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From elegiac techno to deep orchestral pop ballads, Apparat‘s work has always had a common denominator: an elegance that embraces, offering nuanced layers of detail and beauty.
Whether as a member of Moderat (whose last album More D4ta was released on Monkeytown in 2022), working alongside Ellen Allien (Orchestra of Bubbles) or as a solo performer, Apparat seeks to transcend the dance floor and the concert hall alike, focusing on the micro to enhance the macro with melodies that echo in the memory.
His last studio album LP5 (2019), finds greatness in small things and unexpected twists; it joins musical fragments together and glows from the cracks in between. Released on Mute, it was described as “…a kaleidoscopic triumph” by Q Magazine. More recently, Apparat has been focused on cinema, TV and theatre production – gaining recognition and awards for work such as Capri – Revolution (dir. Mario Martone, 2018), which won Best Soundtrack at the Venice Film Festival. A box set collating these works, Soundtracks, was released on Mute in 2020.
Performers
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ApparatApparat is a German electronic musician (Sascha Ring) living in Berlin who since 1999 has been running the Berlin based record label "Shitkatapult" together with T. Raumschmiere. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats". Recent music is closer to glitch or IDM, accompanied with classical string instruments and other sounds. He works with his own tool created in MAX/MSP framework. Effects are controlled by midicontroller. "While sensitively orchestrating his chamber musical qualities on his records or in his studio, his live performances are known for kicking some ass!" From Shitkatapult website He collaborated with Ellen Allien in 2003 on the album Berlinette, and again in 2006 on the album Orchestra of Bubbles.