a while ago there was a great documentary about the history of electronic music on Dutch TV called Planet Electro. It can be watched fully on
Vimeo. And if you want just a snippet
here's a nice 6 minute fragment of the 808 and the LinnDrum. And there's also the
trailer
The main language is unfortunately Dutch and no English subtitles but most of the interviews are in English. It features artists like Carl Cox, Human League, Ultravox, Rick Wakeman , Yello, OMD, Spandau Ballet, etc etc, and also some Dutch recent house DJs
And it also features interviews with the inventors of those instruments
Turns out that stuff like the 808 was considered as a complete failure by their designers
