Arthur Baker

AKA:

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1955-04-22

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Arthur Baker is a DJ, record producer, and remixer, best known for producing Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force's "Planet Rock" and for many dance remixes in the 1980s and into the 90s.

Crew Roles

808

Producer

808

Co-Executive Producer

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Self

2015-03-30 7.3

808

The inspiring story of the Roland TR808, from the creation of Planet Rock which established it as a dynamic modern instrument, to how it defined hip hop and modern dance culture, through to its contin ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Himself

2014-01-31 7.2

Finding the Funk

Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s we travel to the Bay Area to celebrate ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

1993-08-29 6.8

New Order Story

Rising from the ashes of the legendary British post-punk unit Joy Division, the enigmatic New Order triumphed over tragedy to emerge as one of the most influential and acclaimed bands of the 1980's, e ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2009-10-24 0

Downtown Calling

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the econom ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

2020-12-01 9

Larry's Garage

In July of 2015 while surfing the net, the director of the movie Corrado Rizza found what he considered to be an amazing video on YouTube. It was published by Hiroyuki Kajino, an active Japanese DJ in ...