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Ryan Lee West (born November 10, 1985), known by his stage name Rival Consoles, is a British
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ian, living in London. All of his albums and EPs have been released by
Erased Tapes Records Erased Tapes Records is a London-based independent record label focusing on releasing avant-garde and experimental electronic music. History The record company was established by Robert Raths in early 2007 in London, with the release of Ryan L ...
.


Biography

West was born in
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. He learned to play guitar in his youth, but later switched to electronic production, studying music technology at
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. He initially used the stage name Aparatec, releasing an EP of material under that name in 2007. His first release as Rival Consoles was issued later in 2007 by
Erased Tapes Records Erased Tapes Records is a London-based independent record label focusing on releasing avant-garde and experimental electronic music. History The record company was established by Robert Raths in early 2007 in London, with the release of Ryan L ...
, which has released all of his albums and EPs. West has remixed tracks by
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, Max Cooper,
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, Sasha and Toydrum among others. Rival Consoles' style is a combination of ambient, shoegaze, minimal techno and cinematic—often created with analogue synths, pedals and degraded processes. ''
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'' described Rival Consoles' sound as "high-brow, avant-garde electronic music in the vein of Jon Hopkins and Nils Frahm". West has also scored work for contemporary dance such as Alexander Whitley's ''Overflow'' and has scored an episode of Netflix's
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(" Striking Vipers"). His track "Recovery" was used in a 2020 television commercial for Blue Dragon foods. Kid Velo was also used in adverts for William Hill Vegas between 2011 and 2014.


Discography


Studio albums


Solo

*''IO'' (2009, Erased Tapes) *''Kid Velo'' (2011, Erased Tapes) *''
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'' (2015, Erased Tapes) *'' Night Melody'' (2016, Erased Tapes) – mini-album *''
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'' (2018, Erased Tapes) *''Articulation'' (2020, Erased Tapes) *''Overflow'' (2021, Erased Tapes) *''Now Is'' (2022, Erased Tapes) *''Landscape from Memory'' (to be released, Erased Tapes)


Game score

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(2025, Erased Tapes)


With other musicians

*''65/Milo'' (2009, with Kiasmos)


EPs

*''Vemeer'' (2007, Erased Tapes, as Aparatec) *''The Decadent'' (2007, Erased Tapes) *''Helvetica'' (2009, Erased Tapes) *''Odyssey'' (2014, Erased Tapes) *''Sonne'' (2015, Erased Tapes)


Remixes

* Four - Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm - Rival Consoles Remix * Distant Light - Max Cooper - Rival Consoles Remix * Cassette sessions E - Sasha - Rival Consoles Remix * The Approach - Noisia - Rival Consoles Remix * Jesus Song - Toydrum - Rival Consoles Remix * Weightless - Neil Cowley Trio - Rival Consoles Remix * Swim - Douglas Dare - Rival Consoles Remix * Birds That Fly - Kidnap - Rival Consoles Remix * In Mindibu - Stavroz - Rival Consoles Remix * Snow Day - Catching Flies - Rival Consoles Remix * Revolution - Tinlicker - Rival Consoles Remix


References

Living people 1985 births Musicians from Leicester English electronic musicians English record producers Intelligent dance musicians Erased Tapes Records artists {{UK-music-stub