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Modulations (1998)

Modulations (1998)

Music Documentary

Cinema for the Ear

Release Date: 1998, September 18
Directors: Iara Lee
Countries: United States of America
Production: Caipirinha Productions Inc.
Cast: Rob Brown, Simon Reynolds, Ryan Williams, Fumiya Tanaka, Moby, Marshall Jefferson, Sasha, Danny Tenaglia, Genesis P-Orridge, Derrick May, Afrika Bambaataa, Joey Beltram

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.

Keywords:

woman director dance music