Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (Original Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtracks - Film Scores | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 6, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 6, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Caipirinha Music
• ASIN: B00000DBYE
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,229 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Feel Love - Donna Summer

2. Planet Roc k - Afrika Bambaataa

3. No Ufo's (Remix) - Juan Atkins/Model 500

4. Simon From Sydney - Ifo

5. Strs Of Life - Derrick May

6. Yeah - Jesse Saunders

7. Amazon 2 King Of The Beats - Aphrodite

8. Stormbringer - Panacea

9. The Shadow - Goldie & Rob Playford

10. Luxus 1-3 - Ryojii Ikeda

11. Atomic Moog 2000 - Coldcut

12. Kritische Masse 1 - To Rococo Rot

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The riveting documentary Modulations could be subtitled "Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Electronic Music but Were Afraid to Ask" for its comprehensive history of electronic music from industrial and techno to jungle and house. The soundtrack collection focuses on dance-oriented tracks that stand as mini-paradigms of their representative subgenres. Giorgio Moroder's Euro-disco mix of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" married pulsating electronic beats to an erotic mantra, laying the foundation for endless musical mutation. Afrika Bambaataa's beat-synth mélange "Planet Rock" is here, along with Juan Atkins's (as Model 500) remix of his pivotal techno hit "No UFOs." Modulations provides informative entertainment for the novice and a fine best-of sampler for the aficionado of electronic music. --Gail Worley

Entertainment Weekly

...[I]n dance music's supremely disposable world, this may be the most illuminating overview to date.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a superb, necessarily fractured introduction, November 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (Original Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

"I Feel Love" was the hook for me, although I'm familiar with the other artists featured. The recognition of Giorgio Moroder/Donna Summer's epochal track contextualises everything that follows, and while some of it may be 'difficult listening' for the uninitiated, the represented tracks are spot-on. Unreservedly recommended.

4.0 out of 5 stars must-have, January 19, 2000

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dj blü "blu206" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (Original Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

this cd has a great selection of tracks that any fan of any of all these new 'electronica' acts should definately pick up to both brush up on thier history as well as get to groovin with!