As for the film, Speaking in Code, it seems like we’re not the only ones who love Modeselektor, nor are we the only ones who love to put them on film. As we edit the movie down, and continue to log the footage, the artists involve continue to prosper and produce. Most notably is the Berlin production duo Modeselektor.

The duo (Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary) are playing a few dates on the West Coast — including a local show here in San Francisco presented by techno supergang Kontrol and sponsored in part by XLR8R magazine. As the flyer above says, “This event will be recorded for an episode of XLR8R TV.” It seems XLR8R is quite aware of how well the guys come off on film.

The Modeselektor phenomenon is not only in our Western world, either. By combining jungle-style, dancehall-type riddims into their techno, they translate worldwide, from Oslo to Toyko to Los Angeles and back to Germany.

Glasgow art party / club night Numbers brought Modeselektor into Scotland on Friday and their retail partner North-South Divide featured the duo in a red-hot podcast:

Modeselektor - “North South Divide Podcast #14″
The new album, Happy Birthday! is out now (favorably reviewed at Pitchfork Media and everywhere). It’s contribution from Radiohead vocalist Thom Yorke is gaining the most attention, particularly from places like the widely-read, and usually indie-exclusive blog Stereogum.

Modeselektor - “The White Flash (ft. Thom Yorke of Radiohead)”
Our boys have even been tagged by “hip car company” Scion to participate in the AV mix series.

Click on the flyer below to buy the album right now:

Meanwhile, Robag Wruhme and his Wighnomy Brothers project is starting to hum again. Their label Musik Krause just released Wruhme’s Lost Archive 1998-2007 (pick it up here) and Robag has a hot remix for one-time Bostonian Stewart Walker out now via Persona Records. Ironically, Walker was a kind of mentor to the unlockedgroove collective who appear in the film.

The remix is typically beautiful, post-rave lusciousness all wrapped up in a nattering, swaying club track. It is one of the most-downloaded tracks at Beatport.com, which is basically a club hit in this day and age. Wruhme’s knack for making techno funky has diminished not a whit.

Stewart Walker “Fernbank ‘91 (Robag Wruhme Remix)”

Pick it up in 320 kbps glory at the mighty Beatport by clicking here.

That way you can turn it way, way up.

The point is that as long as it is taking to make our movie — much longer than we imagined — it seems waiting might even be a better strategy to releasing it. Heck, even our co-producer Philip Sherburne is starting to become an actual techno producer (as he strives to do in the movie — get his “Lumberjacking” track here) while Mathias Kaden, who was a store clerk at the F-A-T record shop when we interviewed him, is starting to appear on “Best of the Month” charts at Resident Advisor. The latest DJ Mix from F-A-T:

Marvellous “Marvous Session” Mix 2007 (Freude-Am-Tanzen)

And the Mutek organization storms Mexico next week. If you’re around Mexico City, it is highly recommended.

A big thanks for Jason Blanchard, our assistant editor, who’s stitching together the footage out in Boston. We’ll bring the two halves together in a few months. Of course, if anyone is interested in becoming a producer or executive producer of this anticipated documentary, drop us a line. Opportunities for return are looking better than ever.

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