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9.0
57264
9.0 |
Clash
An absolute masterpiece of dancefloor work
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9.0
57347
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It feels timeless, cutting-edge, like some kind of vampiric dandy, and it’ll get its teeth into you just the same.
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8.5
57381
8.5 |
Under The Radar
A genuinely pleasant slice of uplifting ambience
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8.0
57384
8.0 |
DIY
Their finest work yet and cements the fact that Moderat have developed into a dance act whose existence should never have even been questioned in the first place
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8.0
57389
8.0 |
All Music
The kind of crafted album you just don’t expect from a supergroup or side project as it matches, and maybe even tops, the work of its individual parties
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8.0
57488
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
A collection of tracks that, even as a messy album, are well worth your time
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8.0
57286
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
More considered than the debut, more quietly patient and yet somehow more addictive
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8.0
57266
8.0 |
The 405
An immersive pleasure that is more than the sum of its parts
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8.0
57267
8.0 |
The Skinny
An excellent listen from start to finish
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8.0
57756
8.0 |
State
It’s nothing like Modeselektor, or Apparat for that matter. This is something new. Something great
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7.8
61029
7.8 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
While Moderat showcased Modeselektor’s schizophrenic soundscapes, this record almost feels like a distant relative to Apparat’s widely acclaimed Walls-- pop-savvy, glossy and yet, intensely personal
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7.5
57484
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Although a little too short for the grand mood it builds for us, it’s a beautiful summation of what Moderat’s visions aim to create
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7.4
57288
7.4 |
Pitchfork
II is just about perfectly synchronized with the zeitgeist, and if it’s not a flawlessly executed record, it still seems capable of making the most out of its moment
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7.0
57265
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
A pall of unrest certainly permeates the record, but II feels of a single entity, one cloaked in fog but backlit by strobes
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7.0
57507
7.0 |
NME
Hypnotically hip
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7.0
57407
7.0 |
The Quietus
II mostly succeeds on its own terms, rather than as a refined package of each act's moodier moments, precisely because it does keep you guessing
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7.0
58062
7.0 |
PopMatters
Unlike anything these three have ever done
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6.0
58034
6.0 |
Blurt
Several disjointed effects that come together to create a multilayered sound of melodic chaos. Therein lays the strength of Moderat
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6.0
57594
6.0 |
The Scotsman
When they hit their mark it really works
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6.0
57349
6.0 |
The Independent
The trio's manipulation of euphoric rave dynamics on tracks like “Therapy” brings a fresh approach to a tried-and-tested form
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6.0
57272
6.0 |
Q
Never quite as overwhelming as it threatens to be. Print edition only
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6.0
57273
6.0 |
Mojo
A more downbeat affair than their debut. Print edition only
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6.0
57275
6.0 |
Uncut
Seductive maybe, but it rather lacks character of its own. Print edition only
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5.0
57374
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Just as their unique names have been combined to form a completely fatuous hybrid, Modeselektor and Apparat have almost completely negated each other's strengths
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4.0
57300
4.0 |
Time Out
There's little about 'II' which sounds new
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4.0
58136
4.0 |
Fact
This is a bona fide pop album. Moreover, it sounds for all the world like ‘bass music’: polite, rounded, MOR and generic
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