Deepchord Explained

Birth Name:	Roderick Julian Modell
Past Members:	Mike Schommer
Years Active:	2000 - present
Birth Date:	22 July 1969
Current Members:	Roderick Modell
Birth Place:	Detroit, Michigan, US

Roderick Julian Modell is an American electronic music producer, DJ and musician from Port Huron, Michigan, known professionally as Deepchord (pronunciation: [diːpkɔːrd]; sometimes stylized as DeepChord).

Modell was born on July 22, 1969, in Detroit, Michigan.^[1] 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.^[2]

Modell is well known for his collaboration with Stephen Hitchell (Soultek) as Echospace or cv313. In 2007, they released the album The Coldest Season on the record label Modern Love.^[3] Modell has also performed live with Hitchell as Echospace.^[4]

Modell has also collaborated with fellow Detroit native Mike Huckaby.^[5]

Selected discography

Albums/EPs

• 2003: Kettle Point EP as Rod Modell (Echocord)
• 2004: Illuminati Audio Science with Kevin Hanton (Silentes)
• 2007: The Coldest Season as Deepchord Presents Echospace
• 2007: Vantage Isle as Deepchord (echospace [detroit])
• 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 (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 - "Dressed to Please"
• 2016: Peter Michael Hamel - Colours of Time

External links

• • • Echospace at Bandcamp

Notes and References

1. Web site: Durston. Tom. 2011-07-26. Deepchord. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108143128/https://inverted-audio.com/feature/deepchord/. November 8, 2020. 2021-01-31. Inverted Audio. en-GB.
2. Web site: Ritger. Carl. 2007-07-25. DeepChord - Vantage Isle (Extended Edition). 2009-01-14. Resident Advisor. May 22, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033511/http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4690. live.
3. Web site: Deepchord Presents Echospace: The Coldest Season - Review . . 2007-09-07 . 2009-01-14 . Hutlock . Todd . February 1, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090201180314/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/deepchord-presents-echospace/the-coldest-season.htm . live .
4. Web site: Claro Intelecto & DeepChord pres. Echospace . Mann . Chris . 2007-11-26 . 2009-01-14 . . May 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033731/http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4907 . live .
5. Web site: DeepChord & Mike Huckaby - The Detroit Remixes . Hutlock . Todd . 2008-07-22 . 2009-01-14 . . May 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033811/http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=5354 . live .