★★★★★
2015 repress. Gatefold LP version. This is the highly-anticipated debut full-length release by Moderat , the collaborative conjoining of Modeselektor and Apparat . A twist of fate at the Stadtbad Mitte (Berlin-Mitte City Pool) united them in the spring of 2008, and Moderat was reformed. Recorded at the legendary Berlin Hansa Studios (where David Bowie recorded Heroes ) in analog with the help of the studio's vintage tube technology and an old EMI console from 1972, restored especially for...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2015-08-19
★★★★★
In late 2012, Modeselektor and Apparat came together to reform their Moderat project. When the Moderat debut album was released on BPitch Control in 2009, Modeselektor decided to release an unofficial remix 12" on their newly-formed 50 Weapons imprint featuring remixes by Shackleton, Headhunter and T++. To follow this ritual, Moderat invited their friends Shed and Marcel Dettmann to contribute remixes for the new album II...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2013-12-03
★★★★★
In regard to Moderat's most recent album, Sascha Ring told "there was a little bit of therapy involved" in the process. Ring, better known as Apparat, has more or less become the frontman of the electronic collaboration, and the interview shows how draining the role is for him. Sure, it must be cathartic because he has the ability to channel his emotions into his work, and directly through his voice...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-11-16
★★★★★
How many times has this happened? Let me count the ways. I reviewed Moderat's self-titled 2009 album, and I was pretty wrong about it. That review has since, and quite understandably, been relegated to the great cache of the internet afterlife...but the album lives on. It rises, occasionally--selected by iTunes shuffle with no more justification than Apple's divine, algorithmic prerogative...
- cokemachineglow.com
2013-09-11
★★★★★
?????????? Moderat is Apparat and Modeselektor. Whether that means anything to you shouldn't matter. However, if it does, you already know you should acquire this album. For the uninitiated: both Apparat and Modeselektor are of the Berlin electronic scene. Apparat is a one-man show, Sascha Ring, with roots in techno and ambient music. Duo Modeselektor, by contrast, has its roots in IDM, glitch, and house, among other genres (they prefer to be non-genre aligned)...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2013-08-28
★★★★★
To use the word "supergroup" when discussing Moderat, the joint venture of German electronic mainstays Modeselektor and Apparat, is a little more than misleading. As the recent documentary We are Modeselektor attests, the German electronic music scene is a genial, friendly place, and more often than not one is likely to stumble on popular musicians chatting as were they old friends...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-08-23
★★★★★
Available on: Monkeytown Records LP The genre you might call 'home-listening house' comes in for some serious abuse; a hangover, perhaps, from techno's Villalobos backlash. Incorrigible monkeys that they are, as far as the dance purists are concerned the niche style is nothing short of dull, pretentious heresy - tepid Pitchfork-house made by fair-weather drylanders and avant-pseuds, and about as fun as a dick in a drawer...
- www.factmag.com
2013-08-23
★★★★★
If you haven't heard of Moderat by now, then it's time to sit up and pay attention. Their second full-length album, Moderat II, is a stunning release that sees them firmly cementing their place, having seemingly settled the teething problems encountered in their formative years.
Moderat is a collaboration between Sascha Ring, aka Apparat, and Modeselektor's duo Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary...
- www.state.ie
2013-08-15
★★★★★
Together as Moderat, Modeselektor (a.k.a. Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian "Charlie" Szary) and Apparat (a.k.a. Sascha Ring) are a modern-day electronic-music supergroup, one with a legion of loyal fans and a deserved reputation for quality productions. As such, the trio's sophomore album was likely to be a success no matter what exact form it ended up taking...
- www.xlr8r.com
2013-08-12
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