The Moderator presents his first full length album, and it's a beauty. Atmospheric, dreamy synth lines, uplifting melodies, one or two steady dance anthems and of course loads of basslines and arpeggiated leads. Over the past year, Almelo (NL) based producer KJ Jongsma took the time to do additional mixing, stereo soundscaping and sound design and apply this experience to his music. That resulted in a great combination of analogue and digital gear. Heavily influenced by Detroit, his 'second hometown' the tracks contain elements of classic techno tunes, as well as more electro-shaped beats.

Reviews and dj feedback

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Acid Washed: 

Fantastic, album... with a lot of different fields to explore... Mature & beautifull!

Favorite track: Galaxy Jumper!!!

Anthony shakir: 

Chilly and crispy sound tracks. when we were young, reject reality, and fornever are my faves of this project

Art Bleek: 

There are some nice tracks in this album. Somewhat soulful despite the cold approach of certain sounds... Nice work.

Christopher à olak (halfstereo.com): 

Excdellent tunes combined in a real Rotterdam perspective all around Detroit techno and electro. Nice ambients and melody chords as well. Lovely release. Full support.

Dansor: 

Nizzze oldschool feel, beautiful listening album.

Dave Mothersole:

Some great tracks on here. ultrasound is lovely.  also really like reject reality - but they are all good.  cool album.

Guilherme M:

Great!!! Thoughtful and groovy at the same time. Well done KJ! 

airplayreview: check the blog entry here:

http://dinamicas.art.br/blog/2009/10/lp-do-moderator/

Kent Williams (chaircrusher): 

The Moderator obviously loves the electro and techno of Detroit, but this album is more than imitation of those styles.  These tracks are warm, lush, and evocative.  He is a master of big, swirling, dreamy clouds of sustained analog synth sounds.

Lanoiraude: 

Beautiful music !! The jazzfunk of "Cold Logic" will be played in my radio show. I like also "True" for the feet !

Laurent Garnier:

Proper old school Detroit soft melodic techno trip. Realy like this . Will present on the radio

Thanks for the link

Matthew Puffett (Future Beat Alliance): 

Hey, this all sounds amazing, i have only just skipped through it but what i checked sounds lush ! cant wait to have a proper listen and hopefully get the chance to play some of it out.. . thanks for this. M X

Maurizio Pustianaz: (chaindlk.com)

airplayreview: Almelo (NL) based producer Klaas-Jan Jongsma a.k.a. The Moderator worked the last year at the tracks of his first full length which now is finally released on digital download format by Eevo Next Recordings. Basing his sound on Detroit influences, minimal techno intuitions and atmospheric patterns, Klaas-Jan on the MOBIUS STRIP delivers twelve hypnotic tunes that are in balance from electro to techno. Focusing his  sound on basslines, arpeggiated leads and dreamy synth lines The Moderator is creating a particular sound where melody is an option because it's there but it isn't the main element. This way of dealing with atmosphere and melody sometimes make me lose my attention because I find myself dizzy and almost hypnotized but I think that this was the effect that Klaas-Jan was looking for...

Rene Passet:  (passet@gmail.com) on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 at 12:59:21

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comments: Mooi album hoor. Af en toe iets te slick geproduceerd naar mijn smaak en je moet tegen een overdosis melodie kunnen, maar de beats zijn raak. Helemaal Eevolute bovendien. :)

airplayreview: Klaas Jan Jongsma uit (of all places) Almelo draait al een eeuwigheid mee in de Nederlandse technowereld. Eind jaren negentig was hij moderator van het eerste Nederlandse technoforum LOW, maar na zijn eerste reis naar Detroit (er zouden er nog vele volgen) wist hij het zeker: ik wil zelf techno maken!

Daarom is het van de gekke dat zâ n debuutalbum Moebius Strip (naar de beroemde illustrator) negen jaar op zich liet wachten. De afgelopen jaren verschenen er weliswaar met enige regelmaat singles, maar een langspeler kwam er nooit. Tot nu. Verwacht geen revolutie uit Almelo, maar als je ogen nat worden bij Detroit strings, Roland drumcomputers en ander oude schoolspul dan leest Moebius Strip als een bekend boek. Ook de studie sound design hoor je terug in de productie. Die is foutloos en vol dynamiek. Een enkele keer loopt de technotrein uit de rails, vooral als Jongsma te opzichtig probeert om UR (Cold Logic) of Klaus Schultze (The Wall of Darkness) na te doen. Maar voor het overgrote deel is dit emo-techno met een hoofdletter A.

Victor Coral:

Thanx for the promo!

Please keep them coming

Nice album, only a little too 'Detroit' for my dj sets though...

Vince Watson:

A kindly reminder of why we love this avenue of electronic soul so much...picks of the bunch are True, Ages of Ikki and Fornever.

Vince Woolums: 

Great lush techno, both up mid and lowtemp.  Really feeling the acid lines and retro Detroit vibe.  Hard to get in the groove with the sample tracks, but really heady and mellow record.  I think overall it's a bit more mellow than I like, but then again I'm at work right now and prefer a bit more 'moving' tracks to keep my energy up throughout the day.  I enjoyed Ages of Ikki, Moebius Strip, Cold Logic, When We Were Young, and Reject Reality a lot.  Thanks again for the chance to hear :)

Youri Youzee (365mag.com):

Fantastic. Superb. If you come up with a debut album like this, you're here to stay! Full support!