Modulations

1998 75 min Documentary, Music

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.

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IMDb 7.2 RT 33

director Iara Lee

writer Peter Shapiro

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
DJ Spooky Self
Fumiya Tanaka Self
Joey Beltram Self
Holger Czukay Self
Bill Laswell Self
Rob Playford Self
Sasha Self
Robert Moog Self
Marshall Jefferson Self
Squarepusher Self
Simon Reynolds Self
Ryan Williams Self
Kodwo Eshun Self
Mixmaster Morris Self

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