Modulations
Cinema for the Ear
1998 | 75m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Iara Lee |
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| Writer: | Peter Shapiro |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 18, 1998 |
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| Director: | Iara Lee |
| Writer: | Peter Shapiro |
| Genres: | Documentary, Music |
| Keywords | dance music, woman director |
| Production Companies | Caipirinha Productions Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Sanchez IV | Director of Photography |
| Marcus Burnett | Director of Photography |
| Peter Shapiro | Writer |
| Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz | Sound Montage Associate |
| Zachary Mortensen | Post Production Supervisor |
| Alma Melendez | Music Supervisor |
| Jim LeBrecht | Sound Effects Editor |
| Margarita Ochoa | Production Coordinator |
| Rhonda Mitrani | Assistant Editor |
| Iara Lee | Director |
| Paula Heredia | Editor |
| Antonio L. Arroyo | Production Sound Mixer |
| Name | Title |
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| George Gund | Producer |
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