The Moderat thread (Apparat/Modeselektor collab)

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

good couple weeks for releases/leaks imo

http://moderat.fm/video-for-bad-kingdom/ (I don't think the video's there yet though?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1gewNVv1UY

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/24/205158117/first-listen-moderat-ii

And it's another beaut.

it sure as hell is

okay I had to pause the stream for a while and when I came back, I lost track of where I was in the track listing but this dubby shuffle beat track is THE SHIT

(I originally wrote "is fucking THE TITS" but that didn't look right)

FYI the track I'm freaking out over is "Milk"

yeah this album is THE SHIT. let in the light, milk, therapy, damage done, and this time are all favorites

Versions and Therapy too... In fact, Gita is the only one I don't like (yet?)

Lovely stuff.

I like this but it doesn't feel any more or less of anything than the first.

i remember being disappointed by the first but this is v lovely - though i agree with boxedjoy that it's not really any different

I also agree with boxedjoy, only I adored the first one too

is this not what you wanted, or what you had in mind?

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