproduction

You Know Films (US), Atlantic Films (US), You Know Ltd. (UK)

You Know Ltd.

14 Baltic Street East
London
EC1Y 0UJ

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Sales Company

Abramorama

Richard Abramowitz

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