Modulations (1998)

Director:

Iara Lee

Writer:

Peter Shapiro

Stars:

Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, Carl Cox

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Arthur Baker	...	Himself
Afrika Bambaataa	...	Himself
Carl Cox	...	Himself
David Kristian	...	Himself
Derrick May	...	Himself
Moby	...	Himself
Robert Moog	...	Himself
Giorgio Moroder	...	Himself
Genesis P-Orridge	...	Himself
Rob Playford	...	Himself
DJ Spooky	...	Himself
Karlheinz Stockhausen	...	Himself
Danny Tenaglia	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

electronic music | club dj | drugs | independent film

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Taglines:

cinema for the ear

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

Caipirinha Productions

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$72,688 (USA) (11 September 1998)

Gross:

$138,425 (USA) (19 March 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Caipirinha Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Partygoer: To some people it looks ridiculous, but to us... this is our thing.

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Connections

Features Thank God It's Friday (1978)

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Soundtracks

"live improvisations"
Courtesy of Lee Ranaldo

User Reviews

Good promo, weak documentary

A broad range of people linked to the current and past techno scene have made it into the film and it would be mean not to note how great Holger Czukay's dancing is. But the publicity for Modulations says it "traces the evolution of electronic music", which is not quite true. There's quite a leap from the jumble of clips involving Pierre Henry and John Cage into the familiar material on disco, Kraftwerk and Derrick May.

A more serious documentary might have challenged what the techno movement has to say about itself. Techno's rhetoric is borrowed from the modernists of the 50s and 60s, but maybe the real story is a more familiar one for pop music: the dancefloor's appetite for the next big thing.