What a great way to start this year’s festivies! For springten‘s opening concert last night, Moderat performed a spectacular audio-visual show in a magical setting on top of a hill that overlooks the whole city of Graz. Beautiful music and gorgeous visuals by Pfadfinderei.
Moderat is an electronic music project that started in the early 2000s in Berlin as a collaboration between Sascha Ring (aka Apparat), Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary (aka Modeselektor). Their first full-length album took a long time to complete, due to some creative disagreements and different opinions on how they should work. It was finally released in 2009 – seven years after their debut EP!
However, the final result is outstanding! With their debut album Moderat managed to please almost everybody and recevied rave reviews. Fully dedicated to the exploration of current dance music trends, they have put together an album that is eclectic and sophisticated but still retains a strong pop appeal.
Moderat – Rusty Nails (TRG’S Peaktime Remix)
Moderat – Les Grandes Marches (MMMatthias Remix) [download HERE]
Throughout the summer of 2010, they will be playing various festivals in Europe. First stop: springten! Show Moderat some love on MySpace and buy their album on 
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SPRINGFESTIVAL (Graz – Austria) « umstrum || music
May 13, 2010 at 3:43 pm (UTC 1)
[...] of the best artists, international and local. This year’s lineup includes such acts as Moderat, Yuksek, Villa, Disco of Doom, NOZE, SomethingALaMode, James Yuill, DJ Hell, Ebony Bones, Chicks On [...]
MMMATTHIAS – JAMES EP (Electro/House – Germany) « umstrum || music
May 13, 2010 at 3:43 pm (UTC 1)
[...] only producing electro tracks and remixes, his remixes of MGMT, Röysksopp or Moderat have taken the electro scene by storm and have climbed many times the most popular list of the Hype [...]
MMMATTHIAS – JAMES EP (Electro/House – Germany)
July 22, 2010 at 10:16 am (UTC 1)
[...] MODERAT @ SPRINGTEN (Minimal/IDM – Germany) « umstrum || music [...]
U R MY DISCO // vol.2
March 15, 2011 at 6:41 pm (UTC 1)
[...] Track list goes as follows: 1. Apparat – Arcadia (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix) 2. Cut/Copy – Lights and Music 3. Robyn – [...]
SPRINGFESTIVAL (Graz – Austria)
April 22, 2011 at 5:32 pm (UTC 1)
[...] of the best artists, international and local. This year’s lineup includes such acts as Moderat, Yuksek, Villa, Disco of Doom, NOZE, SomethingALaMode, James Yuill, DJ Hell, Ebony Bones, Chicks On [...]
APPARAT – BLACK WATER (Electronica/Idm – Germany)
July 3, 2011 at 8:33 pm (UTC 1)
[...] you don’t count his critically acclaimed 2009 collaboration with French duo Modeselektor as Moderat (for the uninitiated, Modeselektor + Apparat = [...]
saturday nite with… APPARAT
July 17, 2011 at 11:07 am (UTC 1)
[...] Ellen Allien and more recently with Modeselektor (for the uninitiated, Modeselektor + Apparat = Moderat) have earned him major accolades from his peers and influential critics alike. His three solo [...]