Scratch, a Doug Pray directed documentary about turntablism featuring among others DJ Shadow and DJ Premier is now airing in its entirety over at Pitchfork for one week only.  A must see for all turntable fans and aspiring DJs.

Directed by Ben Whalley, the BBC documentary “Krautrock: The Rebirth Of Germany” takes a look at “how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.” Featuring interviews and music from legendary bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and Kraftwerk, this doc is well worth about an [...]

Josh Ralph takes an in-depth look at the possible future of vinyl records in this 3 part video documentary called “What is the future of vinyl music?”, which features interviews and insights from a wide range of vinyl and music fans, audio experts, record store owners, DJ’s and industry players. Enjoy!

(Via Analog Apartment)

Someone pointed out in a comment a couple a weeks ago that 09 is the year of vinyl documentaries and we have already covered some of theme here, here and here. Next out in the line of people wanting to document what has happened over the last couple of years and trying to understand what [...]

Vinyl Lovers is another great little documentary that takes a look at the future of vinyl and explores the views of vinyl lovers and passionate record collectors, who try to explain just what vinyl means to them and why it is such a superior format. We might be biased, but we think the argumentation is [...]

“Vinyl invites affection, love and fetishism. It combines the magical and the earthy. There’s something alchemical about seeing the music in the grooves, as tiny rugged peak and valleys. CDs hide the music behind impenetrable mirrored surfaces.
Many people (hard-line vinyl propagandist Steve Albini for one) cite the more ‘faithful’ sound quality of records over CDs [...]

In this short documentary Habib Awam is on a quest to find out why the sales of vinyl records are increasing in the new digital age, where music is so easily accessible digitally. In the search for answers to questions like “Why are people buying vinyl records again?” and “What is their allure?” he interviews [...]

More than fifteen years after his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur Russell’s music has found its audience and the critical acclaim it deserves. Wild Combination: A Portrait Of Arthur Russell, is a new documentary about the life and work of Arthur Russell.
The film by Matt Wolf tells Arthur’s whole life story from his [...]