Eothen Alapatt, mostly known to the Academy as Egon, is a member of the couch team. It is his job to facilitate lectures, asking the right questions to get to the core of the musicians, producers and industry heads who sit beside him. Egon is the general manager at Peanut Butter Wolf's Stones Throw Records as well as running Now-Again Records and the Soul-Cal imprint. He writes Thursday's diary.

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Those quirky Modeselektor chappies, gifted entertainers and constant techo renovators in personal union, gave us a couple of hours of their time. Here's what happened:

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The bass, the humor, the hair, the baldness, the MONKEY... Modeselektor is a tour de force in the Berlin electro-techno-whatever scene-not-scene. Whether they're collaborating with label mates Apparat as Moderat, working with Pfadfinderei on audio-visual exploits, or simply churning out squeeky clean filth music for the masses, Modeselektor make an interesting pair.

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This interview was conducted by Jon Savage in May 1991 to coincide with the release of Kraftwerk’s DJ-friendly compilation album The Mix, which reworked and remixed classics such as The Robots, Trans-Europe Express, Computer Love and Music Non Stop. “It was all very easy”, Savage recalls. “Ralf Hütter was installed in an empty office in the old EMI building in Manchester Square, London, and was both friendly and forthcoming, if not quietly humorous. For some reason, I can’t remember why, the interview was never written up and so I am very pleased to publish it here for the first time.”

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Irishman now residing in Berlin, Mano Le Tough, is back to blowing the warhorn and is about to release his new EP Eurodancer EP on Mirau, featuring remixes from two of the more surprising acts to rule the house floor in oh-nine: Azari & III and Mirau co-owner Tensnake. Peep the Tensnake treatment below and look out for the vinyl dropping January 18… mano al aire!

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