Jean-Paul Goude / So Far, So Goude
Slight obsession going on with the work of Jean-Paul Goude right now due to a project I’m working on. I bet most of you have a sleeve with one of his images in your record collections. If you like his work there are some great books out there. Jungle Fever is the original one to...
Welcome To The Go Go
This one is legendary. Simple. Thanks to The Tube Tapes for posting and Bill Brewster for the heads up.
Detroit / Blueprint Of Techno
Good video on Detroit techno with the magic three interviewed amongst others. The video from 1990 features interviews with Terrence Parker, Mike Huckaby, Juan Atkins, Ritchie Hawtin, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig
Tom Tom Club Gave Good Video / Chris Frantz ‘The Talking Head’ Radio Show
I just interviewed Chris Frantz for a project I am working on. He has a radio show that going out in the States that is well worth checking. You can click ‘Recent Episodes’ here and listen again.
Covent Garden / 1985
This is a video from the first organised hip hop event in the UK. The graffiti side was represented by the Chrome Angelz. Rock City, London All-Stars, Live To Break, Look Twice, The B-Boys, Breakazoids and others were on the b-boy tip and Imperial Mixers were providing the music. Thanks to Nick Dart.
All City / B-Boy Gold
This is an experimental documentary produced by Henry Chalfont, the man behind the most stolen book in the history of UK publishing, about the early days of hip-hop in the South Bronx. Word.
Prestatyn Soul Weekender / 1988
Found these via DJ History and the Go Bang Brighton website (thanks!). As it says under the videos on YouTube, “This is a copy of a dusty old video from 1989. It was filmed in the UK, the film is from a Soul Weekender in Prestatyn (Wales). This is a unique video that shows how...
RIP Darryl Pandy
I just saw via Twitter that the great Darryl Pandy has passed away. Sad news. His performance on Top Of The Pops where he got so excited that he kicked of his shoes was a classic moment in the programmes history. Well for me and my mate Emma it was. I had the privilege of...
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Rosas / Fase / Four Movements To The Music Of Steve Reich
I’ve just got in from Saddlers Wells after watching Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Fase – Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich. The piece first premiered in 1982 in Brussels and uses Piano Phase, Come Out, Violin Phase and Clapping Music. It’s not in my skill set to do the work justice with words...
The Face / Jean Baptiste Mondino / Intro Piece / La Danse Des Mots
Anyone who has been reading Test Pressing for a while knows how much we love the work of Island Records. This piece comes from The Face in April ’84 and is about Jean Baptiste Mondino’s debut release for Island Records. Mondino, as most of you know, is the guy behind those iconic Grace Jones sleeves....
Junior Vasquez / Sound Factory 1993
More classic club footage (well the Ku stuff I just posted wasn’t classic just interesting…). This is as classic as ‘house’ gets. Junior Vasquez at his peak! Thanks to Terry Farley from the Faith crew for getting this up.
Ibiza / La Isla Blanca
This is taken wholesale from a chap called icebaer69 over at the Spotlight Ibiza Forums so thanks to him. On 26th October 1947 two producers arrived on the steam ship, Ciudad de Mahon, to capture scenes of local life for the news programme, NO-DO, which was shown in cinemas before the main feature film in...
Happy Mondays ‘Bummed’ / Making Of…
This one comes via Caught By The River, the smart culture site from the Heavenly Records gang. In the late 80s there was an educational Granada-produced TV show called Information Technology who happened to make an episode focusing on the run up to the release of ‘Bummed’ by the Happy Mondays. It covers all sides...
Underground Resistance Special On WDET / Detroit / Mike Banks Interview
Our Giacomo is a mysterious chap. He rarely surfaces but when he does it’s with the best in techno. He’s back, and with some underground goodies… WDET broadcasts out of Wayne State University. Billing itself as ‘Detroit Public Radio’, the station has been around in one form or another since 1949, when it was set...