TAG: Modeselektor

Oct27

Apparat – DJ-Kicks (Review)

Apparat

DJ-Kicks

Released by !K7


German-born and Berlin resident Sascha Ring, also known by his more recognizable name, Apparat, has had one of the most consistent electronic artist careers to date.  With his knack for beautiful compositions and sonic artisanship, Apparat has developed a unique style of his own through a synesthetic blend of ambient, downtempo, techno, glitch and even trip-hop elements. Having an exceptionally bright solo career, his work with Modeselektor last year under the name Moderat was more than exceptional, combining parallel electronic directions into one unique and inspired project that demonstrated ...

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Jul20

See M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Chromeo, T.I. For FREE

Virgin Free Fest Announces 2010 Line-Up 

Everyone knows that music festivals are big business, with tens of millions made (ticket sales, beer vending, corporate sponsorship) and lost (artist fees, production costs) every summer. But what happens when big business decides to throw it’s own festival? You get Virgin Free Fest. Run as a multi-city paid festival in 2006 and 2007, the mobile phone company’s attempt at playing with big dogs like Coachella, Lollapalooza and Bonarroo never seemed to hit it’s stride—perhaps due to it’s location in Maryland. Then last year, super rich bad-ass mofo Richard Branson decided to make the whole shebang free, and called upon Blink-182, Weezer and Jet to bring in the masses. This year, he’s banking on a cooler selection, including Thievery Corporation, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem and Temper Trap to do the same. …MORE

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Apr01

Speaking In Code: Interview with Director Amy Grill (Video)

A chat with the director of one of the most need-to-watch music docs in recent memory. 

Documentaries that involve electronic music are usually hit or miss; either the film misses the point of the original usage of the music or it goes on a different direction altogether. However, with Speaking In Code, there’s depth in each dimension of the film; from the characters of the artists featured, their bosses, their families, and the world around them. The filmmakers themselves also become centralized figures in the film, as a natural plot progresses that struggles passionately between the journey of pure techno love and love amongst themselves. A film worth watching more than once, Speaking In Code is nothing short of an extraordinary documentation of fandom, freedom and everything in between. URB had a chance to speak to the director, Amy Grill about the starting point, her exposure to techno and the bits that happened in between.

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Feb27

Seth Troxler – Boogybytes Vol. 5 (Review)

Various Artists mixed by Seth Troxler

Boogybytes Vol. 05

Released by BPitch


Previously, BPitch’s ridiculously amazing Boogybyte compilations focused their efforts on arctic, tickling click-glitch and microhouse (Ellen Allien’s Vol. 4), eccentricity and Native Instruments software exposition (Modeselektor’s Vol. 3, where Jean-Jacques Perrey meets Spank Rock meets Bobo Shanti meets µ-Ziq).  Replacing the anesthetic and oddity you surrounded yourself with to get through the last few frosty winters, Berlin transplant, Detroit native and Ghostly International darling Seth Troxler (aka Thrill Cosby) breaks rank by splashing red paint on your white desk, placing violets in your dusty vase, stapling Turkish scarves to your ceiling, flinging open the shutters and urging “Spring has sprung” with his animated, sexy mix of warm, bubbly 4/4 house of various flavors.

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Dec22

Best Of ‘09: Top 10 Electronic Tracks (URB Contributor Mitch Strashnov) (Video)

An introspective and mind-numbing selection of the best electronic tracks of 2009. 

Anyone who comes to URB should know, we cover an extensive amount of music from every genre and subgenre. Things aren’t always easily to compile in lists, especially putting together “top ten” lists. Now try doing that with the generalization of a genre called “electronic music.” Some people still don’t know what the difference between techno and house is, and of course we’re here to provide the difference. But, we’re also here to show our appreciation to the tracks that have made us move, groove, bop, boom, and, most importantly, enjoy every second from the first beat to the last. It wasn’t easy, but it sure as hell was a journey. Welcome to my top ten electronic tracks of the year. Take a seat and crank the speakers to eleven: it’s a doozy of a read.

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