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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: Moderat
Title......: Moderat
Rip Date...: May-08-2009 Cat.No.....: BPC200DV
Style......: Electronic Label......: BPITCH CONTROL
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 94,5 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
When two acts join forces on a common project, they have the
option of doing so under a new name, risking in the process to go
unnoticed, or merge their individual noms-de-scene in the way
Berlin-based duo Modeselektor, Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian
Szary, and electronic wizard Sascha æApparatÆ Ring have done. The
trioÆs first collaboration goes back to 2002 with the Auf Kosten
Der Gesundheit EP, released on Ellen AllienÆs BPitch Control, but,
due to other commitments, this never materialised into anything
more until a chance encounter last year in a swimming pool in
Berlin brought them back together and rekindled the collaboration.
Recorded in BerlinÆs famous Hansa Studios, using the venueÆs
vintage equipment, the album combines ModeselektorÆs elegant and
playful electronica and ApparatÆs sleek textural moody pop to
create a rather suave and warm hybrid where evocative
instrumentals and angular vocal pieces coexists in perfect
harmony. Right from the opening sequence of the gentle, yet
powerful, A New Error, with its swirling melody and syncopated
beat, the trio set the tone, but it is really with Rusty Nail,
with Ring on lead vocals, that this album takes off properly. Set
in constantly ebbing and flowing sumptuous analogue electronic
sound waves, RingÆs deliciously smooth voice is occasionally
drowned in the rush of energy but manages to maintain focus and
direction throughout. Later, on closing piece Out Of Sight, his
vocal performance contributes to the overall dreamy nature of the
piece and appears almost at one with the backdrop.
Elsewhere, the vocal duties are left to Paul St. Hilaire (Slow
Match) and Eased (Sick With It), the formerÆs performance, culled
from old recordings made by Bronsert and Szary with St. Hilaire,
bringing some dub flavours to ModeratÆs haunting minimal
dubstep-infused construction, while the latter drifts between
ragga-sprinkled urban textures in the verse and a much more
anthemic tone in the chorus, while, in the background, the trio
devise a surprisingly simple and straightforward soundtrack.
It is however with their instrumental compositions that ModeratÆs
span is at its widest. From the thumping and sharp Seamonkey or
No. 22 to the rather dark 3 Minutes Of or the New Wave angle of
Porc#1 and, even more so, Porc#2, which involve guitars and live
drums, there is plenty to explore. While the latter two tracks can
occasionally seem a tad out of place, especially when Porc#2 gains
momentum, Seamonkey or the seismic Nasty Silence show rather
impressive dynamic and drive, while 3 Minutes Of offers a much
more introvert side of the trio by turning the dreamy soundscapes
heard elsewhere on the album into haunting and ominous segments.
With this debut album, Gernot Bronsert, Sebastian Szary and Sascha
Ring have created a very convincing and beguiling record which
sits somewhere between their respective sound, yet manages to have
an identity all of its own.
http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2009/04/moderat-moderat-bpitch-
control/
p l a y l i s t
01 A New Error 06:07
02 Rusty Nails 04:32
03 Seamonkey 06:15
04 Slow Match (feat. Paul St. Hilaire) 05:08
05 3 Minutes Of 03:18
06 Nasty Silence 03:13
07 Sick With It (feat. DellΘ aka Eased from Seeed) 03:46
08 Porc#1 02:40
09 Porc#2 03:03
10 Les Grandes Marches 04:28
11 Berlin 01:23
12 Nr. 22 05:41
13 Out Of Sight 05:42
14 BeatsWaySick (feat. Busdriver) 04:23
15 Rusty Nails (Shackleton Remix) 09:38
69:17 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl