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The San Francisco
Chronicle Open Your Eyes and Ears
To These Music-Themed Movies ''Modulations'' -- Exploring
the diverse roots of today's electronica means navigating a
circuitous route from Germany's Kraftwerk to the South
Bronx's Afrika Bambaataa. It also means catching up with
practitioners such as DJ Spooky and Roni Size, who probably
weren't even known when filming for this movie started.
Director Iara Lee has put together a cogent picture of the
streams of experimental music that flowed together to create
the new sound of electronic music -- from Robert Moog to
Prodigy, from hip-hop pioneer Arthur Baker to dance-music
maestro Moby -- all splashed together on a bright, throbbing
canvas of sound and film, a vivid pastiche that reflects the
rugged vitality of the music. |