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This is heady material, but it’s also extremely beautiful and catchy, and picks up right where each of their respective solo careers left off.
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The result is pragmatic but also quite creative and surprisingly catchy.
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For one reason or another, Modeselektor seem unwilling to trim the fat and here again, are a handful of just-okay songs that probably should have been lopped off. Cut some of them and you've got a great record instead of just a darn good one.
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There is a tension inherent in the contrast between such well-known artists that makes for interesting possibilities. Moderat do well here by playing off of this tension while creating highly listenable songs.
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Following on from a much earlier collaborative single, the first full-length effort pulling together Modeselektor and Apparat--despite a name that suggests a Depeche-loving rodent--has plenty to offer without entirely being a full-on slam dunk.
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Moderat is a wonderful second take on a pairing that only now, after years of self-development through the Modeselektor and Apparat brands, seems a coupling destined for greatness.
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An effective collaboration tempers the rougher edges around both artists and allows them to combine their own artistic strengths synthetically.
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Moderat is brooding, but manages to carry itself along without weighing itself down.
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Moderat never combines as effortlessly and endlessly as that still-breathless collaboration between Apparat and Ellen Allien, Orchestra of Bubbles (2006), but it is alternately as enjoyable as seeing these two collaborate should be and a roundabout disappointment.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 29
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Mixed: 0 out of 29
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Negative: 1 out of 29
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Aug 8, 2023
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May 15, 2015Intelligent Dance Music at its finest. Brilliant in execution. Thrilling in emotional breadth. Cinematic in scope. I will never tire of this album.
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Mar 16, 2011You must hear this album and, if they tour again, see Moderat live!