STAGE TIMES
DOORS – 7PM
NOW WAVE DJS – 7PM
LONE – 7.40PM
MODERAT – 8.50PM
CURFEW – 11PM
Hardly anybody has brought electronic music
from Berlin to the farthest flung corners of the
world with more passion and enthusiasm than
these two heavyweights.
Modeselektor – Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary – are bass music heroes. Together with a veritable army of collaborators, guest artists and with their two labels Monkeytown and 50Weapons, they have built a broad network. They assimilate and process the tiniest vibrations in the global bass continuum and at the same time, their wobbly salvos and their oblique sense of humour are unmistakable. They became known to a select audience through their records on BPitch Control with which they catapulted themselves out of the Berlin 4/4 cosmos, whilst simultaneously reflecting the raw and full-on spirit of the 1990s Berlin club scene.
Apparat (real name: Sascha Ring) could hardly
be more opposite. He fuses tricky electronics
with heartfelt and auspicious pop. Together with
T.Raumschmiere, he founded Shitkatapult. From
early on, Apparat realised that the LP was his
preferred form of expression. With each album,
he reinvented himself on a personal, stylistic and
social level: gradually bringing ever more strata
of his emotional persona to light, exploring
previously unknown musical styles and involving
guest musicians in the process.
Recovering from the craze of the world tour, Moderat started working on their third album. Being their most mature work to date, it deals with the global breakbeat continuum to a lesser extent. They direct their gaze inward, wondering: Where do we stand as humans, as men, as artists, as dads (in the case of Sebastian and Gernot)? In the lyrics, Apparat gives an unfiltered insight into his personal take on the journey we call life. Inspiring us with his inexhaustable creativity and his visions, he is opening up, discussing his shadow, his fears and doubts as well. Modeselektor reach another level, developing an intoxinating energy with their unique rhythmical textures. Movie people say that contraditions create believable characters, and you will find a lot of contraditions in the music of Moderat: fun and profundness, ecstasy and melancholy. Within the frenzy of the strobe lights, Moderat do not only make you sweat. They might make you shed a tear as well.
