Released relatively quickly (for them) only two years after their 2005 debut, 2007’s Happy Birthday! saw Berlin duo Modeselektor mature into the global IDM stars they are today — without losing their innate sense for a good time. Ever the indulgent producers, members Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary enlist the help of early admirers like Thom Yorke on the shadowplay of ‘The White Flash’ and Newcastle post-punk outfit Maxïmo Park for indie-electronica timepiece ‘(I Can’t Sleep) Without Music’. The heady, jubilant days of 2007 are long gone, but Happy Birthday! Is a rare album that manages to sound both of its time and, above all, timeless.