The Moderat thread (Apparat/Modeselektor collab)

Duplex was boring even by late-era IDM standards.

well maybe what I feel is that it did all of the mostly good things about Walls first, minus the totally cringe bits, minus the over-polish and felt a lot more coherent. With a bit less range sure, but the range on Walls mostly extends to tracks that are pretty bad.

I don't know what album y'all are listening to but I'm still thinking this is awesome and second only to Fever Ray this year. The DVD is pretty sweet too - mostly black & white & minimal, but very nice.

Looking forward to catching their set at Dissonanze this weekend. Like the record v.much

Modeselektor live 3 years ago was one of the most fun sets I've attended.
The minute of the Modeselektor set I saw last year turned me off them for good. Here's hoping Apparat can salvage them, doing what he did to them what he did to Ellen Allien.

Anyone else think the chorus of Stick With It should have been sung by Bowie?

Depending on the version you get, you'll have two or four more tracks that aren't mentioned in any review since the promo only had 11 tracks:

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fjfqxz9kldde = 11 tracks
http://bpitchcontrol.de/product/481 = 13 tracks
http://bpitchcontrol.de/product/526 = 15 tracks (+ DVD)

The amount of stuff that's going on in the background is amazing, I'm just discovering, listening with good headphones

One track in and I am digging this a lot.

heard this yesterday for the 1st time, pretty great...not boring AT ALL

Yeah, listened again last night and really enjoyed it. Except Sick With It, hafta skip that one.

it made me want to listen to Gerald Mitchell instead

I thought they were amazing at the Roundhouse the other night. Anyone else go?

I bought the album yesterday but haven't had the chance to listen to it yet.

Got the CD+DVD pack in the post yesterday from Amazon. Fantastic packaging and 4 extra tracks.

yeah they were brilliant at the roundhouse. the tracks sounded a lot more dubsteppy live. it's really brought me around to the album

This album is great, maybe the best thing that either act has ever done.

I downloaded this many weeks ago, but I'm just listening to it now. Kicking myself for not doing it soon. This. Is. Great.

soon=sooner

This album is great, maybe the best thing that either act has ever done.

I don't know Modeselektor's previous stuff, but it's not quite Orchestra Of Bubbles or Walls. Still pretty great though.

Walls is pretty weak IMO

Oof, have to disagree. Beautiful album IMO. Orchestra of Bubbles is the best thing he's been involved in though, for me.

Johnny Fever, if you downloaded it weeks ago *cough*, you might want to make sure you have the actual album version and not the promo. The promo was in mono, as mentioned elsewhere, and lacks some of the oomph of the released version.

So rich. I like it even more as time goes on.

I just read the press release for this and it made me laugh:

"Szary and Bronsert, both proud fathers, were on their way to the "Stadtbad Mitte" (Berlin-Mitte City Pool) with their children for their regular Monday swimming lessons when they ran into Ring, a devout bachelor who happened to be
accompanied by several dubious females."

"Yeah, listened again last night and really enjoyed it. Except Sick With It, hafta skip that one."

That song is really, really horrible.

So much so that I took it off my iPod.

"Sick With It" is great!

"Stick With It" is the weakest song on the album (although it's far from horrible).

This is my fave album of the year thus far.

"Sick With It" haters are crazy, it's awesome!

^^^ otm

And the rest of the record is good too!

^^^ otm*2

this album makes more sense to me in this rainy weather than it has all during the summer

Pfork feature today:

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7671-moderat

gloomy goodness: http://www.nialler9.com/2009/07/27/reeeemix-moderat-and-speech-debelle/

looove 'Slow Match'

Listened to this album again the other day and realised it really is Apparat's contribution that makes Orchestra of Bubbles for me. There's a real 'Apparat sheen' that this, Walls and Bubbles all have in common that just does it for me. No other Ellen record has really matched up.

yeah but Ellen brings the fun(k)

srsly rusty nails

booka shade remix > original

Shackleton remix likewise

nah to the shackleton one tho it is awesome it is no replacement imo, but i haven't heard this booka shade one but imagine it wld be more up my alley

There's a new Moderat compilation called "50 weapons of choice #2-9" that's all remixes and stuff, but this 2009 album of theirs, man, wow. Just heard it again after a while and it's just phenomenal.

http://www.monkeytownrecords.com/news/view/55/2013-01-31-moderat-new-album-ii-out-august-2nd-2013

http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/30/modeselektor-and-apparat-announce-full-details-of-new-moderat-album-ii/

Looking forward to this

awesome

http://moderat.fm/bad-kingdom-first-single-from-the-upcoming-album-ii-out-july-12-2013/

album has l34k3d

yay sad techno makes me happy or i mean wait what i haven't heard this it's not out yet

brb gonna go punch myself in the face

Listening to III now, really nice

III is really growing on me

I've heard the first half, there are a lot more vocals that on their other albums (that's not necessarily a bad thing, but I like when they mix it up between tracks with vocals and vocal-free bangers)

I was at a wedding so I'm a bit drunk and this might not make any sense tomorrow but I just heard this album and life of pablo by Kanye and it's so noticeable how superior the production is on this album. Wishful thinking but i'd love to have moderat producing a kanye album. This is just sooo good a production and Kanye clearly wants to sound this good in his backtracks but doesn't know how. The mastering is fucking terrible on kanye and I want Moderat to shine in the mainstream because both modeselektor and apparat are so brilliant that they deserve to be known worldwide.

Don't mind me doesn't make sense but I'm drunk and I want to hear a moderat produced mainstream album.

Related: Finder is fucking awesome but this whole album is.

Yep that doesn't make any sense. This is a brilliant album though. Everyone hear it, now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVawpT44Hrk

EP out with Shed remix

https://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/fader-mix-moderat
and
https://www.mixcloud.com/corenewsuploads/moderat-essential-mix-2016-05-07/

(both amazing in their own way)

incredible live show, see em if you can

This album has really grown on me. Once I got used to the idea of a slickly produced electronic pop/R&B album with little connection to anything "techno", it was smooth sailing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2_dOLpl7A

^ that was the complete Nantes show - it's still here: http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/live/musique/electro/moderat-au-stereolux-a-nantes-238561

This album has really grown on me. Once I got used to the idea of a slickly produced electronic pop/R&B album with little connection to anything "techno", it was smooth sailing.

agree 100% with this.

i got the 2cd edition on a whim last week and was somewhat taken aback as i expected more of a techno vibe,
but given that i love the Rhye album, this has totally clicked with me now.

I find some of his vocals on this album a bit syrupy and overdone.

Theres a 2.5hr live album now, haven't heard yet

It's 75 minutes, Plus one track that contains the whole show again in one gapless file.

Ah, well, that makes sense

Was playing one of the angstier Moderat tunes the other day, girlfriend walks in and says 'what are you doing listening to Coldplay?' which has put me off them a bit. It's true he could do with toning down the vox sometimes.

They are playing live at Roskilde this summer. Should I see them?

yes.

There's an old DJ Shadow track I loved that my wife ruined by saying it sounded like John Farnham, which is a mad opinion and also unlikely to make sense to non-Australians

They're b4ck!?

https://m.facebook.com/moderat.band/posts/422408775913710

moderat.fm sends you to ticket sales for a show in Berlin in September 2022: https://www.monkeytowntickets.com/tickets

just in case... "MORE D4TA" happens to be an anagram of MODERAT 4

https://www.monkeytownrecords.com/moderat-announce-more-d4ta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMP2A66jIQ

there's a lot to read in those credits (3:17 for instance = ? )

I missed the release of Moderat II - 10th Anniversary Sped-up Edition and... it's a funny novelty release? I'm trying to figure out if it's basically the 33 1/3 album played at 45rpm