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Duplex
[Shitkatapult]
In German Apparat means "device". In French, we could translate it by "appareil" which is a cooking term defining the mix of all the ingredients composing a dish. We can say this word also perfectly defines Sascha Ring's music. Because beyond the fact that he spends most of his time programming algorithms, the co-manager of the label Shitkatapult loves more and more to mix his "machine" music with classical instruments like guitars, saxophone and clarinet. We can even say that he perfectly masters the art of mixing these elements which isn't that easy (a lot of people failed at it). Sometimes a voice (Klas Yngborn's), the most organic instrument, is also delicately mixed to this already complex combination. Except for some saxophone's sounds we could do without, especially on the last track ("Negro Modelo"), Sascha Ring proves with his second album, that he can marvellously mix electronic and acoustic, giving so a deeply sensitive and light music. The imponderability of Apparat's sound creation never seemed so mastered. It is a good album, but you will have to listen to it with a finger in the ear if you're allergic to the acoustic/electronic mix and more especially to saxophone.
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