Film

Modulations

1998 · 1h 15m · Documentary · Music

Cinema for the Ear

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

33%

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.

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

• Iara LeeDirector
• Peter ShapiroWriter
• George GundProducer
• Marcus BurnettDirector of Photography
• Paul Sanchez IVDirector of Photography
• Paula HerediaEditor

Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (Official Trailer)

Release date

September 18, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Documentary, Music

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