''Hello Mom!'' is the debut studio album by German electronic music duo

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. It was released on

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on 11 October 2005.

Critical reception

Nitsuh Abebe of ''

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'' gave the album an 8.3 out of 10, saying, "There's hardly a minute on this record that doesn't keep turning out to be way more fun than the last time you heard it." Tim O'Neil of ''

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'' gave the album a 6 out of 10, commenting that "''Hello Mom!'' is, like the very best albums, gleefully diverse and yet strangely focused." He added, "There are as many different flavors of techno as you can imagine here, but it all comes from the same impulse, a puckish desire to leave no stone unturned in their indefatigable quest to destroy the very notion of a techno orthodoxy."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

Gernot Bronsert Modeselektor is a German electronic music duo consisting of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. History The group members met in 1992 in Berlin with group member Szary performing live acid house music at illegal underground parties, under t ...

– production *

Sebastian Szary Modeselektor is a German electronic music duo consisting of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. History The group members met in 1992 in Berlin with group member Szary performing live acid house music at illegal underground parties, under t ...

– production * Cuizinier – vocals (1) * Tido Berman – vocals (1) * Teki Latex – vocals (1) * DJ Orgasmic – turntables (1) * Paul St. Hilaire – vocals (9) * Matt Shadetek – additional production (11, 12) * Sasha Perera – vocals (12)

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* {{Authority control 2005 debut albums Modeselektor albums BPitch Control albums