Moderat / Ii
Album: Ii   Collection:General
Artist:Moderat   Added:Aug 2013
Label:Monkeytown  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-08-25 Pull Date: 2013-10-27 Charts: Electronic, Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Oct 27 Oct 20 Oct 13 Oct 6 Sep 29 Sep 8
Airplays: 2 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 03, 2022: Pumping Iron (rebroadcast from Apr 2, 2018)
Let In The Light
4. Dec 31, 2013: Pumping Iron
Let In The Light
2. Jan 28, 2022: Pumping Iron (rebroadcast from Apr 2, 2018)
Let In The Light
5. Oct 27, 2013: Sound Art
The Mark (Interlude)
3. Apr 02, 2018: Pumping Iron
Let In The Light
6. Oct 26, 2013: Music Casserole
This Time

Album Review
Mayjahn
Reviewed 2013-08-26
Apparat sings and Modeselektor lays down the beat. Really solid second album, four years after their initial release “Moderat”. All songs are beautiful, but mostly darker sounding, melancholic tracks. Nice blend of chilled out tracks but also some that you cannot keep still to. Vocals range from Apparat’s dreamy voice, to distorted vocal mantras. Most tracks are almost symphonic in their nature, using swelling synths, layered vocals, and great textures. Listen to the whole thing if you can...
~Mayjahn~
FCC’s: none detected
Picks: 2, 3, 4, *5*, 6, *7*, 11

1 (1:36) Hauntingly eerie, lots of reverb, rain, and depth.
*2 (4:23) Melancholic, symphonic, but still dark and almost animal.
*3 (5:10) Faster song with shakers and synth/ bass play. Great closer.
*4 (10:04) Long track with looping beat mixed with cool/ psychedelic sounds. Gets deeply noisey but still ambient.
**5 (4:15) Bass-heavy lamenting with airy fem vocals and drifting sounds/synths.
*6 (5:45) Head bobbing with female vox, woodblocks (?), synths, and rises/falls
**7 (4:23) Machine farting breaks with Apparat’s gracing. Synths. Bubbles. Oh my god!!!!!!
8 (1:33) Deep, heavy march comes in with synth play.
9 (5:46) Bursting with synths, rain, and white noise. Belongs in a montage.
10 (5:04) Big kick drum with some nice synth action and distorted male repetitive vocal.
*11 (5:26) Mmm. Delicious chilled out moody song with emotional Apparat... Lovely.

Track Listing
1. The Mark (Interlude)   7. Gita
2. Bad Kingdom   8. Clouded (Interlude)
3. Versions   9. Iiona
4. Let In The Light   10. Damage Done
5. Milk   11. This Time
6. Therapy   .