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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Monday, July 09, 2007

this apparat is one with flexible functions, and its sound is as eclectic as its musical horizon is broad. its emotional chip features an option on happiness and its sound waves are able to tear your heart apart. while sensitively orchestrating his chamber musical qualities on his records or in his studio, his live performances are known for kicking some ass! he can also proudly refer to a john-peel-session and is sporadically working with gianna nannini on a rock opera.

sascha ring, aka apparat, regards his moving out of the thuringian provincial backwater to berlin in 1997 as one of his best decisions ever made. since 1999 he runs, together with t.raumschmiere, the berlin based record label ?shitkatapult? ? a venturous music catapult that dashes a wild mixture of intentional great music onto the turntables of the world.
apparat is the bridge over the german gap of melancholic glitch between manchester and laptop-usa. his smart wiring of emotions produces a virtual musical reality, which is based upon different genres, depending on the surrounding of the ?apparat?. in his studio, dense, dark and majestic clouds of elegiac pop and heavy electronica built up to a coherent and emotionally charged atmosphere. live, on the other hand, the dance floor seems to be repelled to rave from the bermuda triangle with its axes techno, idm and elektro. those styles cannot necessarily be distinguished and heard on every of his releases, but since he started out with a much harder pace of electronic music in the early nineties, his influences are definitely techno and elektro as well. the intensity in apparat?s tracks seems to grow with his own pleasure in experimenting. the charming breaking-up of the mechanical walkover of his elektronica compositions first being subtle clicks and accidental ?sound mistakes?, this is now being done by veritable musicians and singers, by classical instruments like violin and cello, saxophone and clarinet, which are then masterly orchestrated by apparat as the maestro of his computer.

sascha ring is also still working on recordings and live performances with his berlin buddies modeselektor as moderat and just recently started his own band. daniel durst (voice, guitar), simon berz (drums) and himself (bass, sounds and production) are still looking for a name for this newborn baby!!!

Link APPARAT Polond 17-11-06
http://rapidshare.com/files/11401833/Apparat_-_live___Droga_Do_Mekki__Wroclaw-Polonia__17-11-2006_ump3.de.mp3

Daft Punk

In similar company with new-school French progressive dance artists such as Motorbass, Air, Cassius and Dimitri from Paris, Parisian duo Daft Punk have quickly risen to acclaim by adapting a love for first-wave acid house and techno to their younger roots in pop, indie rock, and hip-hop. The combined talents of DJs Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, the pair’s first projects together included Darlin’, an indie cover band; their current recording name derives from a review in U.K. music weekly Melody Maker of a compilation tape Darlin’ were featured on, released by krautrock revivalists Stereolab (their lo-fi DIY cover of a Beach Boys song was derided as “daft punk”). Subsequently ditching the almost inevitable creative cul-de-sac of rock for the more appealing rush of the dancefloor, the pair released their debut single, “The New Wave,” in 1993 on the celebrated Soma label. Instantly hailed by the dance music press as the work of a new breed of house innovators, the single was followed by “Da Funk,” the band’s first true hit (the record has sold 30,000 copies worldwide and seen thorough rinsings by everyone from Kris Needs to the Chemical Brothers).
Although the group had only released a trio of singles (”The New Wave” and “Da Funk,” as well as the 1996 limited pressing of “Musique”), in early 1996 Daft Punk were the subject of a minor bidding war. The group eventually signed with Virgin, with their first long-player, Homework, appearing early the following year (a brief preview of the album, “Musique,” was also featured on the Virgin compilation Wipeout 2097 next to tracks from Photek, Future Sound of London, the Chemical Brothers, and Source Direct). As with the earlier singles, the group’s sound is a brazen, dancefloor-oriented blend of progressive house, funk, electro, and techno, with sprinklings of hip-hop-styled breakbeats and excessive, crowd-firing samples, similar to other anthemic dance-fusion acts such as the Chemical Brothers and Monkey Mafia. In addition to his role in Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter operates the Roul� label and has recorded under his own name (the underground smash “Trax on Da Rocks”) as well as Stardust (the huge club/commercial hit “Music Sounds Better with You”). Meanwhile Guy-Man has created his own label Crydamoure and he has released several eps as Le Knight Club together with Eric Chedeville.
After four long years of anxiously awaiting a follow-up to their brilliant debut, Daft Punk finally issued Discovery in March 2001.

Link:: Daft Punk en el Bue - Increible:
http://rapidshare.com/files/11271026/Daft_Punk_-_Live___Buenos_Aires_04-11-2006_ump3.de.mp3