
75 minutes
9/18/1998
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.

Karlheinz Stockhausen
as Self

Moby
as Self

Afrika Bambaataa
as Self
Derrick May
as Self
Genesis P-Orridge
as Self

Liam Howlett
as Self

Giorgio Moroder
as Self
Terre Thaemlitz
as Self
Ken Ishii
as Self
Sean Booth
as Self
Rob Brown
as Self
Kid Koala
as Self
Armand van Helden
as Self
Danny Tenaglia
as Self
Derrick Carter
as Self
DJ Spooky
as Self

Fumiya Tanaka
as Self
Joey Beltram
as Self
Holger Czukay
as Self
Bill Laswell
as Self
Rob Playford
as Self
Sasha
as Self
Robert Moog
as Self
Marshall Jefferson
as Self
Squarepusher
as Self
Simon Reynolds
as Self
Ryan Williams
as Self
Kodwo Eshun
as Self
Mixmaster Morris
as Self