Synth Britannia is a documentary about the emergence of British synth pop (trailer here), from the “sinister” 1971 Moog score for A Clockwork Orange to Depeche Mode, and the Telegraph has published an interesting review of the film.
First key quote: ” ‘We thought we were avant-garde,’ says Andy McCluskey of OMD, ‘but we were the future of pop.’ ”
Second key quote: “Today, electronic sounds dominate the charts. But we’ve domesticated the electricity that once sounded so exciting and packed it into little white computers. As Human League founder Martyn Ware says, the element of risk has gone and watching even the pioneering Kraftwerk on their last tour ‘was like watching four old guys checking their email’.”
For the next three days you can watch it over on the BBC4 website.
