Rival Consoles

Rival Consoles
Birth name	Ryan Lee West
Also known as	Aparatec
Born	(1985-11-10) 10 November 1985 Leicester, England
Origin	London, England
Genres	Electronic
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, producer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Erased Tapes
Website	rivalconsoles.net

Rival Consoles is the stage name of Ryan Lee West, an English electronic musician from Leicester.

West learned to play guitar in his youth, but later switched to electronic production, studying music technology at De Montfort University. He initially used the stage name Aparatec, releasing an EP of material under that name in 2007. His first release as Rival Consoles was issued later in 2007 by the label Erased Tapes, which has released all of his albums and EPs.

According to his label, West has remixed tracks by artists such as Jon Hopkins, Vessels, Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Max Cooper, Noisia, Sasha and Toydrum.

Pitchfork described Rival Consoles' sound as "high-brow, avant-garde electronic music in the vein of Jon Hopkins and Nils Frahm".

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

• IO (2009, Erased Tapes)
• Kid Velo (2011, Erased Tapes)
• Howl (2015, Erased Tapes)
• Persona (13 April 2018, Erased Tapes)
• Articulation (31 July 2020, Erased Tapes)

EPs

• The Decadent (2007, Erased Tapes)
• Vemeer EP (2007, Erased Tapes, as Aparatec)
• Helvetica (2009, Erased Tapes)
• Odyssey (2014, Erased Tapes)
• Sonne (2015, Erased Tapes)
• Odyssey/Sonne (2015, Erased Tapes)
• Night Melody (2016, Erased Tapes)

With other musicians

• 65/Milo (2009, with Kiasmos)