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bpitchcontrol
www.flow-er.net/
Moderat Live
(modeselektor & apparat & pfadfinderei, bpitch control/berlin)
Resident advisor says: best live act of 2009
Looking not unlike Krafwerk, Moderat featured three producers standing upright in front of platforms that held their gear aloft for them to play. A minimum of fuss, a minimum of movement. Modeselektor + Apparat = Moderat. The key was in the visuals, once again provided by frequent collaborators Pfadfinderei, who translated the music of this trio effortlessly into images, both literal and figurative. And, of course, the music, which somehow sounded as if it was built expressly for the live arena, this bassline exposing its true power, that drum pattern revealing itself to be eminently danceable. It was a show in the truest sense of the word, a spectacle that you had to experience firsthand to understand the rave reviews that followed them everywhere. And it's also the reason that you, the RA readers, picked them as the top live act of 2009.
booking by:
katrin hall (katrin[at]magnet-musik.de)
Festival shows in 2009 a.o.
mutek - canada (foto), sonar - spain, wire - japan, montreux jazz festival - swiss, berlin festival - germany, glade festival - great britain, electric picnic - ireland,
dissonanze - italy, c/o pop - germany, wilsonic - slovakia, lev festival - spain, donaufest - austria, audioriver - poland, pukkelpop - belgium, lowlands - netherlands,
demf - usa, 5 days off - netherlands, nachtdigital - germany...
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Album Release: April 17th 2009
Moderat's self-titled album (release on April 20, 2009 on BPitch Control) features Californian rapper Busdriver, the Berlin vocalist Dellé (aka Eased) from leading German act Seeed as well as Paul St. Hilaire. All this successful work with vocal recordings encouraged Szary and Bronsert to convince Ring it was time for him to contribute vocals, which he did.
Moderat will also be available as a limited edition DVD produced by the Berlin based artist collective Pfadfinderei. The DVD will feature music videos and more exclusive content. Pfadfinderei will also contribute visuals to all Moderat live shows.
Tour: March 8th - March 31
