I went to see Moderat tonight with Telefon Tel Aviv opening, at the best concert hall in mtl. Sold out show 2500 people, maybe the best live act I've seen in 10 years.
Only caught the tail end of Telefon, but they set the mood proper. I really liked their older albums, but one of em killed himself? Their new stuff hasn't been the same. Anyways, Moderat came on at 10:30 sharp with a simple minimal set up. 2 small see thru desks with gear, no laptops in sight. Dudes from Modeselektor, one playing synths live, the other jamming out on an MPC type drum machine to trigger clips, Apparat singing between them. Very dark on stage with a huge screen playing dope visual, really only saw their silhouettes most of the time.
The sound was absolutely incredible, the sub bass my goodness. They opened up with Ghost Mother off their new album. They played their stuff pretty much like off the album, but with improvised sections and bits, extended break downs. Apparat would jump on the keys, he pulled out the guitar at the end. They make some of the grooviest broken beats I've ever heard.
Crowd was amazing, really good looking group of people having a blast. Good mix of young and old, 50/50 male female. By the end when they played Bad Kingdom the place was imploding.. nice long extended version. Even their slower songs, always built up into a banging finale.
Im happy I saw them at a concert hall because I have a feeling the next time they go on tour they'll be arena tour big, and the sound sucks ass in an arena. Highly recommend checking them out, they're touring the States all summer I believe.
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