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Who's excited about a new Moderat album and tour ? They'll be releasing their third album on April 1st (it's not a joke !)
Moderat was one of the best show I saw in 2014.

As for Modeselektor, I've seen them something like 8 times and it's one of the most entertaining electronic music act to see live, especially when they're performing with their VJ friends Pfadfinderei.

New track : Reminder  ;D

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

First show of the tour was tonight in Paris. It was awesome! I also got to buy the album 3 days before street date at the merchandising booth, and I love it. "Intruder" is the best track of the album in my opinion. I've been playing it on repeat.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XR09YkInvm8

Album leaked ten days ago. I haven't been listening to it as much as I could have. There's also a Live In Berlin album. Maybe that was being sold at the gigs too?

I struggle to make out the lyrics at the begining of Intruder (...they come passing by...), and later on it just seems to be "when I sleep at night". Perhaps this is Moderat's equivalent of "Enter Sandman". I like it though - the melancholy piano line and the pulsating groove. It's probably my joint favourite with Finder - one of those tracks that leaves me wanting more. Overall I'm not sure I'm gonna like this album as much as II.

Just realised they have a London gig on 2nd April which is sold out. I missed them last time too. D'oh!

I discovered them recently and liked them so much that I exchanged an Underworld ticket for a Moderat ticket. I'm going to the show tonight

Quote from: Joslyn on Mar 29, 2016, 11:52

I discovered them recently and liked them so much that I exchanged an Underworld ticket for a Moderat ticket. I'm going to the show tonight

Woah. That's an endorsement and a half.
If I were to acquire an album to listen to while I'm working today, where should I start?

I really enjoyed "Bad Kingdom", but don't know anything about their albums

Thanks! Nice Koze remix of that tune too ^

I guess I'll get all three and see what happens.

Bad Kingdom actually reminds me a little of Bob Moses. Sultry house.

Quote from: Enjoyed on Mar 29, 2016, 14:31

Woah. That's an endorsement and a half.
If I were to acquire an album to listen to while I'm working today, where should I start?

II is their best album in my opinion, but all 3 albums are excellent. I'd say start with the first one, it'll get you hooked !
You can listen to "A New Error" on the first post of the topic, which is the first track of the first album, and the best introduction to Moderat possible :)
Bad Kingdom is a good track but far from being in my favourites.

Quote from: Joslyn on Mar 29, 2016, 11:52

I discovered them recently and liked them so much that I exchanged an Underworld ticket for a Moderat ticket. I'm going to the show tonight

I'm not the biggest Underworld fan so I can only encourage this ! The show was amazing, you'll have a great time :)

Well that was amazing. It's really cool to see an Electronic band play live. You can see them manipulate the bpm on the beats and pitch on the melody. The vocals and (bass) guitar add to the live experience.
Also bought II and III

Next thursday Underworld (yeah, only exchanged my extra ticket  ^-^)

Really great album! Strong, melodic and breaks.

Quote from: Ben_j on Mar 29, 2016, 01:06

"Intruder" is the best track of the album in my opinion. I've been playing it on repeat.

Agreed. I'm too playing it on repeat.

III is now out, and the instrumentals and bonus tracks are there too on streaming platforms ^^

Running EP (4 tracks TBA) coming this Friday, May 20th...
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http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/running-moderat/0817231012975

Shed remix available now on its own...
http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/running-shed-remix-moderat/0817231013040

This nice B-Side is on the EP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hph5AniyB_I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljQTVp7-kSs

Also, quote from an interview on their live setup :

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I re-programmed some sounds we used the modular for in the studio. It's nice because you have much more modulation moments. We have one part in a song, which we call the 'Chemical Brothers part' as it's full of modulation."

http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/moderat-on-the-gear-that-powers-their-live-set-641035

Nice. I'll probably be going again in october

Will go in september at Moscow.

I wish they had Intruder in the video :( Or the 10 minutes of techno improvisation.

Quote from: Ben_j on Feb 05, 2016, 12:55

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

The little synth melody around 0.35 on Reminder...reminds me of the intro to Skream's remix of In For the Kill. Just sayin'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCdH5g6YgQM

Quote from: Skyscraper on Aug 12, 2016, 18:29

The little synth melody around 0.35 on Reminder...reminds me of the intro to Skream's remix of In For the Kill. Just sayin'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCdH5g6YgQM

Yep, me too

Their live album is now out !
https://play.spotify.com/album/64al5dXAx5GRzVjkgNQVNY

Moderat doing a small club show in August this year here in cologne. Thinking about going there.

http://c-o-pop.de/en/festival/

Quote from: ThePumisher on Feb 02, 2017, 18:35

Moderat doing a small club show in August this year here in cologne. Thinking about going there.

http://c-o-pop.de/en/festival/

Don't Think, just Go

https://twitter.com/jetfury/status/967138143832100865

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Both BEN and I are very chuffed about the response to the @AnnihilationMov score but credit also has to got to @ModeratOfficial for the last 3rd of the film who were used and inspired our direction for the Alien cue

Didn't embed because: emojis.
So yeah, Annihilation only gets a cinema release in North America and China. Elsewhere it's straight to Netflix. This is the follow up to Ex Machina (i.e Alex Garland's next feature film as director, he also adapted the book -not by him- into the screenplay). Geoff Barrow is of course the Portishead guy.

EDIT: The Moderat track is apparently The Mark - track 1 from album II.

I'm bummed that Annihilation won't get a cinema release here, would've loved to watch this on the big screen. One of my most anticipated movies this year, the novelbit is based on was fascinating and strange, in a good way.

New track, and a 2019 tour has been announced !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oqKkwkn1sk

Woohoo!

They've been hinting at a new album, excited!

A new album titled "Who Else" has been announced for February 22nd ! (Incidentally, the day of their show in Paris)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAZ1TyHLQl/

Two new tracks from Modeselektor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxM8PjwzuIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyuhWd3rcEg

Oh how I missed Modeselektor live !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LxDIhCTRXA

They're one of the most entertaining electronic live acts, and some of the tracks of the new album work extremely well live. Some tracks I hoped to hear were not there (Kill Bill, all of the TTC featurings, some older stuff from the 2005 - 2007 era...) but looking back, they have a phenomenal catalogue and I loved everything else they played. Also, the set doesn't flow as good as before, playing one song after the other instead of mixing everything together, which is a shame because there are so many tracks that would sound great together (one of the new track, Fentanyl would be perfect mixed with Construction Desert for example). At the end of the show, after the lights were turned back on, nobody would walk away, everyone stayed and shouted for them to come back, which they finally did after 10 long minutes, to play two more tracks. I've never seen that, usually when it's over, it's over.

The new album was also released yesterday, it's quite short (8 tracks, 34mn) but there's almost nothing to throw away in it. Since it's that short they could play all of the tracks in the live set, which is not something a lot of bands could do. The only track I don't quite like is the final one (Wake me up when it's over), but it's a fun one to see live.

I was a bit letdown with the new album. I'm a huge Modeselektor and Moderat fan, but felt something was lacking with the new record. I only listened to it a couple of times, maybe it will grow on me. Either way, it still doesn't top Monkeytown or Happy Birthday! or Hello Mom.

Someone recorder basicaly the whole show they did in Mexico, in excellent quality :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmKnL-iyFJI