Modulations
“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.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
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Iara Lee Director · Peter Shapiro Writer Paul Sanchez IV Cinematographer
United States release September 18, 1998 · Produced in United States · Languages English, French
Production
Caipirinha Productions Inc.
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · January 21, 1998
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · September 18, 1998
Theatrical
Germany
February 12, 1998 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
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