Benjamin Whalley

Benjamin Whalley

Total Credits at Criticker: 5 (Director)

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    Synth Britannia
    Documentary following the evolution of British synth pop, from its uncompromising experimental beginnings in the late 1970s to mainstream popularity in the early 1980s, and into the beginning of British club culture and electronic dance music.
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    Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
    Documentary about "krautrock", the diverse and innovative German progressive, experimental and electronic music scene from in the 1960s and 1970s. Features Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Amon Düül II, Can, and others.
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    The Joy of Disco
    A film about how a much-derided music actually changed the world. Between 1969 and 1979 disco was born through gay liberation, female desire in the age of feminism and led to the birth of modern club culture before taking the world by storm. This in turn led to the 'Disco Sucks' movement and the inevitable backlash.
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    Pop Charts Britannia
    The evolution of feelings and attitudes towards the British singles chart. Documenting changes from the 1952 NME chart via Pick and Top of the Pops through to the Radio 1 chart show of today
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    Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
    How the squalid streets of '70s New York gave birth to music that conquered the world - punk, disco and hip hop - inspired by the Velvet Underground, loft parties and the Bronx. (bbc.co.uk)
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