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Modulations
1998 7.3 (12 votes) 1h 15m
Genres
Documentary Music
Production Companies
Caipirinha Productions Inc.

Modulations

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.

Key Crew

Director: Iara Lee

Director of Photography: Marcus Burnett, Paul Sanchez IV

Producer: George Gund

Writer: Peter Shapiro

Top Cast

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen

Self

Moby
Moby

Self

Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa

Self

Derrick May

Self

Genesis P-Orridge

Self

Liam Howlett
Liam Howlett

Self

Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder

Self

Terre Thaemlitz

Self

Videos

Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (Official Trailer)

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