A new feature length documentary titled "Modulations."
Director: Iara Lee (I believe her sophomore cinematic effort)
Screening of this flick now at Sundance film festival, Utah.
Subject: electronic music, past and present, emphasis on the present.
See! One of the guys from Autechre pick his nose.
Witness! The down-to-earth charm of Tom Jenkinson in his bedroom extolling the virtues of cheap FM synths.
Hear! Bob Moog play a snippet of Amazing Grace on a theremin.
Wonder! at the conspicuous absence of RDJ in the list of over 300 subjects interviewed for the film.
Filmed all around the world, this movie provides a comprehensive, balanced overview of the evolution of modern electronic music. Most major sub-genres are represented, at the expense of delving deeply into any one of them. The movie's hodgepodge non-chronological format mirrors (I feel) the disjointed nature of the electronic music genre. MTV friendly style, yet mature. Other folks in it that I remember: Mixmaster Morris, FSOL, Kid Koala, Genesis P Orridge, DJ Spooky, Jonah Sharp, Africa Bambaataa, Stockhausen, bunch of Detroit guys, Prodigy, John Cage, Kraftwerk, Coldcut, Panacea. Lots of quick head-shot interviews. Plus breakdancing! I bet there's a webpage about this movie somewhere. I believe the producer is currently entertaining distribution deals.
Bottom line: Cool. A documentary about music I like. Glad I saw it.
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