We Are Modeselektor Page #6

and thought:

Now you have to draw the monkey very precisely,

so it looks like a monkey and only

drew the main part of the monkey face.

I didn't think about it really.

So this is how the motif was created,

the record had its label

and the following album had

to happen with the monkey too.

Ever since that's been our logo.

There was no marketing firm involved thinking:

How can we create a logo for the guys,

so that all kids between 18 and 25

recognize it and keep buying it.

There had to be

Social Media and Multimedia in the label.

No, it was just punk sh*t,

and that's the reason

we kept the monkey.

We were really surprised

how much people love this monkey.

We noticed quite quickly, that everyone

wanted to have the shirt with the monkey.

And then it started: We got pictures of people

who had a tattoo with the monkey,

made shirts themselves,

made films.

I got a marble bust from a fan

with the monkey chiselled in marble,

its at home in my kitchen.

It weighs 25 kilo.

We got a monkey made of concrete,

we got a knitted jumper monkey,

we got monkeys made of plaster,

of putty,

as dolls, as masks.

Cakes.

Monkey-cakes.

We got paintings of the monkey.

Big graffitis.

Everything.

This monkey really got a tour.

For me, a success is for example when someone

who I never met before says to me:

'With the song you made

I had a really great experience. '

Or:
'I asked my wife to marry me. '

Or:
'My kids love your music. '

When people give a serious and

honest feedback to what you are doing.

Irrespectively of the hype on the internet

and all the fast rivers that come and go.

When you just get a good feedback.

So, do you want more?

Do you want more?

You have to shout louder!

I think, that bands can only

be successful over a longer period

when people feel that

there is honesty in it.

That the artists also

live in a real world,

that they are present

and there is not a big difference

between the people who listen to the music

and the ones who make the music

- apart from the creativity.

In the end we are all just guys sitting

in their little cubbyhole and cobble stuff together.

And it's really nice every time you come out

of the cubbyhole and it is received with open arms.

I think Gernot and Szary

see that the same way.

That Modeselektor have become

so successful is also due to hard work,

it didn't come out of the blue.

Don't forget that they

have been around for a few years.

They went on tour for a few years,

played an incredible amount

of gigs for little or no money.

Always with fun, with ideas,

but it is a tough job.

The impressive thing

with Modeselektor for me is this mixture

of accessibility and radicalism

at the same time.

It sounds like from an add script,

but I think it is the base, their approach to music.

They are two clowns

who can rock ten thousands of people

because they rock their laptops

and they aren't afraid to play the clown

in front of such a big crowd.

At the same time the musical base

is really solid and also really inspired.

With their development

they have anticipated so much

that in the context of Arena-Techno

is day-to-day routine now

and basically it all came from Modeselektor,

only with that musical extra twist

and more sensitivity

for balance and experiments.

They managed to create a sound

that is compatible for the masses

and that is still musically exciting

and that is what I find sensational.

I think I see the last ten years as a climax.

It was one pure climax,

with many ups and downs of course.

Cool.

Very philosophical.

I think as a whole,

this decade was very mixed,

and I cannot really say:

Of course the gig with Radiohead

at Wuhlheide was great.

That was definitely a climax of 2008.

That Radiohead had gotten

interested in us back in 2003 at all.

I have to agree with Szary there.

If you look at it there is no...

... it is not the Echo (music award)

or a concert in front

of so and so many people.

It's rather the sum of it all.

It's the motorway we are on,

with a fun car...

And lots of road works...

With lots of road works,

but still always going too fast

and so far without too many fines.

Exactly, great.

Thank you!

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