808

808 is a documentary film about the inspiring story of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It s the tale of the birth of electronic music, and how one small machine changed the musical landscape forever.. by accident. It s the story of a sound that has been embraced by the world s top producers and performers, and has been name-checked on a whole host of hit records. Associated with numerous musical styles crossing both time and genre, its defining sounds are as relevant now as they ever has been. It defined hip hop and modern dance culture and it s sound continues to deliver dancefloor smashing beats today. Written by You Know Ltd 808 is a 2015 American English-language Documentary movie starring Damon Albarn, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, Chris Barbosa, Jellybean Benítez, Biggs and Pharrell Williams. You Know Films in association with You Know Ltd. and Atlantic Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Alex Noyer, Alexander Dunn, Craig Kallman and Arthur Baker. The movie is directed by Alexander Dunn. Atlantic Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. The motion picture has a running time of 107 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The screenplay for the movie was written by Luke Bainbridge and Alexander Dunn. Cinematography was done by Stuart Birchall and Claudio Rietti and editing by Alexander Dunn, Matthew Jarman and Stuart Birchall
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