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.
Direction
Iara Lee's global scope, from Detroit to Tokyo.
Production
Rare 90s footage of electronic pioneers at work.
Sound
The mixes themselves — character in every beat.
Director
Iara Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released just before the 1999 'Electronic' boom, it documents a subculture before it became Spotify algorithm fodder.
Stockhausen's interview was one of his last extensive on-camera appearances before his death in 2007.
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