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At Your Pace

MODHA

Released 13 March 2026

Sonar Kollektiv

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A warm, collaborative and quietly defiant record that rejects digital-era haste in favour of human groove, emotional candour and the imperfect beauty of musicians playing together.

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Berlin-based duo Modha - producers and multi-instrumentalists Dhanya Langer and Max Scholl - belong to a generation of musicians seeking alternatives to the frictionless polish of algorithm-era music. Their work draws from jazz, neo-soul, hip-hop and broken-beat traditions, shaped by Berlin’s fertile independent scene and released through the long-respected label Sonar Kollektiv.

Scholl’s musical background began in metal before expanding into jazz and hip-hop, while Langer studied music formally before abandoning academia for a more intuitive, creative path as a drummer and producer. Their early collaboration produced the Getting By EP in 2019, establishing a collaborative ethos that continues to define their work. At Your Pace, their second full-length album, expands that approach into a richly communal studio project.

At Your Pace is built around a deceptively simple idea: slowing down. In an industry increasingly governed by metrics, speed and algorithmic optimisation, Modha consciously resist the pressure to streamline their music. The album instead embraces the feeling of musicians discovering songs together in real time.

Rhythms bend and shift; time signatures wander with relaxed confidence. The opening instrumental “Move At Your Own Pace” announces this ethos immediately, its intricate grooves unfolding organically rather than locking into rigid loops.

The record thrives on collaboration. Australian vocalist Allysha Joy brings warmth and ease to “Good News”, while “Find Me (Underneath the Sun)” gains understated emotional gravity from the poetic phrasing of okcandice. Longtime collaborator James Chatburn returns for the fragile beauty of “The Bee by the Pool”.

Elsewhere, the soulful textures of “River” (featuring Àbáse and flautist Fanni Zahár), and the rhythmically agile “Bullet”, with Baton Rouge rapper Wakai, reveal the project’s stylistic breadth.

Closing with the reflective “Day by Day”, the album ultimately feels less like a producer’s statement and more like a collective conversation. In its warmth, patience and refusal of perfection, At Your Pace offers something that is becoming quietly radical: music that values presence over polish.

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