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not so fussed about their garage sounding beats but i do love A New Error and some of their other stuff.


clever producers...

i saw them live at Mutek this year. that's about my only exposure. a friend pointed out a distinct U2 quality to the live gig - with some nods to dubstep. i think the setup was supposed to evoke something like kraftwek but that wasn't the vibe at all. the show was definitely very rock in its execution (and audience, most of whom left immediately afterward). it didn't fit at all well in between sets by appleblim and mala which is really what soured me on the whole thing (not to mention that their encore meant mala had to go on even later but still end on time).

i have to say i haven't heard an album in a long time that repulsed me as much as this one.

Apparat seems to kill decent artists work (exhibit A: Orchestra of Bubbles) but I can forgive Modeselektor for almost anything simply for producing one of the best songs of the last 5 years.

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this one ain't bad either:

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went to see them here live recently... it was alright... enjoyable and the sound system was good for once.

Still haven't listened to the CD, but live I thought they slightly over did it with the carefully planned build ups and releases to the point of becoming very predictable. Strip a few elements out, bring them back on and on, plus they go into it like a performer kind of thing. Songs are neatly delineated. Very reserved as well, which is a bit weird for a live performance.

The Modeselektor beats definitely stood out and the crowd got a little more hyped up when they actually played a few sort of remix things over bits of Modeselektor that I knew, just kinda jamming over them I guess...

evanbbb said:

Apparat seems to kill decent artists work

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i used to think the same

boomnoise said:

i have to say i haven't heard an album in a long time that repulsed me as much as this one.

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I haven't listened to a single track off it, but why does it inspire repulsion?

not all that bothered about the tunes but thought their visuals at sonar were incredible!

DJ PIMP said:

i used to think the same

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... until you heard that Luomo tune with him on it that was awesome?