Modulations

1998·75'

Iara Lee

DocumentaryMusic

★ 7.2

Letterboxd TMDB #59138

Cinema for the Ear

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.

Cast

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