Apparat (musician)
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_in_2009.jpg) Apparat performing at A2, 5 March 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sascha Ring |
| Born | June 27, 1978 Germany |
| Genres | Electronic, IDM, glitch, Post-Dubstep |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Laptop, Keyboards, Guitar, Drums |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Shitkatapult, BPitch Control, P-Vine Records, Mute Records, inFiné |
| Associated acts | Ellen Allien Moderat (with Modeselektor) |
| Website | http://www.apparat.net/ |
Apparat is the stage name for Sascha Ring, a German electronic musician living in Berlin and was previously a co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats".
In 2004, he appeared at a John Peel session. The tracks from this session were rerecorded and reworked in the studio and released as Silizium EP in 2005, as a tribute.
He collaborated with Ellen Allien in 2003 on the album Berlinette, and again in 2006 on the album Orchestra of Bubbles.
In 2007, he formed his own band to play the album Walls live. Raz Ohara joined him playing the stage piano and Jörg Waehner on drums. Next to playing these live shows, he continued to play his solo live sets, touring with Transforma Visuals.
In May 2009, he released the self-titled album with Modeselektor under the name Moderat on BPitch Control. They have collaborated previously on an EP named Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit which was released as a limited 12" in 2002.
In April 2009, he received the Qwartz Dancefloor (Electronic Music Award).
Apparat's single "Holdon" features in the trailer for the 2010 Teton Gravity Research ski film Light The Wick.
In 2011, he signed with the British Mute Records label, where he released his new record The Devil's Walk, named after a political poem by romantic English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, in September.
His track "Goodbye", featuring Soap&Skin, was featured in a climatic scene in the Season 4 finale of Breaking Bad.
His track "Black Water", was featured in episode 2 in series 6 of Skins (TV series).
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Multifunktionsebene (Shitkatapult, 2001)
- Duplex (Shitkatapult, 2003)
- Orchestra of Bubbles (BPitch Control, 2006) with Ellen Allien
- Walls (Shitkatapult, 2007)
- Things to Be Frickled: Parts & Remixes (Shitkatapult, 2008)
- Moderat (BPitch Control, 2009) with Modeselektor (as Moderat)
- DJ-Kicks (!K7 Records, 2010)
- The Devil's Walk (Mute Records, September 27, 2011[1])
[edit] Singles and EPs
- Algorythm (2001)
- Tttrial and Eror (Shitkatapult, 2002)
- Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit (BPitch Control, 2003) with Modeselektor (as Moderat)
- Koax (2003)
- Can't Computerize It (2004)
- Duplex.Remixes (Shitkatapult, 2004)
- Shapemodes (2004)
- Silizium (Shitkatapult, 2005)
- Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked (Impulse! Records, 2005)
- Berlin, Montreal, Tel Aviv (Shitkatapult, 2006)
- Holdon (Shitkatapult, 2007)
- Sayulita (DJ-Kicks) (!K7, 2010)
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Apparat |
- Official website
- Apparat on Myspace
- Moderat on Myspace
- Apparat discography at Discogs
- Apparat DJ-Kicks website
[edit] References
- ^ "New Release: Apparat: The Devil's Walk". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/news/43021-new-release-apparat-ithe-devils-walki/. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
