Deepchord

{{short description|American electronic musician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}{{Use American English|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| alias = {{hlist|Deepchord|A601-2|CV|Delayvarience|Global Systems Silently Moving|Imax}}

| birth_name = Roderick Julian Modell

| associated_acts = {{hlist|Octal Industries|Mike Huckaby|Fluxion|Pulshar|Wolfgang Voigt|Peter Michael Hamel}}

| label = {{hlist|Soma Quality Records|Astral Industries| DeepChord|Hierophant Records|Octal|Modern Love|Cache Records|AvantRoots|Vibrant Music|Echospace}}

| past_members = Mike Schommer

| years_active = 2000–present

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|07|22}}

| genre = {{hlist|Ambient|techno|dub techno|ambient techno|minimal techno|}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Sampler|synthesizer|drum machine|}}

| current_members = * Roderick Modell

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, US

}}

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).

Modell was born on July 22, 1969, in Detroit, Michigan.{{Cite web|last=Durston|first=Tom|date=2011-07-26|title=Deepchord|url=https://inverted-audio.com/feature/deepchord/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108143128/https://inverted-audio.com/feature/deepchord/|archive-date=November 8, 2020|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Inverted Audio|language=en-GB}} 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.{{cite web|last=Ritger|first=Carl|date=2007-07-25|title=DeepChord - Vantage Isle (Extended Edition)|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4690|accessdate=2009-01-14|work=Resident Advisor|archive-date=May 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033511/http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4690|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web |url = http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/deepchord-presents-echospace/the-coldest-season.htm |work = Stylus Magazine |title = Deepchord Presents Echospace: The Coldest Season - Review |date = 2007-09-07 |accessdate = 2009-01-14 |last = Hutlock |first = Todd |archive-date = February 1, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090201180314/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/deepchord-presents-echospace/the-coldest-season.htm |url-status = live }} Modell has also performed live with Hitchell as Echospace.{{cite web |url = http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4907 |title = Claro Intelecto & DeepChord pres. Echospace |last = Mann |first = Chris |date = 2007-11-26 |accessdate = 2009-01-14 |work = Resident Advisor |archive-date = May 22, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033731/http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4907 |url-status = live }}

Modell has also collaborated with fellow Detroit native Mike Huckaby.{{cite web |url = http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=5354 |title = DeepChord & Mike Huckaby - The Detroit Remixes |last = Hutlock |first = Todd |date = 2008-07-22 |accessdate = 2009-01-14 |work = Resident Advisor |archive-date = May 22, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522033811/http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=5354 |url-status = live }}