u:mack present Modeselektor

Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

11pm            €24

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After spending most of this year working on their side project Moderat, Modeselektor are back and their first weekend of gigs this year includes a performance at DEAF 09. The duo fuse elements of dancehall, dub and hip hop with their hometowns signature glitchy techno – a perfect representation of the hybrid sound of Berlin’s music scene today. Support is by DJ Tu-ki and DJ Platinum Ray, visuals by Pfadfinderei.

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Modeselektor ///

Body Language Vol. 8
         
Modeselektor should require very little introduction. The Berlin-based duo of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary have destroyed so many dancefloors around the world that their reputation precedes them and, as producers too, their stature has grown and grown. They’ve released two critically-acclaimed albums - Hello Mom! and Happy Birthday! - and collaborated with the likes of Thom Yorke and Paul St Hilaire.  Most recently they worked with Apparat on the much talked-about Moderat project: a collision of futuristic beat-styles, moody synth-textures and vocals, which has won them a whole load of new fans and seen them tour the globe with a truly mind-melting, chest-thumping audio-visual live show.  Somehow or other, Modeselektor still find time to be among the best, most reliable party-smashing DJs on the planet. Their contribution to Get Physical’s Body Language mix series is a riotous, bass-heavy affair, one which takes in all kinds of interesting developments in cutting edge contemporary dance music. MDSLKTR draw a natural line from the fizzing aqua-crunk of Rustie’s ‘Zig-Zag’ to the R&B bump of Missy Elliott’s Timbaland-produced ‘Lick Shots’, from the skippy 90s techno of G-Man’s ‘Quo Vadis’ to the tough Berghain minimalism of Norman Nodge. Dubstep – a big influence on the Moderat project – plays a pivotal role in the mix: moody, synth-led masterpieces by Peverelist and Benga recall classic Detroit techno, while Untold’s devastating ‘Anaconda’ is sheer dancefloor energy. Scuba’s ‘Klinik’ isn’t so much dubstep as broken, reductionist house music. Throughout the mix, Gernot and Sebastian astound with their ability to bring apparently disparate tunes together into perfect synchrony: who else would have thought to marry the edgy 2-step of Horsepower Productions to the austere 4/4 pulse of vintage Robert Hood, and on into the crunching digital dancehall of Major Lazer? Sometimes the links that Modeselektor forge are less bizarre but no less effective: Joker & Rustie’s wonky standard ‘Play Doe’ is a natural companion to Busta Rhymes’ ‘Gimme Some More’ and the low-slung strip-club thump of Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith’s ‘Wind It Up’. There’s still room for surprises though: the mix’s closing chapter is heralded by a cheeky blast of what is perhaps the pop song of 2009, Animal Collective’s effervescent ‘My Girls’.  We’re left with ‘A New Error’, probably the most haunting and memorable tune from Moderat’s recent album, and a fine finale to this stupendous, genre-hopping mix. The uncompromising, big-hearted Body Language Vol.8 is the most refreshing and outrageously banging mix you’ll hear all year, a stellar addition to a series which has seen previous contributions from the likes of M.A.N.D.Y., DJ T., Matthew Dear and Junior Boys. It’s the very opposite of boring. Hell, it might just be the party album of the year…  
       TRACKLIST CD:   
          
  01   Outro   
  02   Rustie – Zig-Zag   
  03   Missy Elliott – Lick Shots (Instrumental)   
  04   Osborne – The Count   
  05   Boy 8-Bit – Cricket Scores   
  06   Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum   
  07   Alex Cortex – Huyendo Pt 2   
  08   G-Man – Quo Vadis   
  09   Norman Nodge – NN 8.0   
  10   Benga – Emotions   
  11   Peverelist – Clunk Click Every Trip   
  12   Untold – Anaconda   
  13   MOVES!!! – All Skate   
  14   Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More (Amended Version)   
  15   Joker & Rustie – Play Doe   
  16   Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith – Wind It Up   
  17   Djedjotronic – Dirty & Hard (feat. Spoek) vs Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience   
  18   Horsepower Productions – Let’s Dance (Club Mix)   
  19   Robert Hood – Unix   
  20   Major Lazer – Pon De Floor feat VYBZ Kartel   
  21   Boys Noize – Nerve   
  22   Siriusmo – Nights Off   
  23   Modeselektor – The Black Block (Marcel Dettman Redifinition)   
  24   Scuba – Klinik   
  25   Animal Collective – My Girls   
  26   Modeselektor – Fill #1   
  27   Modeselektor – Art & Cash (Live recorded @ Electron Festival Geneve, 2009) *   
  28   Siriusmo – Die Rockwurst   
  29   Si Begg vs Juice Aleem – Rock My Hologram (Original Instrumental)   
  30   Moderat – A New Error   
      * unreleased   
          
      TRACKLIST Vinyl:   
  A1   Siriusmo – Nights Off   
  A2   Animal Collective – My Girls   
  B1   Missy Elliott – Lick Shots (Instrumental)   
  B2   Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith – Wind It Up   
  B3   Major Lazer – Pon De Floor feat VYBZ Kartel   
  C1   Moderat – A New Error   
  C2   Peverelist – Clunk Click Every Trip   
  D1   Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum   
  D2   Modeselektor – The Black Block (Marcel Dettman Redifinition)