Deepchord

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

Deepchord
Birth name	Roderick Julian Modell
Also known as	Deepchord A601-2 CV Delayvarience Global Systems Silently Moving Imax
Born	(1969-07-22) July 22, 1969 (age 55) Detroit, Michigan, US
Genres	Ambient techno dub techno ambient techno minimal techno
Instruments	Sampler synthesizer drum machine
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Soma Quality Records Astral Industries DeepChord Hierophant Records Octal Modern Love Cache Records AvantRoots Vibrant Music Echospace
Members	Roderick Modell
Past members	Mike Schommer

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

• 2000: DeepChord 01-06 as Deepchord
• 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