Roderick Julian Modell is an American

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producer, DJ and

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from

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, known professionally as Deepchord (pronunciation: iːpkɔːrd sometimes stylized as DeepChord). Modell was born on July 22, 1969, in

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, Michigan. He worked with Mike Schommer to produce music under the Deepchord moniker as well as co-founded an eponymous

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in Detroit during the mid-1990s. However, currently the project name of Deepchord represents only Modell, who is using a number of aliases besides. The musical style of Deepchord is similar to both the minimal Berlin sound of artists like

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and the techno tradition of Detroit. Modell might be best known for his collaboration with Stephen Hitchell (Soultek) as Echospace or cv313. In 2007, they released the album ''

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'' on the record label Modern Love. Modell has also performed live with Hitchell as Echospace. Modell has also collaborated with fellow Detroit native Mike Huckaby.

Selected discography

;Albums/EPs *2003: ''Kettle Point EP'' as Rod Modell (Echocord) *2004: ''Illuminati Audio Science'' with Kevin Hanton (Silentes) *2007: ''

'' as Deepchord Presents Echospace *2007: ''Vantage Isle'' as Deepchord (echospace etroit *2007: ''Incense & Black Light '' as Rod Modell (Plop) *2007: ''Plays Michael Mantra'' (Silentes) *2010: ''Liumin'' as Deepchord Presents Echospace *2011: ''Hash-Bar Loops'' as Deepchord (Soma) *2012: ''Silent World'' as Deepchord Presents Echospace (Echospace) *2012: ''Sommer'' as Deepchord (Soma) *2014: ''Yagya and Deepchord: Redesigns'' Remixes of ambient tracks by Yagya (Subwax) *2014: ''Lanterns'' (Astral Industries) *2015: ''Ultraviolet Music'' (Soma) *2017: ''Auratones'' (Soma) *2022: ''Functional Design (out 09.30.22)'' (Soma) ;Singles *2001: "dc10" (Deepchord) *2001: "dc11" (Deepchord) *2001: "dc12" (Deepchord) *2001: "dc13" (Deepchord) *2001: "dc14" (Deepchord) *2003: "dc16" (Deepchord) *2008: "The Detroit Remixes" with Mike Huckaby (Cache Records) *2011: "Hash-Bar Remnants (Part 1)" (Soma) *2011: "Hash-Bar Remnants (Part 2)" (Soma) *2012: "The Tonality of Night" (Soma) *2013: "Prana/Tantra" (Soma) *2014: "Luxury" (Soma) *2018: "Immersions" (Astral Industries) ;Remixes *2007: Convextion - "Miranda" *2007: Model 500 - "Starlight" *2008:

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{{Authority control 1969 births Living people 20th-century American musicians 21st-century American musicians American techno musicians Ambient musicians Musicians from Detroit People from Port Huron, Michigan