Saturday Matinée Archives

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Asia Rising: The Next Generation Of Hip Hop

May 18, 2019• Music

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Basquiat (1996)

October 21, 2017• Music

Our Saturday Matinée movie this week is Basquiat, starring Jeffrey Wright as Basquiat and David Bowie as Andy Warhol. I recommend you...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Panther (1995)

June 10, 2017• Music

Panther is our Saturday Matinée feature presentation. Black Panthers are pretty popular in the cinemas right now but back in 1995, a movie...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Rapping, Deconstructed: The Best Rhymers Of All Time

October 1, 2016• Music

SATURDAY MATINÉE: House Music, According To Chicago News In 1986

September 5, 2015• Music

Still in its infancy, house music made it onto Chicago TV news in 1986. Here’s what they thought. House music has come a long way...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Isao Tomita’s RBMA Lecture (2014)

June 13, 2015• Music

Often sampled, Isao Tomita is an electronic music pioneer. Here’s his RBMA lecture in Tokyo last year. Isao Tomita’s influence...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Behind The Scenes)

January 24, 2015• Music

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Black Milk Discusses Sampling And His Live Instrumentation

December 6, 2014• Music

A quick feature for Saturday Matinée -- Black Milk talks about sampling, his live instrumentation, and his EP, Glitches In The Break. A...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Detroit Techno City (Documentary)

September 13, 2014• Techno

Relive the origins of Detroit techno with our Saturday Matinée documentary, Detroit Techno City....

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Michael Jackson Deposition (1993)

August 30, 2014• Video

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Jake One Discusses 50 Cent’s “The Funeral”

August 23, 2014• Hip Hop

Seattle’s Jake One talks about the making of 50 Cent’s The Funeral with help from his little girl. As George Benson and Whitney...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Disco Demolition Night

July 12, 2014• Music

It’s the 35th anniversary of the infamous Disco Demolition Night held at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Witness the footage and the...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Funkee Phlavaz

June 21, 2014• Hip Hop

SATURDAY MATINÉE: The New Sound Of Music (1979)

May 24, 2014• Music

Charting the development of electronic music up until the 70s, BBC documentary The New Sound Of Music is our Saturday Matinée feature....

SATURDAY MATINÉE: beat:repeat NYC

May 17, 2014• Music

RBMA pay homage to the New York and the drum machines involved in crafting its soundscapes with an eight-part series called...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Sculpting Sound – The Art Of Vinyl Mastering

May 10, 2014• Music

Witness the work that goes into making records with this mini documentary about the art of vinyl mastering.

SATURDAY MATINÉE: “Wu: The Story Of The Wu-Tang Clan”

March 15, 2014• Music

“Wu: The Story Of The Wu-Tang Clan” is our Saturday Matinée feature presentation this week. Wu-Tang Clan have not only been a...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: PressPausePlay

January 25, 2014• Music

Our Saturday Matinée feature presentation is PressPausePlay, a documentary asking whether our digital culture is producing better art or...

SATURDAY MATINÉE: What Ever Happened to Hip Hop?

January 11, 2014• Video

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Madlib At Radio France’s Vinyl Library

January 4, 2014• Video

Madlib spoke to Laura Leishman about his favourite records and why Dilla is one of the greatest at Radio France’s vinyl record...

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