Aparentemente IMECA (MUTEK, Damian Romero) estará hospedando la presentación de Moderat (Modeselektor + Apparat) en la Ciudad de México el próximo 21 de Mayo. Esto de acuerdo a un email recibido en mi facebook por parte del grupo que Damian Romero mantiene en ese network social. He aqui parte del dichoso mail:

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PROXIMAMENTE IMECA PRESENTA
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Sábado 28 de marzo
IMECA + SICARIO + MR.WOO presentan
DANCEFLUOR raveival sesión III
BUSY P (EDBANGER) & DON RIMINI
Ciudad de México

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Jueves 21 de mayo
MUTEK México presenta
MODESELEKTOR + APPARAT feat MODERAT! + PFADFINDEREI visuals!
Ciudad de México

Mantente pendiente a nuestra cartelera! vienen muchas sopresas más!

Lo que aún no me queda claro es si viene Apparat, además de Modeselektor y de pilón Moderat… ¿o acaso sólo viene Moderat? Ustedes expliquenme, por favor…

Bueno, aqui unas rolitas para degustar mientras llega la fecha…

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Nota: Agregué hace unos días al blog que mantenemos mi chica y yo (no les diré el url), este artículo, dedicado a la memoria de Charles Cooper (si, el chico de Telefon Tel Aviv que desafortunadamente falleció el mes pasado). He aqui, íntegro y sin edición, mi post…

well, bebé… if trying lonkero didn’t success, then you should try with wyworowa and orange. you know it’d be much much better, don’t you?

anyway, eventhough this space is supposed to be only for you and me, today i must say that i feel sad about a loss in the world of music that i’ve jut got to know: charles ‘charlie’ cooper (one of the telefon tel aviv guys) passed away last month. i just found it out yesterday, which is quite strange for someone like me who’s always on the web and listening to them really really frequently.

the saddest part of all this situation is that the duo had just released their third album under the ellen allien’s label, bpitch control. so that means that cooper died in the interval between their album was released in europe and america. remember while dancing with ellen allien i was so much excited when she played telefon tel aviv’s ‘you are the worst thing in the world’? well, now it makes a bit more of sense to me. it actually was her own way to say goodbye to a music-colleague, wasn’t it?

the whole truth about cooper’s death is actually irrelevant. his friend and music-partner josh eustis posted a brief letter explaining the situation in the band’s blog in myspace. here the content is…

Charles Wesley Cooper, III

Hello, Everyone.

It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my better half in Telefon Tel Aviv, passed away on January 22nd.

We have been friends since high school, and began making records together a decade ago. We have been so fortunate to tour the world together, while at the same time having a massive amount of laughs at one another’s expense.

Aside from Charlie’s singular genius and musical gifts, I can tell you that he was a total sweetheart of a guy, and a loving friend and confidant to people everywhere. His musicianship was surpassed only by his greater gift to the world - his warmth, his generosity, his unquenchable humor, and his undying loyalty to those whom he loved. In the spirit of honorable mention, however, I should mention that he had a shoe collection that was marvelous, knowledge of hip-hop that was profound, and knowledge of wine that was subtle.

He is survived by a sister, a neice, a nephew, his mother, his stepfather, me, and more adoring friends than the Universe has dark matter. As such, his family and I ask for your discretion and consideration of our privacy during these extremely turbulent waters.

Yours in Music,

Joshua Eustis

tragic loss the cooper’s one. but hey, that’s actually another motif to keep dancing and singing his music. life goes on, and the last thing that he possibly wanted in life, was a sea of sadness caused by him. he’ll live forever in all our hearts.

anyway, here i’ll post my fave song, featured in their last album (immolate yourself) and some remixes made by important djs and music-producers, along with ‘helen of troy’, another fave song of mine as well…

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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. The making of this release was incredibly exhausting for the three of them, and at the last minute they renamed the EP “Auf Kosten der Gesundheit” (which translates to “At The Cost Of Health”). When it came time to begin working on an album, Moderat suddenly broke up.

It was a twist of fate that brought about Modeselektor and Apparat’s reunion in the spring of 2008. Szary and Bronsert, both proud fathers, were on their way to the “Stadtbad Mitte” with their children for their regular Monday swimming lessons when they ran into Ring, a devout bachelor who happened to be accompanied by several dubious females. After a battering of verbal abuse, the three gentlemen quickly made peace and decided to get back to work on their collaborative album post haste. Thus, Moderat was reformed.

In recording Moderat’s self-titled album, the three men began by renting studio space at the legendary Berlin Hansa Studios in order to record the album 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. This exquisite sound design is one of the reasons why the promotional copies can be listened to only in mono. Finished copies will, of course, be in full stereo.

Additionally, during the first phases of recording the Moderat , 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. While there, they met the Californian rapper Busdriver and the groundwork for “BeatsWaySick” was laid. Moderat continued to work on this with Busdriver from their respective continents. Unfortunately due to legal issues at the time of manufacturing, this track will be released as an exclusive download in the near future.

Back in the studio, the Berlin vocalist Delle (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”. Coincidentally, 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 “Slow Match”. All this encouraged Szary and Bronsert to convince Ring it was time for him to contribute vocals, which can be heard on “Rusty Nails” and “Out Of Sight”. “Rusty Nails” is the first single, which will feature remixes by Shackleton and Booka Shade.

The self-titled album will also be available as a limited edition DVD produced by the Berlin based artist collective Pfadfinderei, feature music videos and more exclusive content. Pfadfinderei will also contribute visuals to all Moderat live shows.

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