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 might be best 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)