29/10/2012
Apparat - Electronic/Alternative Music
Information on the artist: Born in 1978, Apparat is the stage name for Sascha Ring, a German electronic musician living in Berlin who was previously a co-owner of Sh*tkatapult records. Active since 1996, he started out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats". He released his album "Multifunktionsebene" in 2001 and "Duplex" in 2004. 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 climactic 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). Another track: "Ash/Black Veil", also featured on the 2011 snowboard documentary 'The Art of Flight'.
Website: http://www.apparat.net
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