Modulations: Cinema for the Ear is a 1998 American documentary film on the history of electronic music. It is accompanied by a soundtrack album and the 2000 book Modulations: A History of Electronic Music by Peter Shapiro. The project was directed by Iara Lee, the maker of the documentary film Synthetic Pleasures.SPIN - nov. 1998 "soundtrack to the motion picture cinema for the ear ..available on caipirinha music in stores October 98Jonathan Sterne The Sound Studies Reader 2012 -113576235X - Page 486 Modulations: Cinema for the Ear. USA: Caipirinha Productions. DVD, 74 min.Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound Tara Rodgers - 2010 -=0822394154 "Electronic music historiography continues to follow this pattern. Modulations: Cinema for the Ear, a feature-length documentary about the evolution of electronic music in the twentieth century, was released in 1998 and screened internationally."The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998) Edmond Grant - 1999 0933997434 - Page 712 MODULATIONS: CINEMA FOR THE EARThe Wire 1998 - Volumes Page 13 MODULATION Cinema For The Ear • Modulations is the new, trailblazing ...Cinemaya 1997 Page 162 Modulations - Cinema for the Ear (Iara Lee, director of the acclaimed Synthetic Pleasures), ..."Sounding art: eight literary excursions through electronic Katharine Norman - 2004 . 0754604268 Page 32 "The phrase 'Cinema for the Ear' regularly crops up as a title for electronic music concerts and appears to cover several ... As the tagline for Modulations, a documentary on techno and its roots, it provided - along with nods to Pierre Henry and ..."
Reception
In a negative review, Ron Wells of Film Threat wrote, "It's ironic that a film about music you stay up all night listening to, just put me to sleep."
Stephen Holden of The New York Times was more positive, writing, "[D]espite its shortcomings, Modulations is an invaluable primer that begins to make sense of a rapidly changing sonic world that in many people's minds is only a grating, intimidating jumble of unwelcome noise."
Soundtrack
"I Feel Love" – Donna Summer "Planet Rock" – Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force "No UFO's" (remix) – Model 500 "Simon from Sydney" – LFO "Strings of Life" – Rhythm Is Rhythm "Yeah" – Jesse Saunders "Amazon 2-King of the Beats" – Aphrodite "Stormbringer" – Panacea "The Shadow" – Rob & Goldie "Luxus 1-3" – Ryoji Ikeda "Atomic 2000" – Coldcut "Kritische Masse 1" – To Rococo Rot
References
External links
Modulations homepage at Caipirinha Productions