Moderat

Seven years ago, Berlin based electronic acts Modeselektor and Apparat came together to form Moderat. Seven years on now since that formation and they've finally released their self-titled debut and there is a peculiar thing about it. Most of the album is brilliant containing some of the most intriguing electronic music of the year, yet about three tracks are utter drab. It's these three tracks that keep me from coming back regularly. Take for instance the opening track "A New Error" one of my favorite songs this year:



Now here is one of the songs that I don't like at all and the crowd in the video (with the exception of one guy in front of the camera) don't seem to be enjoying either:



You be the judge but for me the two songs are complete opposites, one great and the other bad. Despite these peculiarities Moderat's debut is definitely worth a listen simply because it does contain some of the best electronic music of the year.