Moderat is a German

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supergroup originating in Berlin between Sascha Ring, also known as Apparat, and

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members Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The band have released four

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to date, their most recent being '' More D4ta'', released on May 13, 2022. The group was voted "The #1 Live Act of the Year" in 2009 by the readers of ''

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History

Moderat's first release was an EP, ''Auf Kosten der Gesundheit'' ("At the Cost of Health") in 2003. Their first full-length album, ''

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'', received mostly favorable reviews. ''

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'' magazine gave the album 4 out of 5 points describing it as "quite creative and surprisingly catchy", and '' URB'' 5 out of 5, praising it for being "extremely beautiful and catchy". In 2009, the readers of ''

,'' voted Moderat "The #1 Live Act Of The Year". In 2010, they were voted "The #7 Live Act" by the readers of the same website. Moderat toured Europe throughout the summer and autumn of 2010, playing mostly festivals. Moderat's second album, '' II'' was released on August 2, 2013, digitally and August 6, 2013, physically through

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and Mute in the United States. The first video from ''II'' was "Bad Kingdom," an illustrated piece directed and produced by Pfadfinderei about a young British man in 1966 London traversing a greedy underworld. On March 29, 2016, Moderat's third album '' III'' was released in Germany. A month before, a video to ''Reminder'' was released on YouTube. In August 2017, Moderat announced they were taking an indefinite hiatus after their 2017 world tour ended in Berlin on 2 September 2017. A minute of the song "The Mark (Interlude)" from the album ''II'' was used in the 2018 film ''

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''. On 15 October 2021, Moderat teased a 2022 live show titled "MORE D4TA" on their Instagram page, indicating that the hiatus has come to an end. In February 2022, a book on Modeselektor's album ''Happy Birthday!'' was published by Sean Nye for the ''33 1/3 Europe series.'' A chapter focuses on the formation of Moderat. On 9 February 2022, Moderat announced that their fourth studio album, '' More D4ta'', would release on 13 May 2022 via Monkeytown Records. The first single from the album, "Fast Land", was premiered the next day, along with an accompanying music video. The second single, "Easy Prey", was released on 10 March 2022 along with a music video. On the same day, the track listing was released on iTunes. The album was released on 13 May 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (2009) * '' II'' (2013) * '' III'' (2016) * '' More D4ta'' (2022)

Extended plays

* ''Auf Kosten der Gesundheit'' (2003)

Live albums

* ''Live'' (2016)

Remix albums

* ''III (Remixes)'' (2016) * EVEN MORE D4TA (2023)

Other albums

* III (Instrumentals) (2016) * II (10th Anniversary Sped-up Edition) (2023)

References

External links

*
Moderat at BPitch Control
* Book: 33 1/3 Europe - chapter featuring Moderat
''Modeselektor's Happy Birthday!,'' by Sean Nye (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).
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