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Artist:	MODERAT
Title:	Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	BPC 057EP

"What do guys like better than their moms, munchin on self-baked cake over their 'rents designer couch and even football itself? Well, playing around on their electronic gadgets and passing around computer files. Then, when even best friends participate and the whole thing develops without a plan chaotically, it must be paradise on earth: 'MODEselektor + appaRAT' aka Moderat. Three nice laptop dorked out boys for whom one would love to bake cake every Sunday as well as wash their dirty football socks. Actually, Sebastian Szary, Gernot Bronsert and Sascha Ring all really don't like football, rather ping pong where you can cut and slam etc.. They like it China style, i.e. always moving around the table in a flash. That is perhaps why they make this kind of music: fragmentary pieced together sounds that are played into every corner of the table by the driving bass. In between, you find flirtatious planes that creep into your ear just like when a ping pong ball is cut hard and curves its way over the net."

Artist:	MODERAT
Title:	Rusty Nails
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BPC 194EP

Electronic dream-team Moderat (aka Modeselektor and Apparat) present their debut single release, which is representative of the musical concept of the trio: a polished sound with atmospheric density and driving rhythms. On "Rusty Nails," the undertow emerges after a few bars with somber, radiant beauty without overwhelming the listener with melancholy. Booka Shade makes the track amazingly weightless and 100% dancefloor compatible, while TRG's mix boasts broken, but efficient beats that react well with earthy sub-bass and Sascha Ring's vocal hymns.

Artist:	MODERAT
Title:	Moderat
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	BPC 200CD

This is the highly-anticipated debut full-length release by Moderat, the collaborative conjoining of Modeselektor and Apparat. Moderat's formation began back in 2002 when Sascha Ring (aka Apparat) and Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary (aka Modeselektor) recorded an EP for the record label BPitch Control. A short time later, the artists went their separate ways to work on their own full-length albums -- Modeselektor's debut, Hello Mom!, and Apparat's collaboration with Ellen Allien, Orchestra Of Bubbles. Each went on to become successful releases and were followed by two career-defining albums for the individual acts. 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 Moderat. American software designer, Joshua Kit Clayton, was hired to program a superb reverb algorithm specifically for the recording process of this album. Additionally, during the first phases of recording, Szary and Bronsert bought an EMT Model 140 Plate Reverb on an Internet auction and had to travel to Los Angeles to pick it up. Back in the studio, the Berlin vocalist Dellé (aka Eased) from leading German act Seeed found himself in Moderat's studio room while on a quest to find a bottle opener. There on the spot, the three gents of Moderat finally waved good-bye to the concept of a mere instrumental album and said hello to vocal recordings and the song "Sick With It." At the same time, they found older vocal recordings of Paul St. Hilaire that had been recorded by Szary and Bronsert way back on low-noise 1/4" analog tape. Those recordings are what led to the low growl of "Slow Match." All this encouraged Szary and Bronsert to convince Ring it was time for him to contribute a beautiful set of soft vocals, which can be heard on the moody drone of "Rusty Nails" and on the flickering synth-wash of "Out Of Sight." Seven years after their initial formation, Moderat's self-titled debut makes it sound like these fellas have been working closely together for years -- and the analog production gives these tracks a steady, glowing warmth that pulses and breathes organically. Totally seductive, dark dance tunes that possess an almost tribal disposition for the most intense peak moments. This is a massive debut that unites two of techno's most celebrated acts.

Artist:	MODERAT
Title:	Moderat
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	DVD/CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	BPC 200DVD

Deluxe CD/DVD version of Moderat's debut full-length release on BPitch Control. The CD contains 2 bonus tracks not on the original CD release; one features rapper Busdriver, the other is a remix by Shackleton. The DVD contains high-class videos for 6 of the album tracks, as well as 4 interludes of about 1 minute -- approximately 40 minutes of full HD video content. It is produced by Pfadfinderei, the guys that create nearly all of BPitch's artwork and visuals, who will also be part of every Moderat live show as they are now for Modeselektor. Same packaging as the regular CD, with a 6-panel digipak. The DVD is NTSC format, region-free.

Artist:	MODERAT
Title:	Moderat
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	BPC 200LP

Repressed. Gatefold LP version. This is the highly-anticipated debut full-length release by Moderat, the collaborative conjoining of Modeselektor and Apparat. Moderat's formation began back in 2002 when Sascha Ring (aka Apparat) and Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary (aka Modeselektor) recorded an EP for the record label BPitch Control. A short time later, the artists went their separate ways to work on their own full-length albums -- Modeselektor's debut, Hello Mom!, and Apparat's collaboration with Ellen Allien, Orchestra Of Bubbles. Each went on to become successful releases and were followed by two career-defining albums for the individual acts. 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 Moderat. American software designer, Joshua Kit Clayton, was hired to program a superb reverb algorithm specifically for the recording process of this album. Additionally, during the first phases of recording, Szary and Bronsert bought an EMT Model 140 Plate Reverb on an Internet auction and had to travel to Los Angeles to pick it up. Back in the studio, the Berlin vocalist Dellé (aka Eased) from leading German act Seeed found himself in Moderat's studio room while on a quest to find a bottle opener. There on the spot, the three gents of Moderat finally waved good-bye to the concept of a mere instrumental album and said hello to vocal recordings and the song "Sick With It." At the same time, they found older vocal recordings of Paul St. Hilaire that had been recorded by Szary and Bronsert way back on low-noise 1/4" analog tape. Those recordings are what led to the low growl of "Slow Match." All this encouraged Szary and Bronsert to convince Ring it was time for him to contribute a beautiful set of soft vocals, which can be heard on the moody drone of "Rusty Nails" and on the flickering synth-wash of "Out Of Sight." Seven years after their initial formation, Moderat's self-titled debut makes it sound like these fellas have been working closely together for years -- and the analog production gives these tracks a steady, glowing warmth that pulses and breathes organically. Totally seductive, dark dance tunes that possess an almost tribal disposition for the most intense peak moments. This is a massive debut that unites two of techno's most celebrated acts.

Artist:	MODERAT
Title:	Seamonkey
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BPC 202EP

Moderat presents remixes of one of the more abstract tracks off their exceptional self-titled album. The Untold remix departs from the norm with a cheeky hook, a tough-as-nails, hammering intro, and an over-driven, monster kick. Noise and melody fragments stick tight to the auditory nerve, and the legs are forced into ecstatic motion. Surgeon's remix features a straight-bouncing beat, enriched with strange, metal percussion. Meanwhile, the claustrophobic spaces and dark melodic fragments of the album version remain intact.

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