Moderat

Moderat's first release was an EP, Auf Kosten der Gesundheit ("At the Cost of Health") in 2003. Their first full-length album, Moderat, received mostly favorable reviews. NOW magazine gave the album 4 out of 5 points describing it as "quite creative and surprisingly catchy",{{cite web|last=Bimm |first=Jordan |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=170826 |title=Moderat | NOW Magazine |publisher= Now |date=2013-08-01 |access-date=2013-08-07}} and URB 5 out of 5, praising it for being "extremely beautiful and catchy".{{cite web |url=http://www.urb.com/2009/04/24/moderat-moderat |title=Moderat – Moderat (Review) |date=2009-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907071048/http://www.urb.com/2009/04/24/moderat-moderat |archive-date=2010-09-07 |access-date=2015-11-10 }}

In 2009, the readers of Resident Advisor, voted Moderat "The #1 Live Act Of The Year".{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1118 |title=RA Poll: Top 10 live acts of 2009 |publisher=Resident Advisor |date=2009-12-09 |access-date=2013-08-07}} In 2010, they were voted "The #7 Live Act"{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1267 |title=RA Poll: Top 10 live acts of 2010 |publisher= Resident Advisor |date=2010-12-08 |access-date=2013-08-07}} by the readers of the same website. Moderat toured Europe throughout the summer and autumn of 2010, playing mostly festivals.

Moderat's second album, II was released on August 2, 2013, digitally and August 6, 2013, physically through Monkeytown Records and Mute in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/49379-modeselektorapparat-supergroup-moderat-announce-new-album-moderat-ii/ |title=Modeselektor/Apparat Supergroup Moderat Announce New Album II | News |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=2013-01-31 |access-date=2013-08-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.monkeytownrecords.com/products/view/162/moderat-ii-cd-deluxe-edition-monkeytown036cd |title=Good – Moderat "II" CD Deluxe Edition (MONKEYTOWN036CD) |publisher= Monkeytown Records |access-date=2013-08-07}} The first video from II was "Bad Kingdom," an illustrated piece directed and produced by Pfadfinderei about a young British man in 1966 London traversing a greedy underworld.

On March 29, 2016, Moderat's third album III was released in Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Moderat-III/release/8318915|title=Release page of "III" |publisher=discogs |date=2016-04-02 |access-date=2016-04-02}} A month before, a video to Reminder was released on YouTube.

In August 2017, Moderat announced they were taking an indefinite hiatus after their 2017 world tour ended in Berlin on 2 September 2017.{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=The End of Moderat?|url=https://lolamag.de/feature/the-end-of-moderat/|date=26 July 2017|website=Lola}}[https://djmag.com/news/moderat-upcoming-hiatus-%E2%80%98it-will-be-end-era%E2%80%99 Moderat on upcoming hiatus: ‘It will be the end of an era’ | DJMag.com]{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Moderat plan to go on an indefinite hiatus following their current tour|url=https://mixmag.net/read/moderat-plan-to-go-on-an-indefinite-hiatus-following-their-current-tour-news|website=Mixmag}}

A minute of the song "The Mark (Interlude)" from the album II was used in the 2018 film Annihilation.{{cite magazine|first1=Andy|last1=Beta|accessdate=2021-02-02|title='Annihilation': Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury Talk Its Haunting Score|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/annihilation-geoff-barrow-and-ben-salisbury-talk-its-haunting-score-197947/|date=14 March 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

On 15 October 2021, Moderat teased a 2022 live show titled "MORE D4TA" on their Instagram page, indicating that the hiatus has come to an end.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBI7VTqbf7/ | title=Moderat on Instagram: "🟥🟩🟦" }}

In February 2022, a book on Modeselektor's album Happy Birthday! was published by Sean Nye for the 33 1/3 Europe series. A chapter focuses on the formation of Moderat.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=Sean Nye publishes new book |url=https://music.usc.edu/sean-nye-modeselektor/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=USC Thornton School of Music |language=en-US |quote=The book explores the histories of Berlin techno, European rave culture and electronic music through the lens of Modeselektor’s 2007 album Happy Birthday!}}{{Cite book |last=Nye |first=Sean |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1288217534 |title=Modeselektor's Happy Birthday! |date=2022 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic & Professional |isbn=978-1-5013-4627-9 |location=New York |oclc=1288217534}}

On 9 February 2022, Moderat announced that their fourth studio album, More D4ta, would release on 13 May 2022 via Monkeytown Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.monkeytownrecords.com/moderat-announce-more-d4ta/|title = MODERAT share 1st single of new album MORE D4TA|date = 9 February 2022}} The first single from the album, "Fast Land", was premiered the next day, along with an accompanying music video. The second single, "Easy Prey", was released on 10 March 2022 along with a music video. On the same day, the track listing was released on iTunes. The album was released on 13 May 2022.

• Moderat (2009){{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Moderat: Moderat|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12959-moderat/|website=Pitchfork}}{{cite web|first1=Mike|last1=Diver|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=BBC – Music – Review of Moderat – Moderat|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/g4hf/|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}
• II (2013){{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Album review: Moderat, II (Monkeytown)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-moderat-ii-monkeytown-8742550.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-moderat-ii-monkeytown-8742550.html |archive-date=2022-05-15 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=1 August 2013|website=The Independent}}{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Moderat – II|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/moderat-ii-132403|website=The Line of Best Fit}}
• III (2016){{cite web|first1=Ken|last1=Capobianco|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Album review: Moderat, 'III" – The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/03/30/album-review-moderat-iii/Qt2ueCLbiYSDeIikCeGoyJ/story.html|website=BostonGlobe.com}}{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Moderat – III|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/moderat-iii|website=Clash Magazine|date=29 March 2016 }}
• More D4ta (2022){{cite web|accessdate=2022-05-16|title=ALBUM REVIEW: MODERAT – MORE D4TA - Beats Per Minute|url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-moderat-more-d4ta/|website=Beats Per Minute|date=16 May 2022 }}

• Auf Kosten der Gesundheit (2003)

• Live (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/4e342/Moderat-Live|title=ultratop.be – Moderat – Live|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=17 February 2019}}{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Moderat: Live|url=https://www.popmatters.com/moderat-live-2495406020.html|date=15 December 2016|website=PopMatters}}

• III (Remixes) (2016)
• EVEN MORE D4TA (2023)

• III (Instrumentals) (2016)
• II (10th Anniversary Sped-up Edition) (2023)

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• {{official website|http://moderat.fm/}}
• [http://bpitchcontrol.de/artists/moderat Moderat at BPitch Control]
• Book: 33 1/3 Europe - chapter featuring Moderat - [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/modeselektors-happy-birthday-9781501346248/ Modeselektor's Happy Birthday!, by Sean Nye (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).]

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