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      808

      Released Dec 9, 2016 1h 47m Documentary List
      100% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 66% Audience Score 100+ Ratings The history of the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the birth of electronic music. Read More Read Less

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      THR Staff Hollywood Reporter Stylishly presented and dance-friendly...Aspiring beatmakers and music geeks will eat it up. Jun 2, 2022 Full Review Jack Hamilton Slate A fittingly quirky and lively documentary. Jun 2, 2022 Full Review Andrew Barker Variety A consistently entertaining, instructive look at the unlikely heartbeat behind so much of the past three decades’ standout pop music. Jun 2, 2022 Full Review Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene If you've been missing the Belcourt's Music City Mondays series, here's a music-related documentary that will put some pep in your step - and contains no rockist clichés whatsoever. Sep 10, 2021 Full Review Benjamin H. Smith Decider 808 is consistently interesting, informative and fun. Apr 4, 2018 Full Review Kahron Spearman The Daily Dot It's a valuable piece of work, laying out the ongoing influence and impact of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Jan 17, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member 🤯 x 808. Playlist done! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Awesome if you like this sort of thing. I do. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie didn't cover one west coast artist. Straight garbage! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member My only complaint about this great documentary, is that there is no mention of The Egyptian Lover and Newcleus, who were pioneers of the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member A series of interviews rather than a documentary that goes deep into the history of this amazing machine. And the worst thing is that the interviews keep going on about "wow this bass drum, wow this hi-hat sounds, ...oh! this cowbell''.. Eerrrr.. helloo!! we know this already! Tell us something that we dont know, like some elements behind the engineering, or the marketing, or the reason this happened at that time and how it relates to the music evolution that followed.. If you were to make a documentary about Hugo Boss for example would you only interview people who wear and admire his clothes?... Waste of my money this was. Plenty of free documentaries out there on electronic music. Sad to see that tomatometer critic reviewers give it 100% - I mean come on guys - there are other ways to market your documentary and monetise on music history.. Please.. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Def worth watching for music-history/technology nerds... wish it felt a little more "gen access" for the greater public. Thought some sections were too long-winded... but I REALLY loved interview with Japanese designer. Kinda my fave part, really. :) And yes... I used to have one. Fantastic(!) machine. :) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis The history of the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the birth of electronic music.
      Director
      Alex Dunn
      Producer
      Arthur Baker, Alex Noyer
      Screenwriter
      Luke Bainbridge, Alex Dunn
      Distributor
      Atlantic Film
      Production Co
      Atlantic Films
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 9, 2016, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 11, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 47m
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