It’s Saturday night and before I go out I want to share some music that I meant to blog about a long time ago. Modeselektor are from Berlin and make banging electronic tunes. But these guys are generous and also throw in hip hop, electro and ambient arrangements into their productions. Their debut album ‘Hello Mom’ came to my attention when I heard ‘The Rapanthem’ on Donal Dineen’s show about 4 or 5 months back. That particular song takes a sample of Ol Dirty Bastard’s Got ya Money and splices it on top of a great rising synth progression complete with handclaps and dodgy spoken samples.

The nicely titled ‘Kill Bill Vol.4′ is pure electro rave genius. Simple and extremely danceable. ‘Silikon’ features Sasha Perera delivering an M.I.A style wallop of electro-crunk. The album overall is an excellent listen but the standout track has to be the opener ‘Dancing Box’ featuring TTC, the esteemed hip hop group from Paris. Modeselektor cut a knife right through the vocals to match the stuttering beats with the end product for anyone interested in hip hop, especially new forms of hip hop will blow you away.

Modeselektor will be playing Electric Picnic on the 2nd of September on the Foggy Notions stage so there’s another top act to add to your ‘must see’ list. For more info on the band check out their website and be sure to click on DEATH in the navigation (unless you are epileptic). Buy ‘Hello Mom’ from Boomkat.

MP3s

Modeselektor – Dancingbox (Featuring TTC)

Modeselektor – Kill Bill Vol. 4

Modeselektor – Silikon (Featuring Sasha Perera)

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