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Anybody else see this? The reviews have been good, and have considered taking it in-but the previous film (from this director, I believe), "Synthetic Pleasures", was a true embarrassment, some of the most empty godawful crap I've ever endured on film.... >Just saw a stunning feature length documentary last night by Iara Lee >about the >electronic music underground, titled "Modulations". It's been out for a >while >making the film festival and preview circuit, but was just released into >theatres yesterday. > >*Don't miss this one!* > >Inspired by early Italian pioneer Luigi Russolo (his 1913 manifesto, "The >Art >of Noises" states "We must break out of this limited circle of sounds and >conquer the infinite variety of noise-sounds."), the evolution of >electronic >music is explored via interviews and sounds of Stockhausen, Cage, Moog, >Theremin, Teo Maceo (Mile's producer), and others. Lee continues through >disco >(Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summers producer), house, techno, hip-hop, jungle >and >beyond. It's a who's who of electronica/techno music and turntable >culture, >including interviews with Carl Cox, Bill Laswell, Mixmaster Morris, Danny >Tenaglia, DJ Spooky, Goldie, Moby, Prodigy, Squarepusher, Photek, Holger >Czukay, Tetsu Inoue, Juan Atkins, Meat Beat Manifesto, Invisbl Skratch >Piklz >and more. The film explores the world-wide rave scene, with footage, for >instance, from the typhoon-soaked Rainbow 2000 rave on top of Japan's Mt. >Fuji, >Future Sound of London, and a spectacular crowd in Moscow's Red Square. >Lee >also outlines the cultural and sociological evolutionary path of various >microgenres - acid house, trip hop, drum n bass, ambient, and so on. > >Visual imagery is equally intense - a captivating collage of eye candy >images >gleaned from hundreds of hours of film shot all over the world. > >If I remember correctly, Modulations soundtrack is (or will be?) >available on >Sire records. > >Check it out: >Caipirinha Films: >http://www.modulations.com/Film/filmcontent.html > >Or go straight to the Modulations link: >http://www.modulations.com/Film/modulations/modcontents.html >The "Treatment" link is a very interesting evolutionary history of >electronica >from the film's perspective. "Screenings" lists city release locations and >dates; "Musician Bios" offers brief notes on many of the featured artists. > Great site overall. > >Caipirinha Productions released a film in 1996 called Synthetic Pleasures, >and >a collection of music entitled "Synthetic Pleasures Volume Two". >http://www.electronicmusic.com/features/showcase/caipirinha.html > >Has anyone else seen this yet? I'm curious to hear other impressions... > >laurie