Aims to establish itself as the defining film of the electronic music genre. 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. The narrative leads with the legacy of Carl Cox and following with newcomer, Martin Garrix, as the film explores the parallels between... (Full plot summary below)
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Aims to establish itself as the defining film of the electronic music genre. 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. The narrative leads with the legacy of Carl Cox and following with newcomer, Martin Garrix, as the film explores the parallels between Cox's undeniable influence and hand in the evolution of dance music and Garrix's formation of mainstream genres and global fame.
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| Financial TimesSuzi FeayThe documentary follows Cox's winding down and Garrix's rise, along with an entertaining, if familiar, history of electronic dance music. |
| ABC Radio (Australia)Matt NealThe documentary What We Started aims to be "the defining film of the electronic music genre" and, for now, it is. |
| Film ThreatBradley GibsonWhat 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. |
| VarietyAndrew BarkerThough 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. |
| Film InquiryAmyana BartleyWhat We Started brings together a group of the star DJ's from the 80's and 90's while mixing in one of the newest, hottest DJ's of today. It delivers all of the heart-pumping excitement and energy that is Electronic Dance Music. |
| Common Sense MediaBrian CostelloGlaring lack of women mars otherwise great EDM docu. |
| Radio TimesAndrew CollinsCo-directors Bert Marcus and Cyrus Saidi give a decent, comprehensive and star-witness-studded account of its evolution, from sexually liberating New York disco to the more consumer-led EDM (electronic dance music) of today. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneTim CampbellBeyond the history lesson, the film adds a personal element by focusing on jockeys from two generations: British turntable legend Carl Cox and youth Dutch phenom Martin Garrix. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForePerhaps 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. |
| tonymacklin.netTony MacklinWhat We Started is a sporadic, heartfelt history of EDM. |
