Roderick Julian Modell is an American
electronic music producer,
DJ and
musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
from
Port Huron, Michigan
Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administered separately.
Located along the St. Clair ...
, known professionally as Deepchord (
pronunciation:
iːpkɔːrd sometimes stylized as DeepChord).
Modell was born on July 22, 1969, in
Detroit, Michigan.
He worked with Mike Schommer to produce music under the Deepchord moniker as well as co-founded an eponymous
record label 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
Basic Channel 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 ''
The Coldest Season
''The Coldest Season'' is a 2007 album by dub techno duo Echospace (credited on the album as Deepchord Presents Echospace) which is composed of Rod Modell (Deepchord) and Stephen Hitchell. ''The Coldest Season'' was recorded using old analog equ ...
'' 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: ''
The Coldest Season
''The Coldest Season'' is a 2007 album by dub techno duo Echospace (credited on the album as Deepchord Presents Echospace) which is composed of Rod Modell (Deepchord) and Stephen Hitchell. ''The Coldest Season'' was recorded using old analog equ ...
''
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:
Shocking Pinks
Shocking Pinks is the project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Harte from New Zealand.
History
Founded in Christchurch, New Zealand, Nick Harte has played in many New Zealand bands such as the CM Ensemble, Hiatus, The Incision ...
- "Dressed to Please"
*2016:
Peter Michael Hamel -
Colours of Time
References
External links
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Echospaceat
Bandcamp
{{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