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Apparat

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shitkatapult
• ASIN: B00020PUXK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #204,463 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Granular Bastard

2. Contradiction

3. Steinholz

4. Interrupt

5. Wooden

6. Warm Signal

7. Schallstrom

8. Repeat Until Overload

9. Cerro Largo

10. Interrupt I

11. Steady Uprising

12. Interrupt II

13. Negro Modello

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL, EMOTIONAL, IDM/AMBIENT/TECHNO MUSIC., June 30, 2008

By	Quik x (WOODBURY, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

Apparat is tops on my play list. Every song is filled with vivid emotion. I am in my late 20's, and I thought the days of feeling strong emotion from music were over. I have not had an album reach out and grab me emotionally like this since I was a teenager. It's like the way you felt the first few times listening to your first favorite album, before you knew it was. It will effect you weather you want it to or not. Like a good sound-scape to a movie scene. It may not be for everyone, but everyone should listen at least once. MUST HAVE FOR IDM/AMBIENT/TECHNO, AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC LOVERS. PLEASE TRUST ME.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good., October 31, 2005

By	Rufas Ventimiglia "Scott" - See all my reviews

This is excellent. The first track, "Granular Bastard", is very powerful and has one of the best examples of buildup and release I've ever heard. "Steinholz" is very cold and gives off a strange aura. I honestly don't want to go through every track, but every one is very innovative and great. I also like the singing in the album and the instruments. This is also better than "Multifunktionsebene" just because of the pure feeling and power behind it. Try it out.

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodic de-re-fragmentation, July 6, 2009

By	Emlyn Addison (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If Seurat had chosen a path of sound instead of light, I imagine it would have yielded something like this. This is particulate art: The disintegration and reintegration of discrete melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements (that's granular synthesis to those close to the code-crunching musical artform).

This pointillistic music (the track "Wooden", in particular) shimmers and vibrates, curiously and hypnotic, ebbing and flowing in jagged, purposeful utterances.

Apparat's structures are dotted with vocals that are simple, distant, and present, but his focus is keenly instrumental. There is a sense of inescapability about this sound; like a machine that aims to break free--uselessly but beautifully--from its programming.

There is a kinship here with Arovane, Ulrich Schnauss, and later Autechre.