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Signed to Ellen Allien's label, Bpitch Control, Modeselektor released their second album "Happy Birthday!" late in 2007. Modeselektor is a German duo composed of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. By no means would I put "Happy Birthday!" in my top ten list of albums from last year. That’s because there are 17 tracks on the album when there should only be about 10. If the duo chose to slim down the track list then the whole album would just be brilliant! However, considering they made the album in some kind of mobile recording studio you have to be more impressed than disappointed. The album transcends all genres. If you are looking for electronica tracks then check out "Godspeed," "Happy Birthday" and "Deboutonner" featuring Siriusimo. Hip-Hop fans check out "Let Your Love Grow" and the "The Dark Side of the Sun." Or if you are more into Dubstep & Grime; "Hyper Hyper" is fantastic. Techno fans should download "Sucker Pin" and "Black Block." So, as you can see there is a wide variety of genres in "Happy Birthday!" There is even a track with radiohead's Thom Yorke titled "The White Flash. I think they will put on one hell of a live show so we all should be hoping they go on a tour in the U.S. before they play Coachella this year.