Video: Modeselektor and Apparat's Moderat: "Bad Kingdom"

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Modeselektor/Apparat hybrid act Moderat have a new video for Moderat II single "Bad Kingdom", an animated clip created in the style of most of their artwork. Directed and produced by Pfadfinderei, it tells the story of young British man in London in 1966 who gets sucked into a greedy underworld. 

Moderat II, the group's sophomore followup to 2009's self-titled album, is out August 2 digitally and August 6 physically through Mute. "Bad Kingdom" will be released as a single digitally and on 10" vinyl via the Moderat website on July 9. The band are also planning a tour in support of the new record-- dates below, followed by the new video.

Moderat:

08-02 London, England - Eastern Electrics Festival
08-03 Crimea, Ukraine - Kazantip
08-09 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-10 Saalburg, Germany - SonneMondSterne
08-11 Hamburg, Germany - Kamnagel
08-17 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Lowlands
08-24 Katowice, Poland - Nowa Muzika Festival
08-28 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater
08-29 Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia
08-31 New York, NY - Electric Zoo
09-01 Montreal, Quebec - Societe Des Arts Technologies
09-11 Vienna, Austria - Arena
09-12 Amarin, Croatia - Unknown Festival
09-13 Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
09-19 Erfurt, Germany - Stadtgarten
09-20 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
09-21 Koln, Germany - E-Werk
09-23 Zurich, Switzerland - Komplex457
09-25 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
09-26 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur
09-27 Marseille, France - Marsatac Festival
09-28 Brussels, Belgium - Bozar
09-29 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
10-10 Edinburgh, Scotland - Picture House
10-12 Bristol, England - Colston Hall
10-17 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paradiso/ADE
10-19 Copenhagen, Denmark - Studio 1
11-09 Torino, Italy - Club To Club

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