News featuring Apparat

Wednesday 6th March

• “Modeselektor to Be Profiled in New Documentary”

  Long-running German electronic duo Modeselektor are still extremely active, putting out a steady stream of new music from their 50Weapons and Monkeytown Records imprints, as well as preparing their next collaboration with Apparat as Moderat. Showing off a bit of their history, they will be the subject of a new documentary. Simply called We Are Modeselektor, the 72-minute film was made by Holger Wick and Romi Agel. According to a press release, it's "a post-German reunification movie, a travel report, and a portrait of the special friendship between Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian...Read More

  Read the complete article at exclaim.ca

Tuesday 26th February

• “Album Review: Apparat – Music for Theatre”

  A careful and complex re-imagining of War and Peace.

  Read the complete article at consequenceofsound.net

Monday 25th February

• “Apparat: Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)”

  Apparat's musical accompaniment to a German theatre production of War and Peace oscillates from delicate pizzicato to violent squalls of white noise, struggling to find a balance between the two.

  The last time we heard from Apparat, faces were quite literally melted. I'm of course referring to "Goodbye", the mournful highlight of his 2011 studio LP The Devil's Walk, which was used as the background music to Gus Fring's slow-mo walk to his final encounter with Walter White in the unforgettable season 4 finale of Breaking Bad. That season found the program at its most tense and explosive, and "Goodbye" -- while perhaps too much…

  Read the complete article at www.popmatters.com

Friday 15th February

• “Apparat - Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)”

  Apparat has always approached music from interesting angles, combining styles and modes into electronic music with deft and rewarding vigour. But his work until now can only be seen as preparing the ground for this body of work, an album so satisfying, accomplished and beautiful.

  Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com

  Read the complete article at drownedinsound.com

Friday 8th February

• “Stream Apparat’s Krieg Und Frieden Album”

  If you’re familiar with Apparat because of his work with Ellen Allien, or from 2011′s The Devil’s Walk, which was pretty and sad and maybe a breakup album, or from that one song he had … read more »

  Read the complete article at www.thefader.com

Thursday 31st January

• “Modeselektor/Apparat Supergroup Moderat Announce New Album Moderat II”

  Moderat, the supergroup-like merger of Apparat and Modeselektor, have shared details of their second album. Moderat II, the sequel to 2009's Moderat, will be out August 2 digitally and August 6 physically through Monkeytown Records. In addition to standard CD/vinyl/digital formats, II will be available as a deluxe edition 2xCD set and as a 2xLP colored vinyl set. Some tour dates have been announced as well, with a full world tour  to be announced.

  Well before the release of Moderat II, Apparat is releasing an album on his own. Krieg Und Frieden (Music for Theatre)-- a concept album of music based on Sebastian Hartmann's theatrical production of War & Peace-- is out on February 19 via Mute. Listen to the track "A Violent Sky" here.

  Read the complete article at pitchfork.com

• “Moderat Announce Second Album for August Release”

  Electronic supergroup Moderat, which comprises Modeselektor's Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary and Apparat's Sascha Ring, released their self-titled debut in 2009 via Ellen Allien's Bpitch Control imprint. Now, they've announced plans for a follow-up. Album number two is appropriately titled II, and the group unveiled it with the following statement: We have known each other for 12 years now, and during that time we haven't really changed that much: We are still three guys mostly talking about hihats and tape machines while hanging out in the studio…[II]...Read More

  Read the complete article at exclaim.ca

Thursday 24th January

• “DJ Koze Taps Caribou, Apparat and Matthew Dear for 'Amygdala' LP”

  Hamburg-based producer DJ Koze has become best known for his remixes and singles in recent years, having stuck to smaller releases since his 2005 long-player Kosi Comes Around. That'll change this spring, however, as the artist has announced plans for a new LP. Called Amygdala, the new record is a guest-heavy affair, boasting collaborations between Koze and top-tier artists like Caribou, Apparat, Matthew Dear, Dirk Von Lowtzow, Ada, Milosh, Hildegard Knef and others. The brightly coloured cover art is available above, while we've got the tracklisting below. We...Read More

  Read the complete article at exclaim.ca

Tuesday 8th January

• “Apparat Announces 'Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)'”

  Berlin-based electronic artist Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) joined the Mute family with his last LP The Devil's Walk and has now prepared his next effort for the esteemed imprint. Titled Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre), it arrives February 19 in North America (February 18 in the UK and February 15 in Germany). A press release for the album explains that it was conceived to accompany German contemporary theatre magnate Sebastian Hartmann's production of Tolstoy's War and Peace. Ring prepped the piece for four weeks in an abandoned Berlin factory with a 30-piece...Read More

  Read the complete article at exclaim.ca

• “New Music: Apparat – “A Violent Sky””

  Off the forthcoming Tolstoy-driven concept album.

  Read the complete article at consequenceofsound.net