The internet age is going to throw genres of music to the wayside. Back in the day you would show up at a cat's crib and find all these CD's from every type of music, Now with down loads mp3 file sharing. Sky the limit. Who still listens to radio. DJ's show up at a party with laptops. It keeps moving which is what it should do. I love music.
you whining people, elektronik music has been really exposed and envolved in germany, not in uk or us; good start up but not a real success (sorry for maybe bad english)
@chelskifl considering that they use a daft punk song that didn't come out til 2000 i find this hard to believe. i'd place it at an early 2000s-vintage (pretty early 2000s tho considering that there's no mention of germany whatsoever)
I LIKE THIS DOC BUT I HAVE TO ASK WHY THEY DIDNT EVEN BOTHER TO COVER OR TALK ABOUT THE SOUND COMING OUT OF LA IM TALKING ABOUT HARD HOUSE WERE DJ IRENE AND BAM BAM OR MARK V AND POOGIE BEAR WERE THE MASTERS ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL
Good doc, especially the first parts, but it forgets to explain the shift from the British to French scene because of the UK's gov backlash on raves... yea I know it's a BBC doc XD
@parisianyann HA HA NOT MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT,CROSSING THE WATER TO FRANCE AND GERMANY.WELL SAID. I SUPPOSE ITS A TIME THING,FITTING IT ALL IN .SPIRAL TRIBE AND MANY MORE ENDED UP IN FRANCE ETC.
great doc. thanks for me m.a.w ,kerri chandler,deep dish early stuff their penetrate deeper album is a masterpiece ,i,know everybody has names they would like to be in this show but everyone likes some thing different and many styles of house hey thats what makes the world go round!
this was great man. i dont think i could've learned why house is what is so much more acceptable abroad and not as much here in the usa considering the fact that it came from here. this truly was an amazing documentary.
This has been a brilliant documentary on the history of house music, and yet... and yet...
because of when it was made, they've fallen into the trap of including the flavour of the month (oh Jesus Dane Bowers just popped up), on a cracking documentary about the history of house music that's featured most of the players - although where was Morales, Kerri Chandler and Stu Allan?
@nick78447 True, there are some key players they left out. This doc is pretty epic, yet names like you mentioned arent included....that just emphasises how big house music is... (or that the doc is shit!!) glass half empty- glass half full?!?!
throughout this whole documentary i've heard a lot of samples that Soulwax uses in their live sets. Nice to see where they got their inspiration from. ace doc!!!!
well that thouroughly sucked... didnt even touch trance, progressive, dirty, electro etc.... they hit none of the biggest artists of OUR day like Klaas, Chuckie, Tiesto and sooo many more.... ughhh.
I wish this documentary would have mention arts like Colonel Abrams,Rick Ashley, C&C Music Factory and little more about the Black Box and Martha Walsh drama.
Ok this Doc gets a 5 out of 10. Seriously it started going to the UK, and thats fine because UK played a role in House. But then they started going to Techno,DnB, & Raves and crap. Umm wait isn't this a HOUSE doc? I mean, yes Techno & DnB (Jungle) came from House. But House has a waay bigger history than this doc showed. From Chi-town to Detroit to New York. It changed tremendously. POOR DOC! Also I would have like to seen the birth of Garage from House.
@Jay4Prettys I take that on board but you kind of contradicted yourself there. You didnt wanna hear about the evolution and what it became, but then you wanted to know the birth of Garage, which sprouted from that wonderful starting point of House too.
Excuse me if I went deep, I just watched an emotional documentary..
@Jay4Prettys I think that the Chicago House stuff is the best sound ever and once it came over to the UK it got watered down although there are good artists like Orbital, Leftfield, 808 State etc but the UK sound got a bit too commercial and dare I say slightly irritating. Excellent documentary though, it could have been twice as long.
Everyone can go on forever and comment about what and who was left out! But the bottom line is it all started in chicago, the birthplace of house music, and without the chi you would have none of this! It's just ashame that even to this day it truly isn't appreciated here. i'll even dare to say that true house music(music with substance and soul!) is barely being produced these days! It's been replaced by commercial crap! And the scene here in chicago isn't what it once was! Shame on that!
God, that MJ Cole track is so fire. I agree with the consensus going on here that the deep house sound of new york should have gotten a bigger spotlight with guys like Kerri Chandler doing amazing things at the time. The second wave of Detroit Techno should have also given some credit with the inclusion of guys like Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr. and etc.
this is the UK perspective, what about DEEP HOUSE the NEW YORK UNDERGROUND SOUND, Jellybean ,Louie Vega, Boddi Satva,,,Oscalate. What about the stuff that's coming out of South Africa,, sorry more Parts to this story are missing.
whoa, wtf? deep house? did i pass out for 5mins? the doc is nice'n dandy - typical mythy talking head action which is fine for what it is. but no deep house? no later ny house? really missin somethin there!
They got a point about the US-UK thing. Even though house has gone underground again over here in the states, there are people here like Todd Terry and Mark Kinchen who definately would of added HEAVY Validity to the documentary. Two are JUST 2 mentioned; and what about the addition of world beat and its influence(Other countries and their sound)...anyway, thanks so much for at least putting a documentary on here and enlightening, just a little, the new-comers to house and its history.
I think the beauty of house is that it can be so many different types of music under one unifying style. For those disapointed with the UK twist or the garage twist or the acid twist or whatever keep in mind how frequently music tastes change and how quickly the chart topping genres change as well. Consider this documentary probably came out before either dubstep or electro were popular, which currently are both popular. House always changes and because of that it will always survive.
@DJTjaden i know, in this documentary they talk about daft punk and put on one more time like its new shit....electro house is the new shit now but dubstep is quickly rising to the top, mainly now cuz of people like Skrillex and even though i hate these new people who listen to skrillex or deadmau5 and nothing else and try to school people who have know this shit for a while...i usually prefer to listen to my friends who know electro and know dubstep as well..they have smart shit to say.
It is best to have nailed the story to tape before myth twists the story of who did what first.... In the clubs and acid house parties around London was indescribably awesome, the energy and vibe was beautiful.... the best thing that ever hit the dance floor.... I have one fond memory of a track making a hundred people surge onto the dance floor and go for it... maybe there are gaps and important people missing from the story...hopefully further documentation will cover this... thanking you.
@elpapijt did u watch the whole first part of the documentary....it was all US....but house evolved to its more modern style in Europe and they cover a lot of UK becuz of the second summer of love and the impact house had on UK, i mean literally so many genres spawned out of the UK in the 90s becuz of the house influence...also although many people were unnamed they did name the main people and thats good enuff....also seeing as how this documentary was done in the late 90s they dont cover..cont
Its interesting how this documentary almost derails its main topic when they go on to describe the various other distinguishable electronica genres that spawned from the house scene. Honestly this documentary could've been like 10 hours longer hahaha.
@tindje watch the first parts, its all about Chicago and NY, but mostly its all about Chicago in the beginning. Of course it changes scene as time goes on. As all things do.
Thanks for posting this, chelskifl. I've never heard of this documentary until reading about it in a comment earlier today while watching Maestro: Larry Levan and Early DJ Culture.
Keep in mind that this film is trying to condense 25 years of music history (from Larry Levan to the Dreem Team) into two hours. Undoubtedly, things like the Loveparade and New Order are important to electronic dance music but this is a House documentary and some things have to be left out. I suspect that if this were twice as long, there would still be objections to what was left out or under-emphasized.
That said, I am surprised that Strictly Rhythm (other than MAW) and the KLF (over the Happy Mondays) are not mentioned given their influence on House music. Also, I was under the impression that acid house had far more of an impact on the Summer of Love than this film indicates. I would have liked to have seen more on the house revival of the mid to late 90s (ie. Daft Punk - even though they are mentioned numerous times - and Basement Jaxx) over 2 step garage and DnB which begs for gripes.
deejmd... i agree completely. Assuming that this doc. was produced around 2001-2001, just since that time alone, the sound of house and transpired into such a vast field of remarkable soundscapes - it's an ever transcending genre.
With the resurgence of disco house, it's influence in contermporary pop/r&b, major labels dedicated to house music (OM, Defected, Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi, etc.)... a new documentary highlighting the growth of house in the new milenium would be phenomenal. YES!
Im working on a massive French Touch mix (probably about 1.5 - 2 hours long) of nothing but this genre house. Ill post on my channel when its done. Its based on the new FT movement so hope you guys likes!
As aefranco said, it's only shown in a british perspective. No french and no german house history. What about the electronic pioneers like Kraftwerk? Sven Väth? And no word about the Love-Parade...
I liked the first half of this documentary, but the rest is to british for me...
still..nice of them to acknoledge the french by ending the documentary with "One more time", Daft Punks greatest. btw, french touch is back! louis la roche, The phantom's revenge, Le batman, Jean Mustache...all equal epic win.
I guess since its a british documentary they forgot (or omited, who cares?) the whole ''french touch" scene of the early 2000's which cleary dominated over the garage scene. I mean Daft Punk, Cassius, Stardust, Modjo?...i heard those names alot. and after this period it evolved into the electro trashy house scene (still dominated by the french) you know...Justice being the prime example.
Garage is a type of house music that has been around since 1991. When we were going out to hardcore raves and clugs meny had chillout rooms playing garage. They make it sound like it's new - it is not. There was American House (Chicago and NY) and in the UK we had House which was basically classed as "rave music" that started as acid house, went into techno, went hardcore, garage existed next to it and then came jungle. Jungle became drum 'n' bass.
crossings the visions of nations, race. sexuallity and clubs, house is growing in interrnational phenomenom wich shows no sign of stop em, EVER!! this final words, will last forever in my mind, this is an amazing history, thanks for posting
How about Colonel Abrams... the more I think about it, the more examples I come up with. MOVIN' Records, Strictly Rythm, Nervous... we were all HOT at the same time. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS that this story doesn't even mention! Do your homework knowledge seekers!
Or Zanzibar, Club 88, Timmy Regisford, Merlin Bobb, Blaze, Kerry Chandler, Jomanda, Bas Noir, ME (The Burrell Brothers)? Didn't we do anything worth talking about. If your gonna tell the story, tell the whole story!
how about John "jellybean" benitez at the funhouse who was responsible for madonnas "sound".one of the biggest dance superstar doesnt get mentioned or the dj that created the sound that sold millions of records.
bobby konders at wbls,India/MAW contibutions,Dave morales at the red zonenyc,etc....so much NYC contributions were completely left out of this doc.good doc for what it is ...
& beltram had help on all those records he wrote...... the brooklyn producers back n the day were really tight .. Ralphie dee, Victor simonellie, Little & How, Frankie bones, Lenny Dee, Gene lefosse, Victor calderone, tommy musto, Mondo Muzique, im not even touching the rest of ny....... there are so many great contributors to dance music in NYC alone.... wish someone would do a doc about NYC!
Wow, they hardly even mention Daft Punk at all. I mean, DP had more top chart singles than any other house group I can think of...And even to this day in the bay area california, only their stuff is played on the radio. Now that's deep. I guess they were not mentioned cuz everyone already know who they are, or the brits who made this history program decided a couple of french guys were not worth mentioning...that's fucking "bullocks"
LOL i knew daft punk would get one or two plugs in on this. House and all of its offspring are great, this includes techno, end of story. to me, techno is a sub-genre of house. it just has less bass and more whine, and a lot less 70's lol
adverts and selling labels! Just enjoy the music u can call it house u can call it techno, u can call it minimal techno and the same cd u can call it minimal house! u can call it electronic music! It's only music and we love it! I love techno, u love house, my house is ur house and ur house is my house! Respect!
it techno sometimes carppo or whatsoever!I am a techno fan,which most of the time people say that techno is about beat! about hard fast tempos! about crap with no music! i probably call techno what u call house or i call house what u call techno,but what Franky knuckles say about house?or Juan atkin about techno? and specially Carl Cox! who does not know what techno is or what house is and even in his CDs he says u can call it house u can call it Techno! what the hell! I had enough of commercial
i have spun with carl cox , in the early days and let me tell you the man is a master, anyone the can create a sound and move a crowd, like he does also spin on 3 technics 1200's
another commercial advert for pubs and clubs, selling names and genres and crap to people forgetting about the music itself,even the same song u can get it on a cd called house and another one called techno or garage or drum and bass or jungle or techhouse, just bloody names for business trying to sell it to people on behalf of others,same DJs calling their work techno in different dvds or on MTV. I think they've done something which basically they don't know what it is! sometimes they classify
techno, is a expansion of house on the 4/4. faster and easy to mix, i dont mind it , i know a lot dj's back in the day ie: lenny dee frankie bones who were 122 to 128bpm house jocks and moved into techno. and are masters in there own right,, i love house on the funky side and even the gospal side,
Thanks for ur reply mate,I do respect from where u r coming from, however i don't agree that techno is an expansion of house,i u want to speak history, they both started at the same period almost,house mainly by frankie knuckles in chicago and techno mainly by juan atkins derrick may and kevin saunderson in detroit,in fact all music follow the 4 on the floor even oriental music! if u do listen to early techno it's not fast at all so basically it's not about the bpm and it's not only about
layering beats and loops, house on the other side is an evolution of disco music that's y it has a bit of soul in it and if u see some of knuckles interviews he clearly define house differently than what it is in our minds, techno flew to the UK through derrick may however house stayed in the US all the time, techno gave a lot for house specially the early TB 303! and techno evolved in europe and it took all forms of add ons and plenty of subgenres came from it, jungle, psycho techno underground
minimal, drum n bass...and specially LSD, XTC, Free base! that's y the guys up in detroit where mad about it in summary and now they r mainly calling it detroit Techno, and derrick may himself defines techno as detroit, "europe techno is shit" although i don't agree but that's him! suddenly and unconsciously the politics played a role and the guys over here followed the house terminology! and it was stuck in our mind as house or techno and the confusion started.but on the musicology side of the
story, I believe house took a lot from techno and not the contrary and that's started but what ironically they call Tech-House, now try to define this style! :) At the end of the day as I said earlier, it's about music and sometimes it's ridiculous to fight or be stubborn about a style and forget about the joy in listening to music per se. for me I do play Techno although i am a surgeon in "real life" but music runs in me veins and pumped by my heart from 60bpm to 145bpm! Respect!
this documentary was good but, they spent too much time talking about the UK scene (which is a really relevant scene for house music,no doubt about it), and they have TOTALLY IGNORED the French house scene and music. Did they forget that Daft Punk had an international hit with Around The World?
yes he did, but that wasn't enough. French house took over the world around the late 90's and early 00's (Stardust, Etienne De Crecy, Cassius and more...). That to me is more relevant than Garage, which was more English than global.
This doc was good, but they should've at least recognized the fact that France brought back house on international charts, and give a more in depth explanation of that phenomenon than mere props.
There was some stuff here that I wouldn't hav called House ~ especially some of the newer stuff at the end. Current House has a different beat. And yet, at the same time, they didn't mention Trance, which I thought strange. And, allthough they mentioned Black Box "Ride", they didn't talk about all the other Italian / UK stuff which has now become part of the huge OldSkool movement. Luvved it all though, especially seein my mate Jesse.
Thanx for postin this. Never got to see the whole Channel4 series when it was on tv so this was cool.
Thought they might/should mention home-grown Mancs. 808 State as their Pacific is still a classic, but I realise that they are always gonna leave out somethin eh? There's also a double cd available with a lot of the featured music from the series. Great to get if u luv the music ~ though I already hav most of them on original 12" vinyls from bak in the day. xx
Awesome documentary. Its been well researched and is on point. I think they interviewed a great selection of people as well.
I thought for a bit that they went onto a strange tangent with Goldie and Drum and Bass but having watched the whole thing, its probably relevant to point out that its not just all 'house'.
Well I did a little research and I found that this was more of a "news" type of documentary on BBC 4 (here in the states think more of a 20/20 type thing). One web site said that it was never released on DVD. It was actually made after a book that was written by Sean Bidder called Pump Up the Volume: the History of House Music. You can buy the book at amazon. com ..
brilliant documentary....I first experienced house music in Toronto at an all-night dance club called the Twilight Zone as a teenager in the mid-eighties....I have a lot of great memories from that....these days I make my own beats with various keyboards, a sequencer, and a sampler....
it's great to know the history of electronic music
Well I did a little research and I found that this was more of a "news" type of documentary on BBC 4 (here in the states think more of a 20/20 type thing). One web site said that it was never released on DVD. It was actually made after a book that was written by Sean Bidder called Pump Up the Volume: the History of House Music. You can buy the book at amazon. com ....
join a file sharing program called "soulseek"...all your techno can be found there and it's free, be carefl though, it's a free domain but other companies will try and charge you, so look around, it's easy to find
many many thanks for the upload some great information held within. the real bosses of dance. everyone who interested in EDM needs to watch this and show some fucking respect to the fathers of it .
watched episode 1 at approx 3am stayed up till 6.32am to watch the rest of them, massive thanks to chelskifi!! easily some of the best music i have ever heard!!
Thanks, but that is not the right one. I'm looking for the track that is played on the night club, the UK garage track, that is 1.55 into the Part 15 of this awesome video set.
this lost its way a few parts ago purely because DANCE music had fragmented into so many genres in the early to mid nineties (and continues to) that it would be impossible to cover it all in a meaningful way.
many things criminally missing from the later parts - trance, hard house, crasher, prodigy, tony de vit, ibiza etc (when was this made? the fact artful dodger got interviewd i'd say 2001?) and what have we had since 2001? could make another 15 parts!!
i'd save this part of the house history because i'allways excited from minute 5:12 to foward, when he say's,
crossing the visions of nations race sexuality and clubs, house is growing in to international phenomeno which shows no sign of stop it, ever!!!!!
germanelidor 2 days ago
song at 1 min 50 PLXZZZZZZZZZZ
docvirek12 1 month ago
they forgot alot like dubstep and modern mixers/DJs like deadmau5
koolmexican721 2 months ago
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Babyjoshy151 1 month ago
Awesome doc. I'd love to an 00 - 11 update.
css7716 2 months ago
noiSe
ShY1CAS 3 months ago
killa katz dmg 702...24 7..
ShY1CAS 3 months ago
Well said Pierre
leonmorimoto 3 months ago
Awesome documentary, they should do a followup and show what has happened in the last 12 years. The rise of hardstyle and other new genres :)
omfgstfuandgtfo 5 months ago
Whats the song at 2minutes?
CSneakers 6 months ago
The internet age is going to throw genres of music to the wayside. Back in the day you would show up at a cat's crib and find all these CD's from every type of music, Now with down loads mp3 file sharing. Sky the limit. Who still listens to radio. DJ's show up at a party with laptops. It keeps moving which is what it should do. I love music.
mosquito103 6 months ago
Soo Inspiring Soo Sick!!!!!
sponger04 7 months ago
Thank you for this doc! I love EDM, and it's history!
mantax55 7 months ago
@mantax55 no problem..
chelskifl 7 months ago
Thank you very much for uploading this awesome documentary. Long live House music!!!
musiclover3928 8 months ago
you whining people, elektronik music has been really exposed and envolved in germany, not in uk or us; good start up but not a real success (sorry for maybe bad english)
martinsill1 8 months ago
yo when dj piere was doing tht little beat at 0:25 i thought.... daft punk uses this kind of sound
535manbearpig 9 months ago
@535manbearpig Disco Loop + Filter :)
snolan1990 8 months ago in playlist Pump Up The Volume - House Music Documentary
@snolan1990 ohhhh no wonder and now i can tie to daft punk becuz french house ( daft punk) used many disco influences.
535manbearpig 8 months ago
This was an awesome documentary to watch. What I liked was how I recognised most of the people and clubs in it. Brill documentary!!!!!
Smilesandstyles22 9 months ago
the documentary needs a ten year expansion
ermaclob 10 months ago 12
@ermaclob True dat!
BearPills 10 months ago
When was this created? It seems early 2000s.
MikeLenoch5 1 year ago
@MikeLenoch5 2001
andremp03 11 months ago
@MikeLenoch5 1997 98
chelskifl 7 months ago
@chelskifl considering that they use a daft punk song that didn't come out til 2000 i find this hard to believe. i'd place it at an early 2000s-vintage (pretty early 2000s tho considering that there's no mention of germany whatsoever)
earler333 7 months ago
@chelskifl the imdb page says 2001, fwiw
earler333 7 months ago
@chelskifl It was 2001
jamescapewell 4 weeks ago
@MikeLenoch5 2001
garjones99 2 months ago
@garjones99 Checked on IMDB
garjones99 2 months ago
I LIKE THIS DOC BUT I HAVE TO ASK WHY THEY DIDNT EVEN BOTHER TO COVER OR TALK ABOUT THE SOUND COMING OUT OF LA IM TALKING ABOUT HARD HOUSE WERE DJ IRENE AND BAM BAM OR MARK V AND POOGIE BEAR WERE THE MASTERS ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL
kamelkrush 1 year ago
The Don - Dj Pierre
zyvoxid 1 year ago
IF YOU DONT LIKE IT ,ITS EASY STOP FUCKING WHINING[AMERICANS] AND MAKE A DOC YOUR SELF .NEVER FUCKING HAPPY,AT LEAST THIS IS AVAILABLE TO WATCH .
erictheviking871 1 year ago
and what about "french house"???
habadej2 1 year ago
I've been all through this great documentary but there is no mention of the KLF or the Shamen!!!
ssssroryssss2 1 year ago
@ssssroryssss2 -yeah what ever-klf kinda ok-but you can get to fuck with the fkn shamen wankers. sorry but true
petemk1966 10 months ago
ONE MORE TIME
bonkswa 1 year ago
Good doc, especially the first parts, but it forgets to explain the shift from the British to French scene because of the UK's gov backlash on raves... yea I know it's a BBC doc XD
parisianyann 1 year ago
@parisianyann HA HA NOT MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT,CROSSING THE WATER TO FRANCE AND GERMANY.WELL SAID. I SUPPOSE ITS A TIME THING,FITTING IT ALL IN .SPIRAL TRIBE AND MANY MORE ENDED UP IN FRANCE ETC.
erictheviking871 1 year ago
great doc. thanks for me m.a.w ,kerri chandler,deep dish early stuff their penetrate deeper album is a masterpiece ,i,know everybody has names they would like to be in this show but everyone likes some thing different and many styles of house hey thats what makes the world go round!
deepdeep46 1 year ago
HOUSE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DJRAYREY1 1 year ago
HOUSE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DJRAYREY1 1 year ago
HOUSE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
DJRAYREY1 1 year ago
thanx very much 4 the download. i remember watching this when it was 1st aired on telly, and was blown away at the tunes that i'd 4gotten.
essbee281965 1 year ago
how old is this doc?
elchololo 1 year ago
are very good infos about House music
BardyBob 1 year ago
this was great man. i dont think i could've learned why house is what is so much more acceptable abroad and not as much here in the usa considering the fact that it came from here. this truly was an amazing documentary.
acedaface954 1 year ago
Thanks for putting this documentary on
bigbruvofenglanduk 1 year ago
Spoony? Oh Christ shoot me now.
This has been a brilliant documentary on the history of house music, and yet... and yet...
because of when it was made, they've fallen into the trap of including the flavour of the month (oh Jesus Dane Bowers just popped up), on a cracking documentary about the history of house music that's featured most of the players - although where was Morales, Kerri Chandler and Stu Allan?
nick78447 1 year ago
@nick78447 True, there are some key players they left out. This doc is pretty epic, yet names like you mentioned arent included....that just emphasises how big house music is... (or that the doc is shit!!) glass half empty- glass half full?!?!
DJSkywalka1 1 year ago
throughout this whole documentary i've heard a lot of samples that Soulwax uses in their live sets. Nice to see where they got their inspiration from. ace doc!!!!
jriktor 1 year ago
well that thouroughly sucked... didnt even touch trance, progressive, dirty, electro etc.... they hit none of the biggest artists of OUR day like Klaas, Chuckie, Tiesto and sooo many more.... ughhh.
apieceoftofu 1 year ago
:( is it just my shitty city or does nobody dance anymore
cartesiaLive 1 year ago
I wish this documentary would have mention arts like Colonel Abrams,Rick Ashley, C&C Music Factory and little more about the Black Box and Martha Walsh drama.
Heru3737 1 year ago
God bless House Music.
moonrunner303 1 year ago
Very important series of documentaries ... Massive.
IbizaMusicCoUk 1 year ago
i think daft punk will always b the best!!!
Honka9 1 year ago
Ok this Doc gets a 5 out of 10. Seriously it started going to the UK, and thats fine because UK played a role in House. But then they started going to Techno,DnB, & Raves and crap. Umm wait isn't this a HOUSE doc? I mean, yes Techno & DnB (Jungle) came from House. But House has a waay bigger history than this doc showed. From Chi-town to Detroit to New York. It changed tremendously. POOR DOC! Also I would have like to seen the birth of Garage from House.
Jay4Prettys 1 year ago
@Jay4Prettys I take that on board but you kind of contradicted yourself there. You didnt wanna hear about the evolution and what it became, but then you wanted to know the birth of Garage, which sprouted from that wonderful starting point of House too.
Excuse me if I went deep, I just watched an emotional documentary..
moonrunner303 1 year ago
@Jay4Prettys I think that the Chicago House stuff is the best sound ever and once it came over to the UK it got watered down although there are good artists like Orbital, Leftfield, 808 State etc but the UK sound got a bit too commercial and dare I say slightly irritating. Excellent documentary though, it could have been twice as long.
maccagrabme 1 year ago
thanks to all people that has dedicate their life to let house music be and because of them it will always be. :D
miguelroblesg 2 years ago 2
Everyone can go on forever and comment about what and who was left out! But the bottom line is it all started in chicago, the birthplace of house music, and without the chi you would have none of this! It's just ashame that even to this day it truly isn't appreciated here. i'll even dare to say that true house music(music with substance and soul!) is barely being produced these days! It's been replaced by commercial crap! And the scene here in chicago isn't what it once was! Shame on that!
housemanchi 2 years ago
@housemanchi Even though the power isn't in Rome anymore, we will always appreciate what the Romans did... just like Chicago.
moonrunner303 1 year ago
God, that MJ Cole track is so fire. I agree with the consensus going on here that the deep house sound of new york should have gotten a bigger spotlight with guys like Kerri Chandler doing amazing things at the time. The second wave of Detroit Techno should have also given some credit with the inclusion of guys like Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr. and etc.
afonsolimo 2 years ago
@afonsolimo Wasn't this documentary before the second wave?
moonrunner303 1 year ago
this is the UK perspective, what about DEEP HOUSE the NEW YORK UNDERGROUND SOUND, Jellybean ,Louie Vega, Boddi Satva,,,Oscalate. What about the stuff that's coming out of South Africa,, sorry more Parts to this story are missing.
fitboyfitboyfitboy 2 years ago
What about the rest of the planet who are not ngish speakers as well? lol ;)
Acadianiste 2 years ago
@Acadianiste They came along after we had established it with Uncle Sam...!!
moonrunner303 1 year ago
whoa, wtf? deep house? did i pass out for 5mins? the doc is nice'n dandy - typical mythy talking head action which is fine for what it is. but no deep house? no later ny house? really missin somethin there!
QueenCinCinLXIX 2 years ago
They got a point about the US-UK thing. Even though house has gone underground again over here in the states, there are people here like Todd Terry and Mark Kinchen who definately would of added HEAVY Validity to the documentary. Two are JUST 2 mentioned; and what about the addition of world beat and its influence(Other countries and their sound)...anyway, thanks so much for at least putting a documentary on here and enlightening, just a little, the new-comers to house and its history.
gundam242 2 years ago
I think the beauty of house is that it can be so many different types of music under one unifying style. For those disapointed with the UK twist or the garage twist or the acid twist or whatever keep in mind how frequently music tastes change and how quickly the chart topping genres change as well. Consider this documentary probably came out before either dubstep or electro were popular, which currently are both popular. House always changes and because of that it will always survive.
DJTjaden 2 years ago 19
@DJTjaden i know, in this documentary they talk about daft punk and put on one more time like its new shit....electro house is the new shit now but dubstep is quickly rising to the top, mainly now cuz of people like Skrillex and even though i hate these new people who listen to skrillex or deadmau5 and nothing else and try to school people who have know this shit for a while...i usually prefer to listen to my friends who know electro and know dubstep as well..they have smart shit to say.
535manbearpig 9 months ago
It is best to have nailed the story to tape before myth twists the story of who did what first.... In the clubs and acid house parties around London was indescribably awesome, the energy and vibe was beautiful.... the best thing that ever hit the dance floor.... I have one fond memory of a track making a hundred people surge onto the dance floor and go for it... maybe there are gaps and important people missing from the story...hopefully further documentation will cover this... thanking you.
12stepmaster 2 years ago
this documentary is sooooooo disppointing, it relates only to UK at the end.
dutrip 2 years ago
history of house? EPIC FAIL!!!
This should of been the history of house in europe! then maybe.....
a couple of shouts to NY. an honorable mention to Todd Terry? that's it.
where's david morales, roger s, lil louis, etc
derailed!!!!!
elpapijt 2 years ago
@elpapijt did u watch the whole first part of the documentary....it was all US....but house evolved to its more modern style in Europe and they cover a lot of UK becuz of the second summer of love and the impact house had on UK, i mean literally so many genres spawned out of the UK in the 90s becuz of the house influence...also although many people were unnamed they did name the main people and thats good enuff....also seeing as how this documentary was done in the late 90s they dont cover..cont
535manbearpig 9 months ago
@elpapijt they dont cover its further development in europe and return to US
535manbearpig 9 months ago
Awesome =)
spantheman1992 2 years ago
FUCK THAT WHOLE UK SHIT???
white kids goin crazy driven by drugs ...fuck no
WHAT HAPPENED IN NY???
WHAT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO DAMMIT???
S.O.S...documentary derailed!!!! LOL
tindje 2 years ago
yea what happened to handbag >TDV >tidy
wonkeyleggs 2 years ago
what is the song playing in the beginning?
thecalmmusicalspirit 2 years ago
Its interesting how this documentary almost derails its main topic when they go on to describe the various other distinguishable electronica genres that spawned from the house scene. Honestly this documentary could've been like 10 hours longer hahaha.
TekLok 2 years ago
yeah fuck
its not about house anymore
not the house theat i listened to when i was a twen in the early 90ies
so many unnamed artists missing here
damn NY and the vocal house number ones????
tindje 2 years ago
@tindje watch the first parts, its all about Chicago and NY, but mostly its all about Chicago in the beginning. Of course it changes scene as time goes on. As all things do.
ksb78 1 year ago
Track at 1.55 is Double 99 - RIP Groove
dannewson 2 years ago
what is that song playing at the beginning?
thecalmmusicalspirit 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this, chelskifl. I've never heard of this documentary until reading about it in a comment earlier today while watching Maestro: Larry Levan and Early DJ Culture.
utubesusername 2 years ago
Keep in mind that this film is trying to condense 25 years of music history (from Larry Levan to the Dreem Team) into two hours. Undoubtedly, things like the Loveparade and New Order are important to electronic dance music but this is a House documentary and some things have to be left out. I suspect that if this were twice as long, there would still be objections to what was left out or under-emphasized.
utubesusername 2 years ago
That said, I am surprised that Strictly Rhythm (other than MAW) and the KLF (over the Happy Mondays) are not mentioned given their influence on House music. Also, I was under the impression that acid house had far more of an impact on the Summer of Love than this film indicates. I would have liked to have seen more on the house revival of the mid to late 90s (ie. Daft Punk - even though they are mentioned numerous times - and Basement Jaxx) over 2 step garage and DnB which begs for gripes.
utubesusername 2 years ago
I was gonna whine about that they didn't cover Garage but shit me not.. we didn't get to know like the first garage producer though.
And does trance not belong in this?
faderklas 2 years ago
I watched the whole thing and it's great but to do a documentary about house music without mentioning daft punk is ridiculous
ahuettin 2 years ago
they did mention daft punk. you're ridiculous watch the whole thing again.
TheOriginalEntz 2 years ago
whats the name of the song in 1:55?
torresfernandojr 2 years ago
They must make a new documentary for house music, a lof of changes have been made the last 10 years...
deejmd 2 years ago
deejmd... i agree completely. Assuming that this doc. was produced around 2001-2001, just since that time alone, the sound of house and transpired into such a vast field of remarkable soundscapes - it's an ever transcending genre.
With the resurgence of disco house, it's influence in contermporary pop/r&b, major labels dedicated to house music (OM, Defected, Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi, etc.)... a new documentary highlighting the growth of house in the new milenium would be phenomenal. YES!
LeifGarretstein 2 years ago
Im working on a massive French Touch mix (probably about 1.5 - 2 hours long) of nothing but this genre house. Ill post on my channel when its done. Its based on the new FT movement so hope you guys likes!
JoeMikeGent 2 years ago
As aefranco said, it's only shown in a british perspective. No french and no german house history. What about the electronic pioneers like Kraftwerk? Sven Väth? And no word about the Love-Parade...
I liked the first half of this documentary, but the rest is to british for me...
BoomZone 2 years ago
Kraftwerk is not house, but yes - they made electronic music popular. And that's not an understatement. :)
embQl 2 years ago
still..nice of them to acknoledge the french by ending the documentary with "One more time", Daft Punks greatest. btw, french touch is back! louis la roche, The phantom's revenge, Le batman, Jean Mustache...all equal epic win.
aefranco 2 years ago
I guess since its a british documentary they forgot (or omited, who cares?) the whole ''french touch" scene of the early 2000's which cleary dominated over the garage scene. I mean Daft Punk, Cassius, Stardust, Modjo?...i heard those names alot. and after this period it evolved into the electro trashy house scene (still dominated by the french) you know...Justice being the prime example.
aefranco 2 years ago
!!!!!!DAft Punk are Legends!!!!!!
chikifree 2 years ago 8
whats the name of the song at 2:02?
failureman 2 years ago
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fagAshLil1234 2 years ago
Garage is a type of house music that has been around since 1991. When we were going out to hardcore raves and clugs meny had chillout rooms playing garage. They make it sound like it's new - it is not. There was American House (Chicago and NY) and in the UK we had House which was basically classed as "rave music" that started as acid house, went into techno, went hardcore, garage existed next to it and then came jungle. Jungle became drum 'n' bass.
NexDog2012 2 years ago
crossings the visions of nations, race. sexuallity and clubs, house is growing in interrnational phenomenom wich shows no sign of stop em, EVER!! this final words, will last forever in my mind, this is an amazing history, thanks for posting
germanelidor 2 years ago
I think Baby Ford and DJ sneak should of got mentioned.
THEDEFOCATOR 2 years ago
awesome videos, thanks for posting
HoboMiracleMan 2 years ago
How about Colonel Abrams... the more I think about it, the more examples I come up with. MOVIN' Records, Strictly Rythm, Nervous... we were all HOT at the same time. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS that this story doesn't even mention! Do your homework knowledge seekers!
rheji2007 2 years ago
Or Zanzibar, Club 88, Timmy Regisford, Merlin Bobb, Blaze, Kerry Chandler, Jomanda, Bas Noir, ME (The Burrell Brothers)? Didn't we do anything worth talking about. If your gonna tell the story, tell the whole story!
rheji2007 2 years ago
how about John "jellybean" benitez at the funhouse who was responsible for madonnas "sound".one of the biggest dance superstar doesnt get mentioned or the dj that created the sound that sold millions of records.
dosx78 2 years ago
bobby konders at wbls,India/MAW contibutions,Dave morales at the red zonenyc,etc....so much NYC contributions were completely left out of this doc.good doc for what it is ...
dosx78 2 years ago
Burrell did everything worth talking about, I lived that Burrell / NuGroove sound, imprinted into my consciousness forever.
2steppa 2 years ago
What about Nu Groove Records?
rheji2007 2 years ago
Was a very interesting movie, really toaught me a lot about house music where it came from and the songs that developed it into other forms of music,
i guess without house there would be no trance (above & beyond) top notch
bydeyboy 2 years ago
great! loved every one! thanks for these!
jaimiecurrie 2 years ago
steve jackson = idiot, they need to censor foolishness from documentary.
you dont have to live a life to appreciate the music, nor does it define a region/area/country
tosspot.
blueangely2k2001 2 years ago
& beltram had help on all those records he wrote...... the brooklyn producers back n the day were really tight .. Ralphie dee, Victor simonellie, Little & How, Frankie bones, Lenny Dee, Gene lefosse, Victor calderone, tommy musto, Mondo Muzique, im not even touching the rest of ny....... there are so many great contributors to dance music in NYC alone.... wish someone would do a doc about NYC!
MariaTR909 2 years ago
all of them started on NU Groove Records..which wasn't mentioned!
rheji2007 2 years ago
no Mention of Lenny dee, frankie bones or arthur baker in this doc.......... as i mentioned before lmao @ beltram being to hardcore for NYC..... ugh!
MariaTR909 2 years ago
Wow, they hardly even mention Daft Punk at all. I mean, DP had more top chart singles than any other house group I can think of...And even to this day in the bay area california, only their stuff is played on the radio. Now that's deep. I guess they were not mentioned cuz everyone already know who they are, or the brits who made this history program decided a couple of french guys were not worth mentioning...that's fucking "bullocks"
Etonlor333 2 years ago
I think they're just to America-focused
paulwagnerlux 2 years ago
thought i was only one who was upset daft punk dint get anoth credit for what they done :P
kaine180 2 years ago
5:42 hahaha.. anyone else noticed that sniffle? :) "So what is it about?" haha..
stigiaas 2 years ago
LOL i knew daft punk would get one or two plugs in on this. House and all of its offspring are great, this includes techno, end of story. to me, techno is a sub-genre of house. it just has less bass and more whine, and a lot less 70's lol
VoodooZmija 2 years ago
adverts and selling labels! Just enjoy the music u can call it house u can call it techno, u can call it minimal techno and the same cd u can call it minimal house! u can call it electronic music! It's only music and we love it! I love techno, u love house, my house is ur house and ur house is my house! Respect!
TECHNONERVE 2 years ago
it techno sometimes carppo or whatsoever!I am a techno fan,which most of the time people say that techno is about beat! about hard fast tempos! about crap with no music! i probably call techno what u call house or i call house what u call techno,but what Franky knuckles say about house?or Juan atkin about techno? and specially Carl Cox! who does not know what techno is or what house is and even in his CDs he says u can call it house u can call it Techno! what the hell! I had enough of commercial
TECHNONERVE 2 years ago
i have spun with carl cox , in the early days and let me tell you the man is a master, anyone the can create a sound and move a crowd, like he does also spin on 3 technics 1200's
well he is the dogs b******s,
chelskifl 2 years ago
@chelskifl Thanks for uploading this doc geeza- it's an education & I'll be recommending it to my mates. HOUSE RULES.
DJSkywalka1 1 year ago
another commercial advert for pubs and clubs, selling names and genres and crap to people forgetting about the music itself,even the same song u can get it on a cd called house and another one called techno or garage or drum and bass or jungle or techhouse, just bloody names for business trying to sell it to people on behalf of others,same DJs calling their work techno in different dvds or on MTV. I think they've done something which basically they don't know what it is! sometimes they classify
TECHNONERVE 2 years ago
techno, is a expansion of house on the 4/4. faster and easy to mix, i dont mind it , i know a lot dj's back in the day ie: lenny dee frankie bones who were 122 to 128bpm house jocks and moved into techno. and are masters in there own right,, i love house on the funky side and even the gospal side,
i like to create a feeling, when i hear a good
andit warms me,its a good track,
it works for me
peace ,
respect to your flavour,
chelskifl 2 years ago
Thanks for ur reply mate,I do respect from where u r coming from, however i don't agree that techno is an expansion of house,i u want to speak history, they both started at the same period almost,house mainly by frankie knuckles in chicago and techno mainly by juan atkins derrick may and kevin saunderson in detroit,in fact all music follow the 4 on the floor even oriental music! if u do listen to early techno it's not fast at all so basically it's not about the bpm and it's not only about
TECHNONERVE 2 years ago
layering beats and loops, house on the other side is an evolution of disco music that's y it has a bit of soul in it and if u see some of knuckles interviews he clearly define house differently than what it is in our minds, techno flew to the UK through derrick may however house stayed in the US all the time, techno gave a lot for house specially the early TB 303! and techno evolved in europe and it took all forms of add ons and plenty of subgenres came from it, jungle, psycho techno underground
TECHNONERVE 2 years ago
minimal, drum n bass...and specially LSD, XTC, Free base! that's y the guys up in detroit where mad about it in summary and now they r mainly calling it detroit Techno, and derrick may himself defines techno as detroit, "europe techno is shit" although i don't agree but that's him! suddenly and unconsciously the politics played a role and the guys over here followed the house terminology! and it was stuck in our mind as house or techno and the confusion started.but on the musicology side of the
TECHNONERVE 2 years ago
story, I believe house took a lot from techno and not the contrary and that's started but what ironically they call Tech-House, now try to define this style! :) At the end of the day as I said earlier, it's about music and sometimes it's ridiculous to fight or be stubborn about a style and forget about the joy in listening to music per se. for me I do play Techno although i am a surgeon in "real life" but music runs in me veins and pumped by my heart from 60bpm to 145bpm! Respect!
TECHNONERVE 2 years ago
amazing can i get dvd?? makes me want to party!! n party HARD!!!!!
smallpaule 2 years ago
this documentary was good but, they spent too much time talking about the UK scene (which is a really relevant scene for house music,no doubt about it), and they have TOTALLY IGNORED the French house scene and music. Did they forget that Daft Punk had an international hit with Around The World?
SYDSTL80 2 years ago
0:31 DJ Pierre talks about daft punk, and what they do...
djustplc 2 years ago
yes he did, but that wasn't enough. French house took over the world around the late 90's and early 00's (Stardust, Etienne De Crecy, Cassius and more...). That to me is more relevant than Garage, which was more English than global.
This doc was good, but they should've at least recognized the fact that France brought back house on international charts, and give a more in depth explanation of that phenomenon than mere props.
SYDSTL80 2 years ago
I would agree but this is a British made documentary so they were always going to try and focus on the UK as much as possible
snolan1990 2 years ago
There was some stuff here that I wouldn't hav called House ~ especially some of the newer stuff at the end. Current House has a different beat. And yet, at the same time, they didn't mention Trance, which I thought strange. And, allthough they mentioned Black Box "Ride", they didn't talk about all the other Italian / UK stuff which has now become part of the huge OldSkool movement. Luvved it all though, especially seein my mate Jesse.
bootsamou 2 years ago
Thanx for postin this. Never got to see the whole Channel4 series when it was on tv so this was cool.
Thought they might/should mention home-grown Mancs. 808 State as their Pacific is still a classic, but I realise that they are always gonna leave out somethin eh? There's also a double cd available with a lot of the featured music from the series. Great to get if u luv the music ~ though I already hav most of them on original 12" vinyls from bak in the day. xx
bootsamou 2 years ago
Awesome documentary. Its been well researched and is on point. I think they interviewed a great selection of people as well.
I thought for a bit that they went onto a strange tangent with Goldie and Drum and Bass but having watched the whole thing, its probably relevant to point out that its not just all 'house'.
Teebonemendez 2 years ago
Well I did a little research and I found that this was more of a "news" type of documentary on BBC 4 (here in the states think more of a 20/20 type thing). One web site said that it was never released on DVD. It was actually made after a book that was written by Sean Bidder called Pump Up the Volume: the History of House Music. You can buy the book at amazon. com ..
NikkiShear 2 years ago
brilliant documentary....I first experienced house music in Toronto at an all-night dance club called the Twilight Zone as a teenager in the mid-eighties....I have a lot of great memories from that....these days I make my own beats with various keyboards, a sequencer, and a sampler....
it's great to know the history of electronic music
johnthebaptist23 2 years ago
Can you also buy this documentry on dvd?
bj9999999 3 years ago
Well I did a little research and I found that this was more of a "news" type of documentary on BBC 4 (here in the states think more of a 20/20 type thing). One web site said that it was never released on DVD. It was actually made after a book that was written by Sean Bidder called Pump Up the Volume: the History of House Music. You can buy the book at amazon. com ....
NikkiShear 2 years ago
just watched all 15 in a row. what an awesome story. respect to all the visionaries.
nodealdanny 3 years ago 6
OMGAWD
what is the First opening track to this part
its Sick
Dj Pierre killed it on that track
Whats it CALLEd!!
bbboywaxr 3 years ago 2
its from chic everybody dance
BrkCityFG9 2 years ago
ONE MORE TIME!!!
Bcather 3 years ago
dude the old techno or house music u cant even find on limewire but on youtube u can lol
9852323 3 years ago
join a file sharing program called "soulseek"...all your techno can be found there and it's free, be carefl though, it's a free domain but other companies will try and charge you, so look around, it's easy to find
jjames9826 3 years ago
many many thanks for the upload some great information held within. the real bosses of dance. everyone who interested in EDM needs to watch this and show some fucking respect to the fathers of it .
cheers
westwood187 3 years ago
thanks!!!
flakko1 3 years ago
thanks for posting these videos they were awesome
bvoz17 3 years ago
Thank you for posting this history lesson in House! :D
2019replicated 3 years ago
i gotta find this on DVD somewhere.
mrdeedz1 3 years ago
thank you that was dope!!
PAU1iEBOY 3 years ago
Thank you for this great series.
DonkeyRhubarb21 3 years ago
watched episode 1 at approx 3am stayed up till 6.32am to watch the rest of them, massive thanks to chelskifi!! easily some of the best music i have ever heard!!
And the PEOPLE said Let there be HOUSE!
jmalone555 3 years ago 3
dane bowers 5:07 "and you know dats always da way it is you know" no wonder his career has gone tits up.
bumpyjason 3 years ago
blinding blinding blinding! im fucking tired now but i wouldnt have slept without getting to the end. nice one chelskfl.
bumpyjason 3 years ago
The music 1.55 into the video, which artist(s) is that? Awesome track I can remember from earlier in my life.....
BostormDK 3 years ago
The artist is Chic ..... The song is Everybody Dance .....
bigbinmiami7 3 years ago
Thanks, but that is not the right one. I'm looking for the track that is played on the night club, the UK garage track, that is 1.55 into the Part 15 of this awesome video set.
BostormDK 3 years ago
double 99 - R.I.P groove.
bumpyjason 3 years ago
its the dj pierre and marshall jefferson edit of the song everybody dance. or one of those versions they did
peterhollomon999 2 years ago
Awesome to watch!
It is good to know why is that i love house.
'House' passes through all its sub genre's..tech,vocal, deep, funky, main room ect.. to fill our hearts with join.
Armand Van Helden has an awesome view on it 'its a good time'
:)
I will like to also thank people like Axwell who today in almost 2009, try and educate the young maintaining the essence of 'House Music'
nch101 3 years ago
Thanks man.. Great documentary!
stigiaas 3 years ago 2
no probs,,, peace
chelskifl 3 years ago
this lost its way a few parts ago purely because DANCE music had fragmented into so many genres in the early to mid nineties (and continues to) that it would be impossible to cover it all in a meaningful way.
many things criminally missing from the later parts - trance, hard house, crasher, prodigy, tony de vit, ibiza etc (when was this made? the fact artful dodger got interviewd i'd say 2001?) and what have we had since 2001? could make another 15 parts!!
love, peace, harmony, music xxx
djdarrenjames140 3 years ago 2