Modulations

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Peter Shapiro

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

18 September 1998

Ensemble

Cast

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  Karlheinz Stockhausen

  Self

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  Moby

  Self

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  Afrika Bambaataa

  Self

• Derrick May

  Self

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  Genesis P-Orridge

  Self

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  Liam Howlett

  Self

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  Giorgio Moroder

  Self

• Terre Thaemlitz

  Self

• Ken Ishii

  Self

• Sean Booth

  Self

• Rob Brown

  Self

• Kid Koala

  Self