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Modulations (1998)

★ 7.2/10 75 min Documentary, Music United States English
Director: Iara Lee
Streaming: Not available
Cinema for the Ear

Description

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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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen Self
Moby
Moby Self
Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa Self
Derrick May Self
Genesis P-Orridge
Genesis P-Orridge Self
Liam Howlett
Liam Howlett Self
Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder Self
Terre Thaemlitz Self

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