The Moderat thread (Apparat/Modeselektor collab)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK47r9AuYhs

Bad Kingdom, Damage Done, Nr. 22 - Electronic Beats Festival, Prague (28 March 2014)

Complete festival show, last Thursday - will only be online for a couple of weeks:

http://concert.arte.tv/de/melt-2014-moderat

Woooo!
https://twitter.com/ModeratOfficial/status/572846357557477377

III

Coinciding with a Spring 2016 tour Moderat return with their new album III:

Release Date: April 1, 2016

Intent on creating something that contrasted their own individual projects, Moderat ‑ the trio comprised of Gernot Bronsert, Sebastian Szary (aka Modeselektor) and Sascha Ring (aka Apparat) ‑ complete the trilogy with III.

III pairs an emotional pull with sensual imagery, creating dynamic sound and depth with sophisticated lyrics and themes as they direct their gaze inward.
Apparat gives unfiltered insight into his personal take on the journey we call life ‑ he is opening up, discussing his shadow, his fears and doubts.
Modeselektor reach another level, develop an intoxicating energy with their distinct rhythmical textures.

One of the best parts of Moderat is their use of electronics to achieve orchestral diversity. With III, they update the songwriting tradition with an intriguing palette, born of careful attention and skill, informed by their experiences with sounds of nearly 25 years of sub‑and‑club culture. These three were initially brought together by Berlin's now legendary rave scene and with this as their common foundation as individuals, III signifies Moderat's maturation in modern pop and mastery of the group.

Moderat's III is out April 1, 2016 on Monkeytown Records.
The trio will take their impressive live show all over Europe and North America in support of this release.

MODERAT III IS READY FOR PRE-ORDER NOW! ( http://www.monkeytownrecords.com/products )

MTR063CD - Digipak CD
MTR064CD - Digipak 2CD
MTR063LP - 1LP
MTR064LP - Gatefold 2LP
MTR065Box - Limited Box Set *
Digital Download **

* incl. download voucher
** incl. 3xCD, 3xLP (exclusive remixes, instrumentals and outtakes)

2016 Tour dates: http://www.monkeytownrecords.com/dates#moderat

Nice gesture to offer a 1LP version. Tired of 6min flipping intervals.

Oh good.

Any samples released? I'd love to hear this.

No samples found yet, no.

Reminder/Fondle EP out on Feb 19th: https://boomkat.com/products/reminder-3f8e6921-8e07-493f-b672-0054563f445e

Reminder is out now:

https://open.spotify.com/album/34leSDkpEeoIPkyhzSIDYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1zpuISBYTs

nice

Not available in UK :(

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

This EP is wonderful

I'm still wondering if "the trio ... complete the trilogy with III" means they only ever planned to do three albums and then quit, or just that it's the third album.

Hey Stan sent me this but didn't post in here. 90 second teasers of the whole album:

https://www.deep.hu/catalog/MTR063CDD

This sounds excellent.

I don't know if they're allowed to do that yet, which is why I didn't, but yeah. :-)

Oops!

Leaked completely now

Oh, and there's a live EP with this month's (German) Musik Express magazine:

https://abo.musikexpress.de/produkt/musikexpress-ausgabe-042016-moderat-cd-live-in-berlin-xxvii-ii-mmxiv/
( https://www.discogs.com/Moderat-Live-In-Berlin-XXVII-II-MMXIV/release/8243150 )

I'm really looking forward to this.

That live EP is fabulous, btw. Ordered the magazine and got it only a couple of days later (in belgium, from germany, ymmv)

1 hour special, interview and liner notes about every track (in German)

http://www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de/blogg/moderat-ueber-die-entstehung-ihres-neuen-albums-iii/

(even though I don't understand everthing they're saying, there's a lot of new music in there too + some different work in progress versions of Reminder etc)

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