Modeselektor is a German

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duo consisting of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary.

History

The group members met in 1992 in

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with group member Szary performing live

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music at illegal underground parties, under the moniker Fundamental Knowledge. The group says, "After

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came down, everywhere in Germany and especially East Germany there was a lot of chaos, anarchy." Both soon joined forces and began creating music as Modeselektor, a name taken from a function on the Roland Space Echo

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. In 1999 Modeselektor signed its first remix contract and began working with Pfadfinderei, a Berlin-based VJ and design collective. In 2000 Modeselektor met Ellen Allien, making BPitch Control their home label. Modeselektor has also been involved in collaborative efforts; Moderat - a musical collaboration between Modeselektor and Apparat, Pfadselektor - a music/visual collaboration between Modeselektor and Pfadfinderei, and with Rhythm & Sound's Paul St. Hillaire. They have produced sound installations at the Centre Pompidou in

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and lectured at the Merz Akademie in Stuttgart. Modeselektor is a favourite group of Thom Yorke (frontman of Radiohead), who has recommended their albums in interviews and included the song "Silikon" (from their 2005 LP ''Hello Mom!'' and featuring vocalist Sasha Perera) in a publicly available iTunes

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. Moderat (the collaboration between Modeselektor and Apparat) has also supported Radiohead on the band's concerts in

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and

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, in August 2009. The follow-up to '' Hello Mom!'' was '' Happy Birthday!'', which was released in 2007 with Paul St. Hilaire, TTC, Puppetmastaz, Thom Yorke and Maxïmo Park as guest vocalists. Other collaborators included Otto von Schirach,

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, and Apparat. In an interview that same year, the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like it if people tag us as being a certain style or school or scene or whatever. We don’t really care about all that." In March 2009, they released an album with Apparat under the name Moderat. They have collaborated previously on an EP named ' which was released as a limited 12" on BPitch Control in 2002. Modeselektor also appeared as the main characters in Amy Grill's 2009 electronic music documentary, '' Speaking in Code''. Modeselektor are said to be good friends with

, and regularly remix and promote his material. In September 2011 Modeselektor released their third LP, Monkeytown, in which various artists including Thom Yorke collaborated on. In August 2013, Modeselektor released their second album in collaboration with Apparat under the name Moderat, entitled '' II.'' In March 2016, Modeselektor released their third album in collaboration with Apparat under the name Moderat, entitled

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. In April 2021, Modeselektor released their fourth LP, Extended. In February 2022, a book on Modeselektor's album ''Happy Birthday!'' was published by Sean Nye for the ''33 1/3 Europe series.'' In May 2022, Modeselektor released their fourth album in collaboration with Apparat under the name Moderat, entitled '' More D4ta''.

Monkeytown Records

Monkeytown Records is a

-based

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, owned by Sebastian Szary and Gernot Bronsert of Modeselektor. The label has released music by Moderat, Modeselektor, WK7, Mouse on Mars, Otto von Schirach,

, and

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, among others.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Hello Mom!'' ( BPitch Control, 2005) * '' Happy Birthday!'' (BPitch Control, 2007) * '' Monkeytown'' ( Monkeytown Records, 2011) * ''Who Else'' (Monkeytown Records, 2019) * ''Extended'' (Monkeytown Records, 2021) * ''Mean Friend'' (Monkeytown Records, 2021)

Compilations

* ''Modeselektion Vol. 01'' (2010) * ''Modeselektion Vol. 02'' (2012) * ''Modeselektion Vol. 03'' (2014) * ''Modeselektion Vol. 04'' (2018)

DJ mixes

* ''Boogybytes Vol. 3 - Mixed by Modeselektor'' (BPitch Control, 2007) * ''Body Language Vol. 8'' ( Get Physical, 2009)

Multimedia

* ''Labland'' (Dalbin, 2005) with Pfadfinderei, DVD * ''Mdslktr'' ( BPitch Control, 2005), DVD + CD Box Set

Extended plays

* ''Death Medley'' (BPitch Control, 2002) * ''In Loving Memory'' (BPitch Control, 2002) * ''Ganes De Frau Vol. 1'' (BPitch Control, 2003) * ''Turn Deaf!'' (BPitch Control, 2004) * ''Hello Mom!'' The Remixes (BPitch Control, 2006) * ''Happy Birthday!'' Remixes #1 (BPitch Control, 2008) * ''Happy Birthday!'' Remixes #2 (BPitch Control, 2008) * ''Happy Birthday!'' Remixes #3 (BPitch Control, 2009)

Singles

* "Weed wid da Macka" (Shockout, 2006) * "The Dark Side of the Sun" (BPitch Control, 2007) with Puppetmastaz * "Evil Twin" featuring Otto von Schirach (Monkeytown Records, 2012) * "Silikon" featuring Sasha Perrera (FIFA 08 soundtrack) * "Kalif Storch" (2018) * "Wealth" featuring Flohio (Monkeytown Records, 2018) * "I Am Your God" / "Bronko" (Monkeytown Records, 2019) * "Who" featuring Tommy Cash (Monkeytown Records, 2019)

Remixes

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(Modeselektor's Big Muff Mix)" * Thom Yorke - Skip Divided (Modeselektor Remix) *

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- Dull Flame Of Desire (Modeselektor's Rmx for Girls) *

- Dull Flame Of Desire (Modeselektor's Rmx for Boys) *

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- Jeffer (Modeselektor Remix) * Bonaparte - Computer in Love (Modeselektor Remix) * Roots Manuva - Witness (Modeselektor's Troublemaker Remix) * Headhunter - Prototype (Modeselektor Remix) EMP046* Radiohead - Good Evening Mrs Magpie Rmx * Trentemøller - Tide (Modeselektor's Last Remix Ever)

Production

* TTC - Une bande de mecs sympas (''3615 TTC'', 2007) * Fettes Brot - Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an! (''Strom und Drang'', 2008) * Bonaparte - Orangutang ('' My Horse Likes You'', 2010)

With Moderat

* ''Auf Kosten der Gesundheit'' (EP, BPitch Control, 2003) * '' Moderat'' (BPitch Control, 2009) * '' II'' (Monkeytown Records, 2013) * ''

'' (Monkeytown Records, 2016) * '' More D4ta'' (Monkeytown Records. 2022)

References

External links

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Pfadfinderei Vj Collaborators

The Fake Interview (French)

In the Mix Review/Interview

Modeselektor Portrait on Tracks/arte (French-German TV)
* Book: 33 1/3 Europ
''Modeselektor's Happy Birthday!,'' by Sean Nye (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).

Feature interview

stuartbuchanan.com interview

Electronic Beats interview

Modeselektor RBMA video lecture session
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