Modulations (1998)
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
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Karlheinz Stockhausen as Self |
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Moby as Self |
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Afrika Bambaataa as Self |
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Derrick May as Self |
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Genesis P-Orridge as Self |
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Liam Howlett as Self |
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Giorgio Moroder as Self |
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Terre Thaemlitz as Self |
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Ken Ishii as Self |
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Sean Booth as Self |
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Rob Brown as Self |
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Kid Koala as Self |
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Armand van Helden as Self |
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Danny Tenaglia as Self |
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Derrick Carter as Self |
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DJ Spooky as Self |
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Fumiya Tanaka as Self |
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Joey Beltram as Self |
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Holger Czukay as Self |
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Bill Laswell as Self |
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Rob Playford as Self |
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Sasha as Self |
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Robert Moog as Self |
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Marshall Jefferson as Self |
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Squarepusher as Self |
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Simon Reynolds as Self |
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Ryan Williams as Self |
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Kodwo Eshun as Self |
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Mixmaster Morris as Self |
| Directing | Iara Lee | Director |
| Sound | Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz | Sound Montage Associate |
| Crew | Zachary Mortensen | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Margarita Ochoa | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Alma Melendez | Music Supervisor |
| Editing | Rhonda Mitrani | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jim LeBrecht | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Marcus Burnett | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Paul Sanchez IV | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Paula Heredia | Editor |
| Production | George Gund | Producer |
| Writing | Peter Shapiro | Writer |
| Sound | Antonio L. Arroyo | Production Sound Mixer |
