a london somet'ing dis (1993) http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE20911805D45BB85 "Documentary from 1993 about the established Jungle/Drum & Bass scene in the UK." modern times - good looking records (1996) pt1: http://vimeo.com/51927526 pt2: http://vimeo.com/51927321 this is really good. makes you realise how big it got back in the day - bukem/good looking cutting international deals with major labels and so on. check tony fordham trying to get an iron in a japanese hotel. so jokes.
Deadly documentary off Dutch TV from 96... In three parts, featuring a segment on Squarepusher, Photek and on Source Direct. The very first one starts off with a female voiceover in Dutch but it's very very short and all the interviews are in English. ^ well well well worth a watch, Photek in particular has some pretty insightful stuff to say.
The first time I saw the Source Direct one it kind of blew my mind. I never pictured them as 2 kids making tunes in their bedrooms on headphones. Their tunes were some of the most mature and deep of any era.
Was just about to mention these lol; fuck, the Bukem one convinced me to start trying production on my own and really brought me back to the scene and culture heavy. Just little less than a year ago all of that. I think the Master Class stuff should count; I still need to finish the one w/ DJ Krust. You should also check out the Metalheadz doc that came out roughly the same time as that Bukem one from what I recall, and the Goldie documentary is very very good tho it's more about his life than it is the dnb scene, as it were. If anyone knows of a good lengthy doc on Ed Rush + Optical or techstep/neurofunk in particular I'd love to hear it. - - - Updated - - - This is the name of it. - - - Updated - - - Damn straight; just recently started listening to these guys, a lot of that stuff still holds up so well today. Especially tracks like Snake Style. So creative.
^ didn't think "All Crews" was that good tbh. "Energy Flash" and to a lesser extent "Altered States" are a lot more interesting really.
