While I feel this film did a great job at showcasing Carl Cox and his career, it doesn't expand outside of mainstream EDM as it may suggest. Jabs are rightfully taken at those who have exploited, and perpetuate the 'EDM' fad but really missed the mark of featuring anything 'underground.' Missing were a single mention of any other style of dance music. It's a real shame the likes of Andy C, The Prodigy, or Goldie (a Member of the Order of the British Empire after all) weren't even an afterthought despite having their own very significant influence on the culture worldwide. The soundtrack is 'energetic,' but nothing short of Top 40 and misrepresents 'What We Started' in leui of 'What We've Become.' Despite the critique, still a recomended watch because it does feature prominent artists giving valuable input for fans and outside inquiring minds alike.
Shout by maphiagurlVIP 5BlockedParent2019-11-02T20:50:14Z
Being an 80s club kid I never really got into rave or edm. My club days were quite selective by then. It was really interesting to see how it rose up but I’m sad that they neglected how other scenes outside of disco, like new wave, new romantics, ska, Manchester, britpop etc all contributed as well. U2s career didn’t start at zoo tv certainly and there was much of what surrounded them that kept the dance club scene alive after disco through the rock era so that when the rave scene hit in the 90s there was an appetite for it. The documentary ignores it by jumping from disco to rave almost stating that nothing happened in dance clubs between 1979 and 1989. This is definitely not true. I agree also that not talking about the underground scene, with bands like prodigy, kraftwerk, Chemical Brothers etc is a disservice to the scene as well. And beyond not mentioning how EBM the harder cousin is working to further bring harder edge rock / metal together with electronic.