Modulations (1998)

  • NR
  • 01/21/1998 (US)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 1h 15m

Cinema for the Ear

Overview

Less a documentary than a primer on all electronic music. Featuring interviews with nearly every major player past and present, as well as a few energetic live clips, Modulations delves into one of electronica's forgotten facets: the human element. Lee travels the globe from the American Midwest to Europe to Japan to try to express the appeal of music often dismissed as soulless. Modulations shows that behind even the most foreign or alien electronic composition lies a real human being, and Lee lets many of these Frankenstein-like creators express and expound upon their personal philosophies and tech-heavy theories. Lee understands that a cultural movement as massive and diverse as dance music can't be contained.

Iara Lee

Director

Peter Shapiro

Writer

Cast

Karlheinz Stockhausen's headshot

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Self
Moby's headshot

Moby

Self
Afrika Bambaataa's headshot

Afrika Bambaataa

Self
Derrick May's headshot

Derrick May

Self
Genesis P-Orridge's headshot

Genesis P-Orridge

Self
Liam Howlett's headshot

Liam Howlett

Self
Giorgio Moroder's headshot

Giorgio Moroder

Self
Ken Ishii's headshot

Ken Ishii

Self

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