Squeeze Your Brain

Pinning these guys down is no easy task. German electronic music duo Modeselektor featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary are currently playing a tight schedule of gigs throughout Europe and are as energetic as their mind-blowing shows (in collaboration with renowned design collective Pfadfinderei).
Between their arrival to London and the soundcheck, we managed to sit them down and get a few minutes of their attention in order to ask them their view on the avant-garde. “Today, avant-garde is a very blurred term,” Sebastian says “this is due to the mischief that was done to it in the 20th Century. The term’s current connotation probably reflects something completely different.”
Avant-garde or not, the show that night at the London HMV Forum was packed – just like pretty much every venue they play. The two Berliners, who, are said to be Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s favorite band, have been performing music since 1996 and have been involved in several collaborations such as Moderat (Modeselektor together with Apparat) and Pfadselektor (Pfadfinderei and Modeselektor).

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