''Walls'' is a studio album by
Apparat. It was released on
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 ...
in 2007.
Critical reception
Ned Raggett of
AllMusic
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gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that it is "a remarkable album that ranks as his best yet."
Nitsuh Abebe of ''
Pitchfork
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'', who gave the album an 8.1 out of 10, compared the album to the work of
M83 and
Slowdive
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, calling it "one of the best electronic dream-pop records in a while".
He added, "The best of these tracks combine the mechanized pulse and sonic possibilities of techno with good old bliss-out dreams better than anything in a while."
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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Sascha Ring – vocals (8, 9), production
* Kathrin Pfänder – strings
* Lisa Stepf – strings
* Raz Ohara – vocals (2, 5, 11, 12)
* Simon Berz – drums (9)
* Jörg Wähner – drums (11, 12)
*
Joshua Eustis
Joshua Leeds Eustis is an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the current sole member of electronic music act, Telefon Tel Aviv, since the death of bandmate Charles Cooper in 2009. He served as a touring member ...
– mixing
* Roger Seibel – mastering
* Maria Hinze – painting
* Ivan Negro – Apparat logo
Charts
References
External links
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2007 albums
Apparat (musician) albums