Last year Modeselektor teamed up with Busdriver for the track ‘Pretentious Driver’ from their Monkeytown album, a thumping hip-hop banger with plenty of kick. Well, it appears I wasn’t the only person impressed by by Busdriver’s unique, disorienting flow and disregard for conventional structure; apparently Lapalux was a bit of fan too.
The press release for this album informs us that this is “the first album that almost drove us crazy.” It also happens to be the first Modeselektor recorded and produced entirely by themselves, all within one session over the course of ten weeks. The team have always been known for their balance of club tracks and experimentation, but never has it seemed so unified and synchronized.
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Tagged Busdriver, Modeselektor, Monkeytown, Otto Von Schirach, Thom Yorke
