Modapit: The Veiled Virtuoso Redefining Electronic Music through Multi-Dimensional Artistry

Known as Modapit, the anonymous artist behind the signature veil has catapulted into the electronic music scene with a series of mesmerizing singles and accompanying short films, all within a brief yet dynamic six months. Along the way, the creative genius has enjoyed prestigious milestones such as an EDC Las Vegas debut and opening for renowned artist Deadmau5. 

Modapit is not just an artist but an artistic project that seamlessly blends sound with visuals and performance arts. Each single is part of an overarching narrative, with the artist bringing together talented performers from different backgrounds to bring the stories to life. From the electronic festival markets to Cirque du Soleil, the performers lend their unique flair to each video, exemplifying Modapit’s intention of creating a multi-dimensional and collaborative project. 

Now that Modapit’s album has hit the airwaves, we wanted to delve deeper into the artist’s journey, creative process, and vision in the following exclusive interview.The underlying theme of hope, love, and overcoming the darkness that echoes in the music is amplified by the visual narrative, creating a contrasting yet harmonious experience. 

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What inspired the creation of your distinct brand, complete with the signature veil to be anonymous? 

Well interestingly enough, this album was done months before the the identity of this project was created. When the album was finished, the rest created itself. Being able to cover my face gave us more room to be creative and be more artistic. The problem was trying to make it different from what other people have done with masks-like things so I tried to be influenced by unique things. “Funeral-rave-goth” were fashion inspirations and aesthetics that were combined that created the look of the veil. I can’t think of another electronic artist wearing a veil right now so it felt interesting and different to us. 

You’ve had several major milestones in just six months, including your EDC Las Vegas debut and opening for Deadmau5. How have these experiences shaped your approach to music? 

Both of these events were so different in how the team and I were trying to execute the artistry of the project. The circuitGROUNDS stage at EDC felt like such a strong opportunity to showcase this idea of “Devotion Live” with displaying the visual component of the album and showcasing the sound of the album into a live set. Whereas, the support for Deadmau5 at DAER, we were trying to showcase a side of Modapit that’s a little less serious and more “clubby” I guess you could say. It’s always been a mission for Modapit to be able to adapt to its situation and still have the Modapit “DNA” throughout all those types of sets and I don’t think that will change in the near future. Modapit has that live aspect to it but will always have core fundamentals in DJing. 

So that will always be a part of Modapit in some way. 

You released a series of videos alongside your first few singles – how did this idea come about for the Modapit project? 

When you’re listening to the album, it told this story that I felt had to be communicated across everything else the project does. This led my team to visually telling a story through the short films and the only people that we felt could’ve done it were David Borges and Carlos Perez. The feel of their work in short films and their understanding of the Modapit brand was an easy decision to make, and they nailed it immediately. My team and I started working on the first film in November 2022, for the song “Dancing” and what we accomplished there made us very confident in telling the rest of this story. 

There were also elements to each video that we wanted to represent. We wanted to represent dance culture and performance culture amongst dancers. That’s how we ended up with the ideas behind “Dancing” and “Falling In Love.” It’s primarily focused around dancers/performers. 

“Dancing” had a cast of professional character performers from the electronic festival markets. A lot of those girls would perform at major festivals or major nightclubs from across the nation and we really wanted to showcase that and represent those types of performers. Most of their performance was improvised and that’s what they really excelled at that we were trying to show. The “Falling In Love” film had performers from things like Cirque du Soleil involved and with that video, we wanted to showcase their type performance with choreography and contemporary. The “For You” film was meant to be more of a movie in order to showcase the skill of Borges and Perez and their background in film. The whole idea is to showcase performance arts of all kinds in these films and I always want to collaborate with different arts in the future. 

The narrative in the “For You” short film involves crime and violence, which contrasts the uplifting spirit of the track. Can you explain the decision to create this polarizing emotional experience for your audience? 

In the film for the song “For You,” I wanted to showcase a story about struggle and how things in our lives can consume us and stop us from becoming better. The male character is tied up in these dark habits of his past and it catches up with him and his girlfriend, and it leads them down a dark path that they end up having a deal with. 

The main theme of the song is not to give up and that sometimes we have to make hard decisions to improve our lives. As a lot of people know, doing those things can be a very hard thing to do in our lives and this film shows how dark the journey to happiness can be. The female character and the end of this film connects back with her sister who just wants the best for her and she finally makes the decision to cut out this darkness and toxicity out of her life in order to better her life. It’s dark and sad but it’s the reality of a lot of people’s journeys to happiness. 

How do you feel your music and the accompanying visual content have evolved from your first single “Dancing” to your latest, “For You”? 

To be honest, the evolution of these visual components have been planned out from the beginning of the project. My team and I knew from the very beginning that there were components and elements to all these visuals and upcoming visual components that we wanted to portray to our followers. 

So the evolution you’re seeing didn’t really evolve as we were doing it but was part of a long-term plan we had worked on since September of 2022. 

All of the singles and videos have teased your upcoming debut album Devotion, what do you hope to convey with your first full length project? 

I want people to experience a journey. I want people to hear the story and come out of this feeling like they had fun and experienced something unique to electronic dance culture. I absolutely want to convey a message of hope for people, as well. The Modapit message will always be about hope, love and overcoming darkness.

Is there a specific single on the album that you are most excited about? 

Out of the singles people haven’t heard yet, the song “It Goes Like” is going to be a really fun one I think people will enjoy. It’s a fun dance/pop track with a little edge. I’m heavily inspired by dark-pop artists like The Weeknd and that was an inspiration I was trying to bring into a lot of the songs on the album. Not all, but a lot of them. 

As you continue to rise in the music scene, what are your goals for the remainder of 2023 and beyond? 

The team and I want to get to the Grammys and we want to headline Coachella one day. We want to work more closely with our new friend Jonny Cota, the fashion brand we’ve been representing in many of my appearances. Jonny Cota’s fashion brand makes so many efforts to push for sustainable fashion production and I feel like it’s a message that I want to really be a part of. We have things in the works with him but for now, continuing our work with a brand like that is a strong goal we want to push for the future of the Modapit project. 

Making a huge musical impact is our goal and can we do that by collaborating with other arts like fashion and cinema? These are huge goals and we don’t expect to be an overnight success but we want to create long-term value for our followers and fans and give them something they can enjoy for their lifetimes. We need to leave behind something more that will leave an artistic impression for people who are listening and following.