Sascha Ring (born 27 June 1978), better known by the stage name Apparat, is a German

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. He was previously co-owner of

Shitkatapult Shitkatapult is a German record label which focuses on electronic music, spanning both IDM and techno. The label was founded by Marco Haas (T. Raumschmiere) and Marcus Stotz in 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the ...

records. Starting out with dancefloor-oriented

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, he shifted focus towards

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, becoming "more interested in designing sounds than beats". He collaborates with

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under the name

Moderat Moderat is a German electronic music supergroup originating in Berlin between Sascha Ring, also known as Apparat, and Modeselektor members Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The band have released four studio albums to date, their most recent ...

Career

Ring collaborated with

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in 2003 on the album '' Berlinette'' and again in 2006 on the album ''

Orchestra of Bubbles ''Orchestra of Bubbles'' is a collaborative studio album by Ellen Allien and Apparat. It was released through BPitch Control on 17 April 2006. Critical reception Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "For anyone sincere ...

.'' In 2004, he recorded a

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session. The tracks from this session were rerecorded and reworked in the studio and released as ''Silizium EP'' in 2005, as a tribute to Peel. 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

under the name

BPitch Control Ellen Fraatz, known professionally as Ellen Allien, is a German electronic musician, music producer, and the founder of BPitch Control music label. Her album '' Stadtkind'' was dedicated to the city of Berlin, and she cites the culture of reun ...

. They had previously collaborated on the EP ''Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit'' which was released as a limited 12" in 2002. In April 2009, he won in the Dance Floor category of the

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with the track "Fractales (Apparat Ibiza Version)". In 2011, he signed with

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, through which he released his new record ''The Devil's Walk,'' named after a political poem by romantic English poet

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, in September. Apparat's music has been used in film and television. His track "Holdon" was used in the trailer for the 2010

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ski film ''Light The Wick''. "Goodbye" featuring

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was used in a climactic scene in the Season 4 finale of '' Breaking Bad,'' the intro for the 2017

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series ''

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,'' the episode "Broken Home" in ''

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,'' the 2014 ''

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'' episode "Kaltstart," and in the 2014 Italian biopic ''

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''. It also appeared in the French trailer of ''

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,'' the trailer of ''

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'' (2013), a 2014 theatrical trailer for '' The Drop'', the first released trailer for ''

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'' and the official series 1-3 recap of

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show

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, and was occasionally used by

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as an opening for his live shows. "Black Water" was used in episode 2 in series 6 of '' Skins'' and in the trailer for the 2012

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ski film ''A Few Words.'' "Ash/Black Veil" was used in the 2011 snowboard documentary ''

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.'' Tracks from his '' Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)'' and '' The Devil's Walk'' albums were used with end title credits to Sasha Ring in the Italian movie ''

'' (''Il giovane favoloso'') (2014) by

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. The

song "The Mark (Interlude)" from the album '' II'' was featured in the 2018 film ''

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''. On 7 September 2013, Ring was injured in a motorcycle accident in Berlin, suffering a multiple leg fracture and postponing his tour with

. On 22 January 2019,

announced Apparat's fifth album, ''LP5,'' to be released on 22 March 2019, as well as releasing the records' tracklist and its first single "DAWAN" with corresponding music video. The album ''LP5'' was nominated for

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in the 2020 Grammy Awards. It also has been nominated for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award (2019). Apparat won IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award 2019.

Discography

Studio albums as Apparat

* ''Multifunktionsebene'' (

, 2001) * ''Duplex'' (Shitkatapult, 2003) * ''

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'' (Shitkatapult, 2007) * '' The Devil's Walk'' (

Mute Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak. Mute or the Mute may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart * ''Mute'' (2018 film), a scien ...

, 2011) * '' Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)'' (Mute, 2013) * ''LP5'' (Mute, 2019) * ''Soundtracks: Capri-Revolution'' (Mute, 2020) * ''Soundtracks: Stay Still'' (Mute, 2020) * ''Soundtracks: Dämonen'' (Mute, 2020) * ''Soundtracks: Equals Sessions'' (It's Complicated Records, 2020)

Other albums as Apparat

*''Things To Be Frickled'' (Shitkatapult, 2008) – 2 CD compilation, 1 CD of Apparat remixes of others' music, 1 CD of others remixing Apparat's music *'' DJ-Kicks: Apparat'' (Studio !K7, 2010)

Collaborations

* ''

'' (

, 2006) with

Albums with Modeselektor as Moderat

* ''

'' (BPitch Control, 2009) * '' II'' (Monkeytown Records, 2013) * '' III'' (Monkeytown Records, 2016) * ''

More D4ta ''More D4ta'' ( anagram of "Moderat 4") is the fourth studio album by electronic trio Moderat, and their first after a six-year hiatus. Released on May 13, 2022, it was preceded by the release of the singles "Fast Land", "Easy Prey" and "More Love ...

'' (Monkeytown Records 2022)

Singles and EPs

* ''Algorythm'' (2001) * '' Tttrial and Eror'' (Shitkatapult, 2002) * ''Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit'' (BPitch Control, 2003) with

(as

) * ''Koax'' (2003) * ''Can't Computerize It'' (2004) * ''Duplex.Remixes'' (Shitkatapult, 2004) * ''Shapemodes'' (2004) * ''Silizium'' (Shitkatapult, 2005) * ''Berlin, Montreal, Tel Aviv'' (Shitkatapult, 2006) * ''Holdon'' (Shitkatapult, 2007) * ''Sayulita ( DJ-Kicks)'' ( !K7, 2010) * "Ash/Black Veil" (2011) * "Black Water" (2011) UK:#68 * "Song of Los" (2011) * "Candil de la Calle" (2012) * "Dawan" (2019)

References

External links

* *
Apparat DJ-Kicks website
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