What We Started

Name: What We Started
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 23, 2018
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Carl Cox, Chip Eberhart, David Guetta, Ed Sheeran, Erick Morillo

2018

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Abramorama | Release Date: March 23, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Carl Cox, Chip Eberhart, David Guetta, Ed Sheeran, Erick Morillo, Martin Garrix, Paul Oakenfold, Steve Angello, Tiësto, Usher Raymond

Summary: What We Started is the definitive electronic dance film. Featured throughout the documentary are heavy-weight electronic dance music artists, including Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, Erick Morillo, Moby, David Guetta, Afrojack, Paul Oakenfold, Seth Troxler, and Tiesto. There are also cameos from musical superstars, like Usher and Ed Sheeran, whoWhat We Started is the definitive electronic dance film. Featured throughout the documentary are heavy-weight electronic dance music artists, including Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, Erick Morillo, Moby, David Guetta, Afrojack, Paul Oakenfold, Seth Troxler, and Tiesto. There are also cameos from musical superstars, like Usher and Ed Sheeran, who help exemplify the power and reach that electronic dance music has over mainstream music genres. Through an artfully crafted narrative and stunning visual techniques, the film delves into the highly popular world of electronic dance music, providing backdoor access to a widely misunderstood, self-driven and well-insulated industry on its way to global domination. [Abramorama]… Expand

Director: Bert Marcus and Cyrus Saidi

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Bradley Gibson

Jan 4, 2019

What We Started achieves the directors stated goal of being an impressively comprehensive history of EDM. So much so that the film drags: unless one is a truly deep aficionado, 90 densely packed minutes of info about EDM is too much. It would work better with more music and less detail. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Apr 5, 2018

Though it offers a decent enough primer on dance music history, it’s so eager to play all the hits that it never quite settles into any particular groove. Read full review

Craig D. Lindsey

Mar 22, 2018

What We Started is a cute roundup of how EDM came to be, but much like the DJs it shines a light on, it only scratches the surface. Read full review

John DeFore

Mar 22, 2018

Perhaps because it wants to play to both sides, the film's viewpoint is awfully muddied when it addresses conflict between traditional DJs — who know how to handle turntables, read a crowd's mood and do their thing for many hours at a time — and those who premix a whole set to a USB stick, hit play and just bounce up and down onstage. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Mar 22, 2018

What We Started appears to have been conceived with contradictory audiences in mind. On one hand, it tries to present an accessible history of electronic music, starting with its outgrowth from disco, house and techno and continuing through its commercialization and fusion with pop. On the other hand, a subcultural cliquishness creeps into the movie. Read full review

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