Roderick Julian Modell (commonly goes by Rod 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

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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 is well 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 eq ...

'' 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 *2000: ''DeepChord 01-06'' as Deepchord *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'' (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 American ambient musicians Musicians from Detroit People from Port Huron, Michigan