Modulations
“Cinema for the Ear”
1998•1h 15m•7.2•Released
DocumentaryMusic
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.
Director
Iara Lee
Writer
Peter Shapiro
Languages
French, English
Studio
Caipirinha Productions Inc.
Cast
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Self
Moby
Self
Afrika Bambaataa
Self
Derrick May
Self
Genesis P-Orridge
Self
Liam Howlett
Self
Giorgio Moroder
Self
Terre Thaemlitz
Self
Ken Ishii
Self
Sean Booth
Self
Rob Brown
Self
Kid Koala
Self
Armand van Helden
Self
Danny Tenaglia
Self
Derrick Carter
Self
Production
Company
Caipirinha Productions Inc.
Producer
George Gund
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