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.

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

Crew

Iara Lee

Director

Jim LeBrecht

Sound Effects Editor

Zachary Mortensen

Post Production Supervisor

Rhonda Mitrani

Assistant Editor

Alma Melendez

Music Supervisor

Margarita Ochoa

Production Coordinator

Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz

Sound Montage Associate

George Gund

Producer

Peter Shapiro

Writer

Paul Sanchez IV

Director of Photography

Clips & Videos

Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (Official Trailer)