Moderat release NEW VIDEO FOR “Bad Kingdom”

Moderat release NEW VIDEO FOR “Bad Kingdom” (Directed by PFADFINDEREI)
WATCH IT HERE NEW ALBUM II Out August 6th North American Tour Dates Announced Watch an interview with the band HERE Moderat are Apparat (Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary) . Both acts represent the best of the Berlin electronic music scene---embracing the groundbreaking sounds being cultivated by this raw melting pot of artists and sounds. Moderat is a shared vision and their new album, II is the joyful creation of what happens when you let three visionaries do their thing and learn from each other.Modeselektor are grand masters of subterranean bass and electrifying breakbeats. Apparat is the purveyor of sophisticated electronic pop music. The refusal to be satisfied with what is available forms the bond of an artistic friendship that has lasted more then a decade. The fact that their individual projects are so absorbing precluded the possibility of a continuous collaboration.As a result, in all this time, the trio has come together merely three times – but in decisive phases of their careers. The first time was at the beginning of 2003 when they created the “Auf Kosten der Gesundheit” EP. Then, in 2008 after garnering international acclaim for their own respective albums, they returned to the studio for their first album and defined the Moderat sound. Throbbing bass and tricky beats on the one hand, Apparat’s delicate vocals on the other.Five years have passed and all three find themselves in a new situation: they assume new responsibilities as bandleader (Apparat) and as label makers and dads (Modeselektor). The spectrum is an emotional one, and one that has increased stylistically. There is no longer a prevailing tone.In the space of eleven tracks, Moderat presents a very varied but nonetheless compact and epic tale with II . Its first single, “Bad Kingdom,” will be released digitally and as a 10” through http://moderat.fm.category/store on July 9th, It is perhaps the most universal song that Apparat and Modeselektor have ever produced: a pop song full of passion and energy, lacking contradiction and speaking a universal language.Watch its video, directed by Pfadfinderei, below. It is set in and around London in the year 1966 and features a descendant of the English aristocracy who turns from being an ambitious young man into a ruthless power broker.WATCH MODERAT’S “BAD KINGDOM” VIDEO  (Directed by PFADFINDEREI) The creative process for two stylistically-varying yet harmonious acts is not a science; rather than entering the studio with a master plan, the trio have set sail and combined ingredients with a true pursuit to develop and create something completely by chance. To represent their freedom to morph and mutate, Moderat shares visualized analogies in a series of small Dadaistic experiments. Those experiments will be realized with the help of skilled scientists, specialists and DDB Tribal Berlin and will be publicly displayed at Platoon Kunsthalle in Berlin. Check out what happens when bacteria from Moderat is sampled, compounded, and grown, plus other curious experiments, bridging the wait time until August 6th 2013 , when II is released on Mute, and August 28th .VISIT WWW.MODERAT.FM TO SEE THE FIRST EXPERIMENT. Moderat’s North American Tour: 8/28/13– Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater8/29/13– Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia8/31/13-- New York, NY @ Electric Zoo9/1/13– Montreal, QC @ Société Des Arts TechnologiesPre-order - Download Hi-Res JPGS of Moderat and album art here.Moderat: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Interview | ExperimentMute: Website | Facebook | Twitter