Moderat
Encyclopedia
Moderat is an electronic music
project that originated in Berlin
, Germany
. It started as a collaboration between Sascha Ring
, also known as Apparat
, and Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, also known as Modeselektor
. Their first full length album was released seven years after their first EP, due to some creative disagreements and different opinions on how they should work.
The new album has received mostly favorable reviews. NOW Magazine http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=170826 gave the album 4 out of 5 points describing it as "quite creative and surprisingly catchy", and Urb http://www.urb.com/2009/04/24/moderat-moderat 5 out of 5, praising it for being "extremely beautiful and catchy".
They toured Europe throughout the summer and autumn of 2010, playing mostly festivals.
In 2009, the readers of popular online electronic music magazine, Resident Advisor, voted Moderat The #1 Live Act Of The Year. In 2010, they were voted The #7 Live Act by the leaders of the same website.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
project that originated in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It started as a collaboration between Sascha Ring
Apparat (musician)
Apparat is a German electronic musician living in Berlin and was previously a co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats".In 2004, he appeared at...
, also known as Apparat
Apparat (musician)
Apparat is a German electronic musician living in Berlin and was previously a co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats".In 2004, he appeared at...
, and Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, also known as Modeselektor
Modeselektor
Modeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, Electro house and hip hop. In an interview the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like...
. Their first full length album was released seven years after their first EP, due to some creative disagreements and different opinions on how they should work.
The new album has received mostly favorable reviews. NOW Magazine http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=170826 gave the album 4 out of 5 points describing it as "quite creative and surprisingly catchy", and Urb http://www.urb.com/2009/04/24/moderat-moderat 5 out of 5, praising it for being "extremely beautiful and catchy".
They toured Europe throughout the summer and autumn of 2010, playing mostly festivals.
In 2009, the readers of popular online electronic music magazine, Resident Advisor, voted Moderat The #1 Live Act Of The Year. In 2010, they were voted The #7 Live Act by the leaders of the same website.
Discography
- Auf Kosten der Gesundheit (BPitch ControlBPitch ControlBPitch Control is a German techno record label founded in 1999 in Berlin by DJ and producer Ellen Allien. In 1992 she became resident DJ at the legendary Tresor club in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz...
, 2002) - ModeratModerat (album)Moderat is an album by the electronic project of the same name, and was released on May 11, 2009 on BPitch Control.- Track listing :# "A New Error"# "Rusty Nails"# "Seamonkey"# "Slow Match" # "3 Minutes of"...
(BPitch ControlBPitch ControlBPitch Control is a German techno record label founded in 1999 in Berlin by DJ and producer Ellen Allien. In 1992 she became resident DJ at the legendary Tresor club in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz...
, 2009) - Rusty Nails (EP) (BPitch ControlBPitch ControlBPitch Control is a German techno record label founded in 1999 in Berlin by DJ and producer Ellen Allien. In 1992 she became resident DJ at the legendary Tresor club in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz...
, 2009) - Seamonkey (EP) (BPitch ControlBPitch ControlBPitch Control is a German techno record label founded in 1999 in Berlin by DJ and producer Ellen Allien. In 1992 she became resident DJ at the legendary Tresor club in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz...
, 2009)